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Who Is Afraid of the Auditor-General?

By The Insight Team July 23, 2026 143 0

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The Ownership Deficit: Africa’s Real Talent Problem Is Not Talent

By The Insight Team July 20, 2026 157 0

By Great Ukazim, Founder, Beingsphere We were moving offices a few years ago, and in the middle of the chaos, a colleague pointed at a good, sturdy table and said we should leave it behind. Buying a new one would be cheaper than moving this one, he said. But something made me ask him: if […]Continue Reading

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Now, Nigerian journalists are trapped in ‘theatre of terror’

By The Insight Team July 16, 2026 257 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 June 30, 2026 154

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 June 23, 2026 192

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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Beyond Training: Building Systems That Let Africa’s Public Servants Deliver

By The Insight Team June 22, 2026 156

By Chioma Njoku, Director of Programmes, Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation   Africa does not have a talent problem. Walk into any ministry, any government agency, any public institution in Nigeria, and I dare say, across the continent, and you will find people who are capable, committed and aware of what needs to change. What you will also […]Continue Reading

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After On Nigeria: Who Will Fund Democracy in Nigeria?

By The Insight Team June 18, 2026 172

By Dayo Olaide, Development and Philanthropy expert Nigeria’s democracy is entering dangerous territory, with governance failures worsening. Unfortunately, donor support for transparency, accountability, and democracy programming in Nigeria is being withdrawn under the radar. Should Nigerians be worried? For nearly a decade, major donor-funded programs supported 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 June 12, 2026 300

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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Sierra Leone’s Maada Bio Advocates Visionary Legacy For West Africa

By The Insight Team June 4, 2026 230

By Lindsay Barrett (With additional reporting from Sierra Leone Presidential Information Service) President Bio Greets the Dominican-born Member of the House of Lords and Former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations, Patricia Janet Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal. One of the most prestigious delegates at the Colloquium. The President of Sierra Leone Dr. Continue Reading

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It Is the Cosmic — What We Do Returns to Us, Says Babafemi Ojudu

By The Insight Team May 29, 2026 195

In a candid and reflective piece, former Senator Babafemi Ojudu has delved into the concept of karma, describing how the consequences of human actions, particularly in the exercise of power, inevitably return to their originators in what he terms a cosmic cycle. Ojudu made it clear that he was not attempting to explore the deep […]Continue Reading

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2027 Elections: My fears for Professor Amupitan

By The Insight Team May 26, 2026 315

The eyes of my centenarian father-in-law always sparked with excitement, his heart warm with happiness every time I travelled from Abuja to our village and walked into his serene premises. Not because I took a lorryload of material gifts or showered him with Naira notes.  Rather, it was because each visit enabled him to give […]Continue Reading

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Africa: Search for Inter-Faith Partnerships For Peace

By The Insight Team May 12, 2026 193

By Francis Femi For a continent that is torn by forces of religious extremism, accompanied by destruction of lives and property in some countries, especially Nigeria, the commendation by Pope Leo XIV to the delegates of the Programme for Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa (PROCMURA) during a recent visit to the Vatican to promote a harmonious […]Continue Reading