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Nigeria faces rice scarcity in 2023, but…

By The Insight Team January 11, 2023 1028

mostbet mostbet az mostbet mostbet az mostbet pin up mostbet mostbet By Daniel Adaji Key Points Floods ravaged rice-producing belts in Nigeria in 2022 Historically, there is always rice scarcity after every flood in Nigeria Prices of locally-produced rice will increase in 2023 due to scarcity Rice farmers have not received support from government to enable them recover from the losses An institute in Niger State […]Continue Reading

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FG condemns kidnapping of train passengers in Edo

By The Insight Team January 10, 2023 701

By Lucy Ogalue The Federal Government has described the kidnapping of train passengers at Tom Ikimi Train Station, Igueben in Edo as despicable and utterly barbaric. The Director of Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Transportation, Mr Henshaw Ogubike, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. “The Public is hereby reassured that the […]Continue Reading

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I look forward to peaceful polls, retirement, says President Buhari

By The Insight Team January 10, 2023 647

By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari says he looks forward to peaceful conduct of this year’s general elections, and retirement, since he has satisfied the constitutionally required two terms in office. The president said this at the State House, Abuja, when he hosted the Special Envoy of President Evariste Ndayishimiye of the Republic of Burundi, […]Continue Reading

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My life or His Publicity? When Zulum made a call

By The Insight Team January 4, 2023 676

By Isa Gusau Our boss, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, my family and closest friends wouldn’t like what I am about to publicly reveal. I deeply apologise. Last week, I had a surgery at Max Multi Speciality Hospital in New Delhi, India. The surgery, which doctors categorised as a ‘high risk’ was around my chest wall […]Continue Reading

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President Buhari signs 2023 budget says adequate provisions made for 2023 election

By The Insight Team January 3, 2023 534

By Daniel Adaji President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja signed the 2023 Budget of N21.83 trillion along with the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Bill into law. Speaking at the signing of the eighth and final annual budget of this Administration, the President said the aggregate expenditures of N21.83 trillion, is an increase of N1.32 trillion […]Continue Reading

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My appeal to all Nigerians particularly young Nigerians- Obasanjo

By The Insight Team January 2, 2023 564

  By OLUSEGUN OBASANJO Dear Compatriots and Friends, Happy New Year! May all our national calamities disappear this year. I am constrained to write this letter to all Nigerians especially young Nigerians, friends of Nigeria globally as well as our development partners because of the gravity, responsibility and implications of the collective decision Nigerians, both Continue Reading

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Saraki’s courageous leadership made 8th Assembly most productive- Dogara

By The Insight Team December 20, 2022 720

Former Senate President Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, demonstrated great leadership and courage which resulted in the unprecedented performance of the 8th Assembly, Hon Yakubu Dogara, the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, has said. In a message celebrating Saraki on the occasion of his 60th birthday anniversary, Hon Dogara commended  Saraki’s Continue Reading

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Poverty has a foothold in Nigeria, and the solutions are not being discussed in this election cycle

By The Insight Team December 20, 2022 662

By Stanley Achonu The 2023 elections loom, with politicians making campaign promises that offer hope. Yet, poverty – probably the biggest threat to Nigerians today – has gone unaddressed. In October, the World Bank released its “Poverty and Shared Prosperity” report[1] outlining progress in the global fight against extreme poverty. According to the report, the Continue Reading

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False Claim on Tinubu attributed to the Nigerian Fact-Checkers Coalition

By The Insight Team December 16, 2022 900 Post a comment

By Daniel Adaji The attention of the Nigerian Fact-Checkers Coalition (NFC) has been drawn to a disturbing false claim attributed to our team of fact-checkers. The bogus fact-check card, now going viral on social media, had passed a verdict that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, “inherited great real […]Continue Reading

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Sanusi’s epistle for Atiku, Tinubu, others

By The Insight Team December 15, 2022 760

Title: For the Good of the Nation: Essays and Perspectives Author: Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Pages: 509 Publishers: Alfa Communications Ltd. Year: 2021 By Theophilus Abbah  @theophilusa Each  time Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi speaks, his words sting the powerful like the poisonous teeth of a viper.  At the same time, like a pool of water in […]Continue Reading

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Dangote Cement Shareholders Unanimously approve a 10% share Buy-back Programme

By The Insight Team December 14, 2022 601

By Esan Sunday Shareholders of Dangote Cement, unanimously on Tuesday authorised the Management of the company to undertake a share buyback of up to 10 percent of its issued shares, effective from the date of the resolution. The company had earlier indicated an interest in undergoing a share buyback programme, in respect of up to […]Continue Reading

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SERAP gives Okowa, Wike, others 7 days to disclose spending of N625bn refunds

By The Insight Team December 13, 2022 593

By Kolawole Oluwadare Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the nine oil producing states in Nigeria to “provide and widely publish details of spending of the oil derivation refunds of N625bn recently paid to them by the Federal Government, including details and locations of projects executed with the money.” The Federal Government recently Continue Reading