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How China made excess of N6.83trn from Nigeria in 4 years

By The Insight Team April 4, 2021 887 0

mostbet mostbet az mostbet mostbet az mostbet mostbet mostbet az mostbet mostbet az mostbet az An analysis of trade statistics has shown that trade relations between China and Nigeria is heavily to the disadvantage of Nigeria. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that Nigeria recorded N6.83 trillion worth of trade deficit with China in the last four years. Between 2015 and 2018, Nigeria imported goods worth N7.65 […]Continue Reading

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5 Reasons Why Nigeria Scored Low on Corruption Perceptions Index 2020:

By The Insight Team February 4, 2021 932

  …What should be done to improve it The 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released globally by Transparency International (TI) recently has shown that Nigeria yet again, records a decline in the CPI in 2020. In the report published exclusively in Nigeria by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), the National Chapter of TI, […]Continue Reading

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The National Question and the Quest for Restructuring in Nigeria

By The Insight Team February 3, 2021 941 0

By Chido Onumah  Introduction To paraphrase the historian, mathematician, journalist, and public intellectual, Edwin Madunagu, every political history has its significant dates, landmarks, or turning points. In Nigeria’s political history, for instance, landmarks would include October 1, 1960, (the day Nigeria gained independence from Britain), January 15, Continue Reading

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Sad Return to Broken Chains

By The Insight Team February 3, 2021 976 0

By Eric Teniola In June 2005 we were so ecstatic in celebrating the debt relief offered us, a relief of over $20billion, which was beyond the total revenue of Nigeria for one year. So happy were we that President Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, had to make a broadcast to the nation on June 30, 2005. He […]Continue Reading

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Insecurity: Crucial actors left out in Nigeria’s South-West deal with herders

By The Insight Team January 27, 2021 994 0

Theophilus Abbah Frayed nerves were relaxed as governors of South-West states signed a peace pact with the leadership of Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on January 25, 2021. The pact neutralized the tension generated by the ‘quit notices’ issued to Fulani by Governor Arakunrin Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN, and activist Sunday Igboho, Continue Reading

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Buba Marwa Resumes as NDLEA Boss, Bemoans 15 million Drug Users in Nigeria

By The Insight Team January 18, 2021 974 0

The New Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brigadier General Mohammad Buba Marwa has bemoaned the increasing number of drug users at over 15 million in Nigeria. Marwa who lamented the growing population of drug users during his inaugural address at the NDLEA headquarters Abuja pointed out […]Continue Reading

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Here is Bishop Kukah’s misinterpreted 2020 Christmas Day message

By The Insight Team December 29, 2020 983 0

A Nation in Search of Vindication: Another Christmas with Dark Clouds of Death:   Let me paraphrase the holy prophet Isaiah who said: “For Jerusalem (Nigeria’s sake), I will not be silent until her vindication shines forth like the dawn…..No more shall people call you forsaken, or your land desolate, but you shall be called […]Continue Reading

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How Do I Write A Tribute For Sam Nda-Isaiah?

By The Insight Team December 14, 2020 1216 0

It was a short post from Isiaq Ajibola, former COO of Media Trust, on the WhatsApp platform of the Northern Media Forum, that drew attention to the passing of Sam Nda-Isaiah, just a few minutes past midnight, today, Saturday, 12th December 2020. To say that I was stunned, was to understate my emotions! I placed […]Continue Reading

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Gratuities: Zulum approves N12b to clear 4,862 unpaid retirees

By The Insight Team December 8, 2020 873 0

… Presents cheques to retirees  … N3b earlier released in 2019  Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday announced the release of N12 billion to clear gratuities owed 4,862 retirees who left the state and local government civil service from 2013 to 2017. Before today’s, Zulum had released N3 billion in June and September […]Continue Reading

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Lesson from North Korea: Invent rather than imitate

By The Insight Team December 2, 2020 857 0

In the world, imitation became a trend. If there is one country that tends towards invention, not imitation, it is precisely the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, something that contrasts with this reality. A few years ago, Pyongyang hosted an exhibition of machinery and equipment, which displayed an 80 hp tractor, a 115 hp diesel […]Continue Reading

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Boko Haram: Leading northeast governors, Darius backs Zulum’s call for mercenaries

By The Insight Team December 2, 2020 929 0

Taraba State Governor, Ishaku Darius has declared support for Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s request that the federal reengages mercenaries to join the Nigerian armed forces in the ongoing fight against Boko Haram insurgents terrorizing Borno in particular, and some parts of the northeast. Darius spoke on Tuesday in Maiduguri when Governors of Adamawa, Ahmadu Continue Reading

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A Systemic Persecution of Christians and the Church in Northern Nigeria: The Church’s Response

By The Insight Team November 24, 2020 1460 Post a comment

By Fr. Williams Kaura Abba Introduction The Wall Street Journal published an article in December 2019 wherein Bernard-Henri Levy, a French Philosopher, filmmaker, journalist, and public intellectual described a trip he made to Nigeria during which he privately investigated Fulani attacks on Christians. Levy recounts thus:   A slow-motion war is underway in Continue Reading