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How MacArthur Foundation Projects Boost COVID Recovery In Nigeria

By The Insight Team June 28, 2022 1148 Post a comment

By Ibrahim Zikirullahi and Armsfree Ajanaku Although the dreadful Corona Virus outbreak that convulsed the world in 2020 appears to be receding, the devastation it imposed continues to stare governments and citizens in the face. For many Nigerians who found themselves in a state of hysteria and uncertainty, it appears that the worst of what […]Continue Reading

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MARITIME SECURITY: NIGERIA, JAPAN Sign Exchange Notes On High-Speed Boat To Reinforce Deep Blue Project.

By The Insight Team June 28, 2022 856 0

The Federal Republic of Nigeria has signed an Exchange of Note(E/N) with the Japanese Government for an Economic and Social Development Programme involving the acquisition of a High-Speed Boat to reinforce services for coastal security in Nigeria, with the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, as the implementing partner. The Honorable Minister Continue Reading

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Six Profs now in Zulum’s admin as Borno deploys 19 Commissioners

By The Insight Team June 28, 2022 1187 0

With Monday’s deployment of 19 commissioners to various ministries in Borno State, a total of six professors currently serve under the administration of Professor Babagana Umara Zulum as Governor. The latest addition is Professor Mohammed Arab Alhaji who was deployed as commissioner of health, making him the first Prof (at least since 1999) to head […]Continue Reading

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Defying Boko Haram For 13 Years Makes Northeast Hero of 23-Year Democracy

By The Insight Team June 12, 2022 994 0

Below is the full text of Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum’s speech to commemorate Nigeria’s 23rd Democracy Day: By Professor Babagana Zulum 1. It is now 23 uninterrupted years since Nigeria returned to democratic rule back in 1999. In those 23 years, societies across the country have witnessed different levels of progress and challenges. […]Continue Reading

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Government’s subsidized fertilizers fail to reach rural farms in Kogi State

By The Insight Team June 7, 2022 1255 0

By Daniel Adaji Mr Edibo Friday is a father of one and a crop farmer with more than a decade of experience in Kogi state, North central Nigeria. Friday farms cassava, maize and cashew. He also farms soybeans and is a member of the Green Ally Farmers Cooperative in the Dekina Local Government of Kogi […]Continue Reading

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Nigeria drops ball in testing the population for COVID-19

By The Insight Team June 7, 2022 1252 Post a comment

Theophilus Abbah and Daniel Adaji Testing for COVID-19 has dropped drastically, according to weekly reports by the [i]Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) that show continued drops in fewer and fewer records of testing in most of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). For instance, for the week that ended on April […]Continue Reading

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Sustainable lifestyle; panacea for looming food, energy crises

By The Insight Team May 30, 2022 954 0

…as Rev Martins warns of environmental pollution consequences  A case has been made for a sustainable lifestyle to stem the looming food and energy crises that may arise from the current climate change occasioned by environmental pollution and general mismanagement. This is the submission at a one-day conference in Lagos on the Preservation of the […]Continue Reading

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Killing of 32: Zulum visits Kala-Balge, meets bereaved families

By The Insight Team May 30, 2022 1005 0

Discusses security measures Offers 100% increase for resident medical workers Gives deadline for reopening of hospital, school Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Sunday, traveled to Rann, headquarters of Kala-Balge Local Government Area, to commiserate with mourning communities and families of 32 metal scavengers killed by Boko Haram/ISWAP last week. Continue Reading

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Russia invasion of Ukraine threatens food security in Nigeria

By The Insight Team May 27, 2022 1359 0

By Theophilus Abbah & Daniel Adaji In December 2021, the price of family size Grand loaf, one of the popular bread in Abuja, Nigeria, was N600 ($1.43). As of April 2022, the price jumped to N850 ($2.02), an increase of about 41 per cent. The reason for this rise is not related to domestic economic […]Continue Reading

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2023: Why I will not accept aspirants’ offers to be VP

By The Insight Team May 27, 2022 723 0

(Below was part of Governor Zulum’s remark when he accepted the nomination as the candidate of the APC in Borno for the 2023 governorship:) Only at the weekend, more than 30 youths were killed around Kala-Balge. This should remind us of the reality of our problems and the need to deliberately unite ourselves towards the […]Continue Reading

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My Encounter with Ahmed Idris, Buhari’s AGF

By The Insight Team May 20, 2022 875 0

By Sam Amadi There is nothing better than due process and the rule of law for the stability of society. They are better than charism and even spartan lifestyle. Buhari’s administration is now officially the most corrupt in the history of modern Nigeria. This is the administration of a man who built all his reputation […]Continue Reading

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The Blood of Deborah Samuel Yakubu

By The Insight Team May 17, 2022 1131 0

Theophilus Abbah Her name, Deborah Samuel Yakubu Garba, exposes Nigeria’s inevitable culture mix that finds Christianity robustly rubbing shoulders with Islam deep and intertwined into the faint past that cannot be figured out by the best historical microscope. A combination of Deborah Samuel Yakubu presupposes that the young lady had Moslem in her ancestry, and Continue Reading