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Study Notes on Nigeria’s Youth Revolt

By The Insight Team November 7, 2020 729

mostbet mostbet az mostbet mostbet az mostbet mostbet mostbet az mostbet By Edwin Madunagu  What actually happened in Nigeria, from October 8, 2020 to the last week of that month? Did we see a protest, a revolt, an uprising, a rebellion, a nihilist – anarchist self-expression, an insurrection or a revolution? But why have I decided to put “revolution” last? Is it because it is the […]Continue Reading

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Tussle for Attah of Igala – a Return to Sanity

By The Insight Team November 3, 2020 904

Time Tested Tradition. Notwithstanding the glory, reverence and extreme privilege bordering on deification that comes with ascending the throne of the Attah Igala, the contest for the stool has over time been devoid of the desperate, acrimonious, and cutthroat competition that is often associated with the tussle for royal stools in other lands. The reason […]Continue Reading

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Economic Statecraft, by Obadiah Mailafia

By The Insight Team October 29, 2020 924

By Obadiah Mailafia In terms of financial wizardry and sheer genius in economic statecraft, the only master I bow to is the legendary sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. I am no cultist and I do not subscribe to the Awo cult. But I believe he was an extraordinary statesman and an economic genius to boot. Former […]Continue Reading

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INEC Job and the Risk Element

By The Insight Team October 19, 2020 741

By Eric Teniola As expected the tenure of Professor Mahmood Yakubu (58) as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission ends on Monday, November 9. Then came the announcement by Professor Yakubu that the presidential election will hold February 18, 2023, that is eight hundred and eighty-five days away. It is the first time Nigerians […]Continue Reading

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Oladayo Olaide: Hearty Cheers To A Comrade Who Stayed In Touch

By The Insight Team October 14, 2020 1003

By Dr. Ibrahim M. Zikirullahi My brother and colleague Mr. Oladayo Olaide adds another year today to his age. The joyous occasion presents an opportunity to embark on an excursion down memory lane. My bond of comradeship with the celebrant dates back to the late 1990s. It was a time of turbulence all over Nigeria; […]Continue Reading

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President Buhari: disbanding of SARS first step to extensive police reforms

By The Insight Team October 12, 2020 868 Post a comment

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja declared that disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) is the first step to extensive police reforms by his administration. Speaking at the launch of the Presidential Youth Empowerment Scheme (P-YES), aimed at creating 774,000 jobs across the Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the country, President Buhari also directed Continue Reading

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How do Nigeria and Saudi Arabia compare for poverty and unemployment?

By The Insight Team October 10, 2020 916

After Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari controversially compared oil prices in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia as justification for repeated petrol price hikes since June 2020, some people in Nigeria have taken to social media with other comparisons between the two countries. A well-shared message posted on Facebook on 1 October makes a number of economic comparisons, […]Continue Reading

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Nigeria @60: Tafawa Balewa’s failed prophecy

By The Insight Team October 2, 2020 1132 Post a comment

By Theophilus Abbah During a debate in 1959 at the threshold of Nigeria’s Independence, the late Tafawa Balewa had to respond to a question about the ominous ethnic division and rivalries that permeated the political space. The man who was to become Nigeria’s first prime minister, like a star-gazer, replied thus: “I’m confident that when […]Continue Reading

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Buhari’s speech as Nigeria clocked 60 years of Independence

By The Insight Team October 2, 2020 803

Below is the text of Buhari’s broadcast on October 1, 2020 INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S SIXTIETH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY, THURSDAY 1ST OCTOBER 2020 Fellow Nigerians, I speak to you today as your President and fellow citizen on this epoch occasion […]Continue Reading

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Study Notes on “Revolution” and “National Unity”

By The Insight Team September 28, 2020 779

By Edwin Madunagu The importance and urgency of this subject to the Nigerian Left, at this time, demand that I begin the discussion with a series of clear propositions. And that is what I intend to do here. None of the propositions, in its essence, will be new to the movement or in the movement. […]Continue Reading

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How to create new states for equity- Robert Audu

By The Insight Team September 25, 2020 1074 Post a comment

As the National Assembly has called for position papers on constitution review, a former Federal Permanent Secretary, Chief Robert Audu, submitted the following proposal: STATE CREATION In June 2012, I responded to your predecessor’s call and submitted a Memorandum to then National Assembly Joint Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution on the subject […]Continue Reading

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Borno Governor, Zulum, wins 2019 Zik prize for leadership

By The Insight Team September 24, 2020 1009

… Becomes the first governor to win during the first term … Formal presentation to hold Dec 6 Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum had emerged a winner of the 2019 Zik prize for leadership, as announced by Pat Utomi, a professor of political economy on Thursday afternoon. Zulum, who was of eight winners of […]Continue Reading