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Abuja
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Abuja residents groan over unutilised multi-billion naira Light Rail

By The Insight Team 338
Key points The Abuja light rail was meant to ease movement within the Federal Capital Territory Residents lament that the system is not being used and impacting their movement Project lies waste, vandalised while loan repayment has started Chinese loans are shrouded in secrecy Poor management caused the failure of the project; the government need […]Continue Reading
Yahaya Bello
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2023 Governorship: Tinubu, APC, police fold arms while Kogi burns

By The Insight Team 250
Key Points: With killings and attacks on properties, governorship election in Kogi has turned to war The three main ethnic groups are pursuing ‘ethnic agenda’ Groups have written to President Tinubu to call Governor Yahaya Bello to order ‘Elders from Kogi East, Kogi Central, and Kogi West must meet urgently to halt the dangerous dimension […]Continue Reading
Deborah Samuel
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‘Blasphemy’: Two suspects on trial for Deborah Samuel’s murder set free

By The Insight Team 517 2
Key points Court says the prosecution failed to appear in court when the case came up for hearing Sokoto Commissioner for Justice speaks Police: ‘Her real killers are at large’ One year after murder, the college fails to investigate students suspected to have instigated ‘blasphemy’ allegation The authorities have trivialized the sanctity of human life […]Continue Reading
electoral
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Rise and fall of electoral chairmen in Nigeria (1964-2023)

By The Insight Team 577 0
The 2023 elections fell short of the promises and expectations of Nigerians, in spite the deployment of world-class and highly expensive technology. The irregularities could put Professor Yakubu Mahmood in the bracket of past electoral chairmen who failed the integrity test. Theophilus Abbah, PhD The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Continue Reading
Abuja Area one IDP
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Inside Abuja Area One IDP Camp where hunger and sickness prevail

By The Insight Team 714 0
By Daniel Adaji Hajia Bintu Ali, a 53-year-old mother of ten, fled to the Abuja Area One Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp for refuge after a deadly Boko Haram attack in her community in Gwoza local government area, Borno state. Everyone fled for safety. Many persons were killed, and several others are missing to date. […]Continue Reading
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Is it illegal for individuals to carry pepper spray, as police spokesperson claims?

By The Insight Team 487 0
By Stephanie Adams-Douglas Two top police officers at the core of public relations – the police spokesperson and head of the public complaints unit – had authoritatively pronounced the possession and use of pepper spray by private citizens as offences. However, their position has generated controversy amongst the citizenry, many of whom have disagreed, citing […]Continue Reading
IReV
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Several irregularities on IReV portal

By The Insight Team 262 0
By Daniel Adaji The just-concluded  presidential election has raised a lot of dust, bordering on the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upload results from the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV). Though INEC has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Continue Reading
Late Akaiba Ojochenemi
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Ojochenemi: The story of a ‘Bello Ambassador’ killed over suspected thuggery in Anyigba on election day

By The Insight Team 353 0
By Daniel Adaji The story of Akaiba Ojochenemi who was killed for allegedly snatching ballot boxes at a polling unit in Dekina area of Kogi State has gone viral on the social media and other media platforms. The incidence which took place on 25 February 2023 has received cold reactions from the appropriate quarters. The […]Continue Reading
Gov. Yahaha Bello
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No, never again in Kogi East Senatorial District

By The Insight Team 231 0
By Theophilus Abbah, PhD   Just three months after the third anniversary of the gruesome murder, the sacrifice, the burning alive of Mrs Salome Abu in Ochadamu, her ancestral home, in Kogi State, on the altar of politics to lubricate the undeserved victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November, 2019 Kogi governorship […]Continue Reading
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Call for application: ICIR Open Contract Reporting Project (OCRP) 2023

By The Insight Team 269 0
The International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) is calling for applications from suitable and qualified journalists for the second phase of its Open Contract Reporting Project (OCRP). The OCPR is an accountability reporting project of the Centre that seeks to promote fiscal transparency and accountability in the budget and procurement processes in Nigeria. In Continue Reading
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