Key Points: Boko Haram uses more female than male suicide bombing How the sect persuades women to become suicide bombers Gwoza still under Boko Haram control Borno residents worry as government ‘pampers’ repentant Boko Haram fighters ‘Government must defeat Boko Haram before granting them amnesty’ By Theophilus Abbah Boko Haram terrorists choose women for suicide […]Continue Reading
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By Theophilus Abbah Scarcity, not caused by an increase in fuel price and devaluation of the Naira Crop production dipped since 2023 due to the activities of bandits Farmers in Plateau, Kaduna, Zamfara, Kaduna, Kogi Katsina prevented from planting and harvesting Irish potatoes, yam, rice, tomatoes, pepper, maize Waters from Bakalori dam, previously utilized by […]Continue Reading
Theophilus Abbah Increased monthly allocations to states and local governments: On May 29, 2023, after his inauguration as President, Tinubu’s first decision was the removal of fuel subsidy, a decision that previous presidents considered crucial but too sensitive to make. However, that singular statement has put a lot of money in the pockets of […]Continue Reading
Key points About 250 killed between February and early April, 2024 12 Local Government Areas under siege Ultimatum to foreign herders to leave fall on deaf ears ‘Governor does not visit victims’ ‘Crisis can’t end until government comes up with a data-based economic policy’ He is doing his best – spokesman By Charity Roberts On […]Continue Reading
By Clement Adeyi The National Youth Service Corps (NYCS) has hit a milestone, having clicked a record 50 years since it was given birth to in 1973 by the military government. Former Head of Federal Military Government, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), got the pregnancy and gave birth to it as the founding father, but it […]Continue Reading
By Clement Adeyi As the war in Ukraine intensifies, the Drummer of Peace and Executive Director of Aafin Ilu (Palace of Drum), Prince Adewale Laoye, has participated in a global musical concert aimed at peace mediation in the war. The Insight learnt that the show was a mark of solidarity and protest targeted at ending […]Continue Reading
The 2023 elections fell short of the promises and expectations of Nigerians, in spite the deployment of world-class and highly expensive technology. The irregularities could put Professor Yakubu Mahmood in the bracket of past electoral chairmen who failed the integrity test. Theophilus Abbah, PhD The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Continue Reading
… qualification for admission is poverty By Clement Adeyi Abolarin College, Oke-Ila Orangun, Osun State, has become a household name among the few secondary schools in Nigeria that offer scholarship to students. While diverse qualifications determine scholarship by a few schools that give the offer, the basic qualification for the offer at Abolarin College Continue Reading
By Olawale Oluwabusola During a recent interview on a national television, the Katsina State Governor-elect, Dr. Dikko Umar Radda, made it clear that on assumption of office on May 29, 2023, he would not accept the nomenclature of ‘His Excellency ‘. According to him, “I don’t want that title to get into my head; I […]Continue Reading
Was it by coincidence that President Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the February 23 presidential election, defeated his opponent Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a result of poverty in Nigeria? Available data on the website of the National Bureau of Statistics shows that Buhari got overwhelming votes […]Continue Reading
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
Says more women representation an economic imperative, not a concession by men By Daniel Adaji Just like the example of the education of the girl-child, a more effective and balanced female representation and participation in politics and government will have major impact on the country’s socio-economic future and overall national development, according to Vice President Continue Reading