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Nigeria at 66: 10 Key Takeaways from Tinubu’s Independence Day Address

By The Insight Team October 1, 2026 163 0

By Emmanuel Kwada President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has used Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary address to declare that the country has moved beyond the phase of economic reforms and is now entering what he described as an “age of prosperity.” In his nationwide address on Thursday, October 1, 2026, the President reflected on Nigeria’s 66-year Continue Reading

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NISO Begins Construction of New Ultra-Modern National Control Centre

By The Insight Team October 1, 2026 118 0

The Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) has commenced construction of a new ultra-modern National Control Centre in Osogbo, Osun State, in a move aimed at strengthening the management, monitoring and operation of Nigeria’s national electricity grid. NISO flagged off the construction on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, with the groundbreaking ceremony performed Continue Reading

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RMRDC Unveils Plan To Turn African Feedstock Into Factories

By The Insight Team September 29, 2026 177 0

…set to unlock Nigeria’s $582bn untapped resource wealth   By Daniel Adaji The Director- General and Chief Executive of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council, (RMRDC) Professor Nnanyelugo Ike-Muonso, has unveiled a five-pillar strategy to transform Africa from an exporter of unprocessed raw materials into a continent that processes its Continue Reading

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Ruto to UN: You Can’t Call Yourselves ‘United Nations’ While Punishing 54 Countries for Being African

By The Insight Team September 24, 2026 149 0

Key Points: Africa provides the largest UN peacekeeping contingents and bears the heaviest cost of instability. Africa remains the only continent without a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, despite having 54 member states. African nations borrow at 2-4 times higher rates than developed economies due to subjective credit ratings. Two Veto Powers or […]Continue Reading

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FG Advances Food Security Through ONSA AgriShield Initiative 

By The Insight Team September 21, 2026 157 0

By Chido Onumah The Federal Government is strengthening the connection between national security and food security through the AgriShield Initiative, led by the National Counter Terrorism Centre in the Office of the National Security Adviser, in partnership with TAG International. The Borno State pilot focuses on a concern that reaches every Nigerian household: farmers Continue Reading

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“We Watched Them Die One by One”: Survivors Recount How 37 Miners Died in NSCDC Custody

By The Insight Team September 18, 2026 194 0

By Emmanuel Kwada Survivors of the detention of suspected illegal miners in Niger State have recounted harrowing moments inside an overcrowded Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) facility, alleging that detainees cried for help as their colleagues died one after another. At least 37 suspected illegal miners died after being arrested during enforcement Continue Reading

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‎EXPLAINER: What the UN ‘Correct the Map’ Vote Really Means

By The Insight Team September 14, 2026 198 0

Key points: Nigeria, 163 countries voted yes, US voted no, six abstained. Togo led negotiations on behalf of the African Group Resolution asks for equal-area maps showing true country sizes. Mercator maps distort size, making Africa look much smaller. Africa is 14 times larger than Greenland, not equal. No borders change. No countries join or […]Continue Reading

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Vice-President Shettima to Unveil Biography of the late Brigadier Musa Usman on Monday

By The Insight Team September 10, 2026 317 0

By The Insight Vice-President Kashim Shettima is scheduled to unveil a posthumous biography of the late Brigadier Musa Usman, the pioneer Military Governor of the former North-Eastern State, on Monday, September 14, 2026. A press release, signed by Hassan Tanimu Musa Usman (FCA), on behalf of the family, says the public presentation of the 363-page […]Continue Reading

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Dr Omakoji Simeon Oyiguh: Fighting insecurity in Kogi State with bare hands

By The Insight Team September 7, 2026 557 0

By Theophilus Abbah Angels had snatched my mother from the gate of death. We had to ferry her to the foremost tertiary hospital that shone as the glory of our State- Kogi State Specialist Hospital, Lokoja. That was in December 2025, when the unfriendly humidity from the mountains encircling the capital city was fierce and […]Continue Reading

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Kogi East Neighbourhood Watch Honours Traditional Ruler, Others for Contributions to Security

By The Insight Team September 3, 2026 164 0

By Emmanuel Kwada The Kogi East Neighbourhood Watch has honoured individuals who have made significant contributions to peace and security in the region, presenting them with awards at its 2026 Annual Conference in Dekina, Kogi State. The conference, held on August 29, 2026, brought together community leaders, security stakeholders, traditional rulers and other Continue Reading

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Nigerian Army, Police Rescue 21 Kidnap Victims from Forests in Kogi

By The Insight Team September 3, 2026 122 0

By Emmanuel Kwada Troops of the 12 Brigade, Nigerian Army, working in collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force, Department of State Services (DSS), local hunters and vigilante groups, have rescued 21 victims abducted along a major road corridor in Kogi State. The victims were rescued on August 31, 2026, following a coordinated security operation in […]Continue Reading

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Beyond Revenue: How Nigeria Customs is Building Human Capital to Drive Trade, Economic Growth

By The Insight Team September 2, 2026 205 0

By Clement Omanibe The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has maintained its pedigree as Nigeria’s frontline revenue generation giant. But beyond this household name status, the Service is increasingly moving beyond revenue generation and border enforcement basic responsibilities to trade facilitation and value addition to the nation’s economy. The NCS carries out Continue Reading