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AfCFTA Endorses Nigeria-Led C-PACT Initiative to Revolutionize Intra-African Trade

By The Insight Team November 4, 2025 163

mostbet mostbet mostbet mostbet mostbet mostbet mostbet By Emmanuel Kwada  The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has officially endorsed the Customs-Partnership for African Cooperation in Trade (C-PACT), a groundbreaking initiative spearheaded by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in collaboration with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). The announcement, made on Tuesday, marks a pivotal step toward Continue Reading

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Nigeria’s New Tax Reality: What You Need to Know

By The Insight Team November 3, 2025 212

By Emmanuel Kwada  From January 1, 2026, four new tax reform laws signed by President Bola Tinubu will introduce 50 exemptions, deductions, and reliefs aimed at easing the burden on low- and middle-income earners, small businesses, and vulnerable sectors. The government presents these changes as a pro-poor overhaul of a fragmented system. Critics, however, argue […]Continue Reading

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‎How Boko Haram’s Threats Forced Jonathan to Back Down on Fuel Subsidy Removal – Sanusi

By The Insight Team October 29, 2025 188

By Emmanuel Kwada  ‎The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has revealed that former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration abandoned full removal of the fuel subsidy in 2012 primarily due to the threat of Boko Haram exploiting nationwide protests. ‎Speaking at the Oxford Global Think Tank Leadership Conference under the theme “Better Leaders for a Better […]Continue Reading

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Dangote Group Refutes Ownership of Truck in Akungba-Akoko Accident

By The Insight Team October 23, 2025 124

By The Insight Reporter Dangote Group has refuted reports circulating on social media and in some online platforms linking it to a truck involved in a road accident in Akungba-Akoko, Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The company wishes to make it categorically clear that the truck involved in the unfortunate incident does […]Continue Reading

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Dangote vs the Oil Cartels: When the Cheese Finally Moved

By The Insight Team October 11, 2025 206

By Abiodun Alade Nigeria, it has often been said, is a land where paradox has become a way of life. Here is a nation that pumps millions of barrels of crude oil from its bowels each day yet has spent decades importing the fuel that drives its battered Danfos, sleek SUVs, and ever-thirsty generators. It is like […]Continue Reading

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WEEKLY ROUNDUP: Nigeria’s minister of forgery and innovation, Christian genocide, and poverty sparks debates

By The Insight Team October 11, 2025 200

By Emmanuel Kwada This week’s headlines paint a Nigeria at a crossroads: scandalous forgery topples a minister, exposing systemic deceit that erodes trust and billions in economic potential; the World Bank slams Tinubu’s reforms for causing 139 million to sink deeper into poverty, risking a ‘lost generation’ amid 34% inflation. Women drown in drug Continue Reading

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The Rise and Fall of Uche Nnaji: A Tech Minister’s Turbulent Journey

By The Insight Team October 9, 2025 362

Key points:  Overcame 1978 hardship, studied UNN 1981-85, built pharmaceutical empire Secured 2022 APC nomination, pushed tech-driven growth as contender Led 2023-25 AI, biotech, STEM as minister, faced credential doubts 2025 Premium Times exposé revealed fake UNN degree, NYSC fraud Resigned 2025 amid forgery scandal, faces EFCC probe, public outrage.   By Emmanuel Continue Reading

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The Coming Death of NUPENG

By The Insight Team September 26, 2025 187

 By Abiodun Alade  A storm is gathering over one of Nigeria’s most powerful labour unions, and the thunderclap may soon bring its roof down. Once upon a time, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) wore the robe of a fearless defender of workers’ rights. Today, it is accused of having shed […]Continue Reading

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‎Yoruba Council, Groups Laud Dangote Refinery, Warn Against Falsehoods

By The Insight Team September 20, 2025 215

  The Yoruba Council Worldwide (Igbimo Apapo Yoruba Lagbaye), the apex umbrella body for all Yoruba indigenous people globally, alongside more than 30 civil society groups, has commended Dangote Refinery for its consistent reduction in the price of petroleum products. ‎ ‎Led by Aare Oladotun Hassan, the delegation on Friday paid a courtesy visit to […]Continue Reading

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Red19 Global, Aafin Ilu set for International Art Exhibition in Osun, U.K

By The Insight Team September 18, 2025 302

By Clement Adeyi Red19 Global, in collaboration with Aafin Ilu Cultural Centre, is set to present an extraordinary cross-continental art exhibition. The theme of the event is: “Cultural Words, Ancient Voices” (Óro Asa, Ohun Atijo in Yoruba parlance). While the official opening ceremony will take place on 20th-30th September 2025, the event will also run […]Continue Reading

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‎Happi LC SEP Combats Waste, Tackles Youth Unemployment in Suleja ‎

By The Insight Team September 16, 2025 365

By Sanni Marvelous ‎ ‎Happi LC & Totes has taken on the twin challenges of youth unemployment and environmental waste in Suleja, Niger State, with its Sustainable Entrepreneurship Project (SEP). ‎ ‎The two-day programme, themed “Turning Craft into Climate Action,” was organised in partnership with United Evangelical Church, Suleja Youth Day 2025 and held on […]Continue Reading

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Dangote Urges Prioritisation of Food Security in Africa

By The Insight Team September 15, 2025 202

‎… AfricaRice seeks investments, public-private partnerships ‎ ‎By The Insight ‎President/Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has called for the prioritisation of food security and self-sufficiency across Africa, stressing the continent’s vast agricultural potential. ‎Speaking over the weekend during a courtesy visit by the AfricaRice Centre—a Continue Reading