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7 Lessons from Algeria in Fight against Bandits and Terrorists

By The Insight Team July 9, 2022 1043 0

By Theophilus Abbah, PhD The 1990s was aptly tagged the ‘Black Decade’ in Algeria. It was not just black, it was deadly and pernicious. It was a decade of fire and brimstone when terrorists’ fire engulfed the country from Algiers, its capital city, to rural and isolated communities. Riding on the wings of warped Islamic […]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 1177 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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President Buhari impressed with Dangote’s $2.5bn Fertiliser plant

By The Insight Team March 23, 2022 740 0

…surprised at the scale of investment; says nation set to witness agric boom President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday commissioned the new 3 million Metric Tonnes capacity per annum state-of-the-art Dangote Fertiliser Urea Plant, with an emphatic assurance that the project would give a huge fillip to Nigeria’s agricultural sector, which revitalization has been a Continue Reading

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Humanitarian needs: Zulum sleeps in Dikwa, shares N120m, food to 40,000 households

By The Insight Team March 9, 2022 1120 0

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday embarked on humanitarian responses in Dikwa town of Dikwa Local Government Area, which made him pass the night in the town. The interventions that reached 40,000 households was part of the Zulum’s routine approvals of support to vulnerable persons, even as communities affected by insurgent attacks, […]Continue Reading

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Port Harcourt: 600 Bishops, other clergies witness as Anglican church awards Zulum for “courage and purposeful leadership”

By The Insight Team February 24, 2022 1183 Post a comment

At least six hundred clergies, amongst them 20 Archbishops, 144 Bishops, and hundreds of reverends converged in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where the church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) honored Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, with a “prestigious award for courageous and purposeful leadership in challenging times”. Nigeria’s Continue Reading

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Use your network to develop Igala land, Attah tells Uk’Omu Igala

By The Insight Team February 9, 2022 1294 0

The Attah Igala and President, Kogi State Traditional Council, His Royal Majesty, James Alaji Opaluwa, has called on Igala sons and daughters to activate their social, political, and economic network to develop Kogi East Senatorial District, the home of Igala-speaking people of Nigeria. The paramount ruler made the call at the weekend when the Executive […]Continue Reading

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Zulum flags-off N11.5 billion works for 10 major roads, bridges

By The Insight Team January 27, 2022 962 0

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Thursday, flagged off N11.5 billion worth of construction works for eight major roads and two bridges cited in key parts of Maiduguri, the state capital. A Chinese construction company, Eighteenth Engineering Company (EEC), and a Borno-based construction company, Obtuse Tech Engineering Company Limited, both of which Continue Reading

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‘What IMF says about eNaira’

By The Insight Team November 16, 2021 1004 0

By Jack Ree, IMF African Department The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) officially launched the “ eNaira”—a central bank digital currency (CBDC)—on October 25, 2021. This is the second CBDC fully open to the public after the Bahamas. Other countries and regions, such as China and the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union, have been conducting CBDC […]Continue Reading

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NATIONAL HOUSING PROGRAMME: NIGERIANS INVITED TO APPLY AS FASHOLA LAUNCHES PORTAL FOR SALE OF HOUSES

By The Insight Team November 15, 2021 1005 0

·      Over 5,000 houses up for sale across 34 states of the Federation, which construction generated jobs, economic growth, says Minister ·      Online sale to ensure credibility, openness and reduce human intervention, underhand practice ·      Encourages FHA, FMBN, Continue Reading

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Group advocates justice for relations of families of terrorism, insurgency victims

By The Insight Team November 14, 2021 852 0

A nonpolitical, peace and unity organization, One Nigeria Group, has called for justice for the relations of victims killed by insurgency and terrorist groups in the country. The national leader of the group, Muhammad Saleh, made the call at Unity Fountain, Abuja, during a rally organized by the group to condemn the nefarious activities of […]Continue Reading

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Askira-Uba Attack: Zulum lauds military for resilience; empathizes over loss

By The Insight Team November 14, 2021 900 0

Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has commended the Nigerian military for putting up a strong resilience in a battle with fighters from the Islamic State of West Africa Province, who launched attacks on a military base in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of southern Borno State, on Saturday morning. Governor Zulum, in a statement by […]Continue Reading

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Dangote committed to reducing unemployment in Nigeria

By The Insight Team November 14, 2021 1109 0

Dangote Industries Limited has restated its commitment to contributing to a significant reduction in the number of unemployed Nigerians even as the Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry lauded the indigenous conglomerate spread across Africa. Speaking at the Dangote Special Day, at the ongoing 2021 Lagos International Trade Fair, Group Executive Director, Commercial Continue Reading