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

By The Insight Team October 9, 2025 172

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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FG received N12.3 trillion ($7.89bn) loans, grants to tackle poverty, but more Nigerians sink deeper into poverty

By The Insight Team August 27, 2025 605

Cost of living in urban centres is too high for the average salary earner Rural dwellers can’t survive on earnings from their farms From 2019 to 2025, Nigeria has been the destination of a floodgate of loans and grants for conditional and unconditional cash transfers The payment of cash transfers is not transparent Tinubu’s palliatives […]Continue Reading

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PDP as a house of scorpions

By The Insight Team May 31, 2025 402

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is now bound to the bed of afflictions. No thanks to familiar spirits, to use a Pentecostal terminology, or  scorpions, who emit venom into the body of the previously robust party. The PDP looks terminally ill, breathing with difficulty. For those who witnessed the glory of the former PDP, its […]Continue Reading

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Five colours of UTME candidates

By The Insight Team May 18, 2025 398

The Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) silently roared into my world in 2015. It penetrated my family as a difficult guest through my daughter. As she gathered momentum to wrestle with science subjects in the UTME aptitude tests, I felt guilty as I could do little to assist her. She chose to study the sciences, […]Continue Reading

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FG lied: video shows over 50 Abuja explosion casualties

By The Insight Team March 25, 2025 631

The Insight Team Fresh evidence has contradicted official claims regarding the true extent of casualties in a fuel tanker explosion at Karu Bridge, near Nyanya Market, Abuja, on the 19th of March 2025. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Emergency Management Department (FEMD) and the FCT Police Command initially reported a significantly lower number of fatalities. […]Continue Reading

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Plot to replace Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan with Yahaya Bello

By The Insight Team March 20, 2025 2434

By The Insight Team There is a coordinated effort by certain political figures in Kogi State to unseat Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central )and replace her with former Governor Yahaya Bello, The Insight has learnt. Reports circulating suggest that some constituents from Kogi Central have begun a recall process against Natasha. This development follows the […]Continue Reading

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MDAs spent N3.3bn on diesel in five months

By The Insight Team February 14, 2025 623

By Emmanuel Kwada Amidst Nigeria’s lingering power supply challenges, Ministries, Departments, and Agencies of the Federal Government collectively spent over N3.3bn on diesel between July and November 2024 to power their offices, generators, and powerhouses. This is according to records obtained on Friday by The Insight from BudgIT’s accountability platform, Continue Reading

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Kogi State: How did ‘benevolent Governor Ododo’ spend N100bn in one year?

By The Insight Team February 7, 2025 1010

Kogi may have earned over N200bn in one year if FAAC allocations to LGs and IGR are added to allocations to FAAC disbursement to the state government The most visible projects are two major roads, totalling 15 kilometres ‘He has reduced tension through prompt payment of salaries’ Ex-Governor Yahaya Bello’s ‘divide and rule’ tactics are […]Continue Reading

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A forensic linguistic analysis of Tinubu’s New Year message

By The Insight Team January 2, 2025 588

Theophilus Abbah President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s New Year message to Nigerians on January 1, 2025, was the most optimistic of his speeches since he became president 19 months ago. In the speech, he acknowledged hardship in the country as a result of his so-called reforms. Tinubu highlighted positive economic trends, like decreasing fuel prices, trade […]Continue Reading

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Former US President Jimmy Carter’s diary about Nigeria

By The Insight Team January 2, 2025 610

By Theophilus Abbah The 39th President of the United States, from 1977 to 1981, Jimmy Carter, who passed away at the age of 100 on December 30, 2024, was passionate about Nigeria and the role the country played toward the liberation of Africa in diverse circumstances and dispensations. Variously described as a man of grace, […]Continue Reading

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A pilgrimage to Soyinka’s home in Ijesha forest

By The Insight Team December 5, 2024 972

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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Kukah Centre Report: Nigeria’s political parties running on sinking sand

By The Insight Team August 9, 2024 579

Key Points: Why smaller political parties lose those elected into parliament to bigger parties Most party members are ignorant of the philosophies, aims and objectives of their political parties Most parties do not have a database of their members Most parties do not have clear-cut strategies for attracting more members Staff members of most political […]Continue Reading