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Merry Christmas, no matter your cross

By The Insight Team December 25, 2024 868 0

By Theophilus Abbah Christmas and celebration are two sides of the same coin. At its birth on December 25, 336AD, Christmas festival had emerged from the womb of a Roman tradition of merriment associated with the symbolic renewal of life at winter. Roman Emperor Constantine had envisaged a festival of joy, jubilation, dancing, revelry, wining, […]Continue Reading

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A pilgrimage to Soyinka’s home in Ijesha forest

By The Insight Team December 5, 2024 1986 0

By Theophilus Abbah The two coaster buses that conveyed our team from the charming and luxurious Conference Hotel in Abeokuta sailed and scaled across an overhead bridge, snaked through the noisy Itoku market in Kuto area, famous for merchandize in Yoruba traditional adire. The buses sped up the hill on the dark, glossy, smoothly tarred […]Continue Reading

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Oloja of Lagos Elect Chronicles Kosoko’s struggle to ascend the throne of Oba of Lagos

By The Insight Team September 30, 2023 2287

  By Daniel Adaji, Musa Peace In the annals of Lagos history, the story of Kosoko, an heir apparent to the throne but never crowned continues to intrigue generations. In a deep dive into the history of Kosoko, the Oloja of Lagos State, WikiFact-Checkers in partnership with the Lagos State Council for Arts and Culture […]Continue Reading

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Igala land: past, present and future

By The Insight Team April 16, 2023 2979 0

Text of my speech at the meeting of the Igala Cultural and Development Association, Portharcourt, River State On Saturday 26th November, 2022. By Festus Oguche It was with utmost pleasure that I accepted the invitation from Pastor Ekele Morgan to make this speech before this August body. The topic above captured my curiosity when I […]Continue Reading

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1,144 athletes set for Bayelsa Sports Festival

By The Insight Team March 15, 2023 902 0

Athletes numbering 1,144 will jostle for glory in the maiden edition of the Bayelsa Sports Festival tagged “Access Bank Prosperity Games” and scheduled for March 26 to April 1. The state’s Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Daniel Igali, stated this while addressing newsmen in Yenagoa on Wednesday. Igali said hosting the festival became Continue Reading

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Nigeria | Death by tax collector

By The Insight Team January 31, 2023 1130 0

Theophilus Abbah At 2 AM on March 28th 2022 Olanrewaju Suraju, the head of the Human and Environmental Development Agency (HEDA), was asleep beside his wife in their bedroom in Abuja when they suddenly found themselves under attack by men who had broken into the house. The men, who made off with laptops, mobile phones, […]Continue Reading

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Cry Freedom

By The Insight Team January 31, 2023 833 0

Repression and resistance: how a new generation challenges African autocrats and their international allies A transnational investigation by Ngina Kirori, Emmanuel Mutaizibwa, Chief Bisong Etahoben, Elizabeth BanyiTabi, Theophilus Abbah and Brezh Malaba ‘It’s your man who did this!’ shouts a woman at a village meeting in Nakuru County, Kenya. She is Continue Reading

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FactCheck: Picture of Nollywood actor, Osita Iheme, doctored to imply support for IPOB

By The Insight Team January 22, 2023 1648 0

By: Stephanie Adams-Douglas Claim: A user on Twitter shared a picture of Nollywood actor, Osita Iheme, dressed in the colours of the Biafran flag to show support for the secessionist group. Verdict:  The photo of Mr Iheme adorned in the Biafran flag is photoshopped to suit the narrative. Full Text Twitter user, Chris Ososa Asuelime […]Continue Reading

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Data shows Nigerian youths could determine outcome 2023 elections

By The Insight Team January 11, 2023 1517 0

By Daniel Adaji On the average, the number of youths with PVCs is 40 million, a figure that is higher than the number of votes cast in any of the presidential elections since 1999.   If the majority of Nigerian youths who are registered voters would march to their polling units to cast their votes […]Continue Reading

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Buhari: Nobody can blackmail me on illicit enrichment, vows to serve God, Nigeria until last day in office

By The Insight Team January 11, 2023 711 0

  President Muhammadu Buhari says nobody can blackmail him on inexplicable wealth and illicit enrichment while in office, saying ‘‘I do not have one square-inch outside Nigeria.’’ Speaking at a State banquet, Monday night, organised in his honour in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, the President restated his vow to serve God and Nigeria Continue Reading

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Nigeria faces rice scarcity in 2023, but…

By The Insight Team January 11, 2023 1270 0

By Daniel Adaji Key Points Floods ravaged rice-producing belts in Nigeria in 2022 Historically, there is always rice scarcity after every flood in Nigeria Prices of locally-produced rice will increase in 2023 due to scarcity Rice farmers have not received support from government to enable them recover from the losses An institute in Niger State […]Continue Reading

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FG condemns kidnapping of train passengers in Edo

By The Insight Team January 10, 2023 820 0

By Lucy Ogalue The Federal Government has described the kidnapping of train passengers at Tom Ikimi Train Station, Igueben in Edo as despicable and utterly barbaric. The Director of Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Transportation, Mr Henshaw Ogubike, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. “The Public is hereby reassured that the […]Continue Reading