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The Biggest Risk to Institutions Isn’t Bad Leadership, It’s Leadership That Fails to Develop Others

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By Izuoma Ogwuma, Human Resource expert and HR team lead  at the Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation   For six years, the regional programme office ran like clockwork under one manager. She caught problems before they became reports. She knew which vendor would deliver and which one to avoid, which state contact returned calls and which one needed […]Continue Reading
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The Victories You Rarely Notice: Why Prevention Is the Highest Form of Nat’l Security

By The Insight Team 128 0
By Crispin Oduobuk On 10 June 2026, armed men disguised in military uniforms descended on Iluke community in Kogi State. They disrupted an ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination and began herding students towards the bush. Acting on credible intelligence supplied by members of the community, troops of the Nigerian Army’s 12 Brigade, supported Continue Reading
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Who Is Afraid of the Auditor-General?

By The Insight Team 222 0
By Dayo Olaide, Development and Philanthropy expert. About three weeks ago, my friend, Olusegun Elemo, and I had an hour-long conversation about Nigeria’s draft federal audit bill. Olusegun is the executive director of PLSI, one of Nigeria’s foremost and leading voices on audit reforms. His group has pioneered several federal and subnational efforts to improve Continue Reading
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Now, Nigerian journalists are trapped in ‘theatre of terror’

By The Insight Team 355 2
A disturbing news judgment I made in January 2012 when I occupied the magisterial seat as Editor of Sunday Trust makes me feel like a guilty old man when dry bone is mentioned in a proverb. In this case, I feel unease when security personnel and government officials throw missiles at the media for allegedly […]Continue Reading
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Nigeria’s Public Institutions Need Young Talent — Young Talent Is Not Interested

By The Insight Team 219
By Chioma Bright-Uhara, Deputy Director of Communications, Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation   I did not grow up planning to care about public service. My parents were public servants, and while I watched them show up for their careers with dedication, that path simply did not feel like mine. When I was thinking about my future, other options […]Continue Reading
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From Partnership to Progress: SDP4 and the Future of UK–Nigeria Security Cooperation

By The Insight Team 246
By Chido Onumah Today, Abuja hosts the Fourth United Kingdom–Nigeria Security and Defence Partnership (SDP4) Dialogue, marking another important milestone in one of the most consequential bilateral security relationships on the African continent. More than a diplomatic engagement, SDP4 arrives at a defining moment for both countries and for the wider international Continue Reading
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Yes, to state police; but let’s first stop them from doing just one thing

By The Insight Team 380
June 2022 stands out in my life like a dark stain on a spotless white garment. It remains etched in my memory alongside other defining dates — my birthday, my wedding day, the day I wrote my final undergraduate exam, and, most painfully, the day death stole my father away. That month, my family endured […]Continue Reading
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