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Investigation: 2019 is not the year for the #Not Too Young to Run

By The Insight Team August 4, 2018 1306 0

In spite of the groundswell on agitations for an amendment to the 1999 constitution to lower the age bar to enable young Nigerians to scale it and contest the presidency, only 9 out of about 40 aspirants that have shown interest in the top are below the age of 40. President Muhammadu Buhari, on June […]Continue Reading

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100 Dangerous ‘Pastors’

By The Insight Team August 4, 2018 1496 0

In February, a Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Port Harcourt remanded in prison custody one Pastor Chidebere Okoroafor, who claimed to be the founder of the Altar of Solution Church. His offence? The so-called man of God was alleged to have killed a 25-year- old pregnant woman and two others. Shamefully, the man 32-year-old ‘pastor’ […]Continue Reading

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With N1,000, Suya, visitors gain easy access to NASS

By The Insight Team June 7, 2018 955 0

With roasted meat (Suya), N1,000 or a plate of food, unaccredited persons are gaining entry into the National Assembly Complex daily, investigation by Daily Trust on Sunday, revealed. Our investigation revealed that while petty traders use their wares including suya, plate of food, Moimoi (steamed bean pudding)  to bribe their ways into the complex, visitors […]Continue Reading

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Malami’s case going Babachir’s way – Senators

By The Insight Team June 7, 2018 954 0

Preliminary investigation into embattled former pension boss Abdulraheed Maina’s case has shown that it may lead to a repeat of the episode of the sacked Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal, senators have said. Lawal’s trouble started in senate when he was indicted in a grass cutting scandal and finally sacked […]Continue Reading

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Thorny and stony life in Igalaland

By The Insight Team June 5, 2018 1062 0

At the first gesture of the fading sun, I relocated from the six feet long foyer of my father’s aging bungalow to the shade of an elderly mango tree that blocked the scorch of sunlight from the skin. In the fragrance of the Christmas season, sitting under the mango tree whose age could tell the […]Continue Reading