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National Security Begins in the Information Space

By The Insight Team July 18, 2026 151 0

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

By The Insight Team July 16, 2026 256 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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Presidency Celebrates Rescue of Oyo Schoolchildren After 56 Days in Captivity, Vows Justice for Slain Teacher

By The Insight Team July 10, 2026 148

By Emmanuel Kwada The Presidency has expressed relief and gratitude following the successful rescue of schoolchildren and teachers abducted from Oriire Community in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, ending a harrowing 56-day ordeal that gripped the nation and left families in anguish. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in a statement issued on Friday by his Special Adviser on […]Continue Reading

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‎Borno, Katsina, Zamfara Lead as Violence Claims 15,000 Lives in One Year – Report

By The Insight Team June 26, 2026 228

By The Insight Team ‎ ‎Violence across Nigeria claimed 15000 lives in the 12 months between July 2025 and June 2026, with Borno, Katsina and Zamfara emerging as the country’s deadliest conflict hotspots. This is according to data by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED), a global conflict data repository. ‎ ‎The data, […]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 189

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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Weekly Brief: Xenophobe-Returnees from South Africa tell plane-load of sad tales

By The Insight Team June 13, 2026 217

By Emmanuel Kwada ‎Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians abroad escalated, with returnees recounting harrowing ordeals. On Democracy Day, Atiku Abubakar lamented widespread hunger as Femi Falana led protests. In Borno, 720 repentant Boko Haram members were reintegrated amid fresh security concerns. Then, the past week blended global excitement with Nigeria’s 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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African Referee Denied U.S. Entry Over Alleged Terror Links, Ruled Out of 2026 World Cup

By The Insight Team June 10, 2026 176

By Emmanuel Kwada The United States government has denied entry to acclaimed Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, citing national security concerns and alleged associations with suspected members of terrorist organizations, a move that has sparked controversy just days before the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Artan, who was named Africa’s Referee of the […]Continue Reading

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Nigerian Christians Face Killings, Forced Conversion, Forced Marriage – UN Report

By The Insight Team June 9, 2026 129

By Emmanuel Kwada The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has raised fresh concerns over what it describes as credible reports of killings, abductions, sexual violence, forced conversions, and forced marriages targeting Christian and other religious minority communities in Nigeria, particularly across the country’s northern and Continue Reading

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CAN Declares June 14 as ‘Black Sunday’ to Remember Victims of Terror, Banditry

By The Insight Team June 2, 2026 202

By Emmanuel Kwada The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared Sunday, June 14, 2026, as “Black Sunday” to mourn the countless victims of terrorist attacks, banditry, and kidnappings that continue to devastate Christian communities across the country. The declaration was made at the end of the National Church Denominational Leadership Summit 2026 Continue Reading

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Weekly Roundup: The die is cast for 2027 elections, after primaries

By The Insight Team May 30, 2026 295

By Emmanuel Kwada Primaries Wind Down: Winners Emerge, Losers Jump Ship Despite New Law Prohibiting Party Switches Nigeria’s major political parties wrap up their primaries for the 2027 general elections, a surge of high-profile defections has dominated headlines, exposing deep internal fractures, allegations of unfair primaries, and politicians’ willingness Continue Reading

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US Report: 30,000 Armed Fulani Militants Fuel Religious Violence in Nigeria

By The Insight Team May 27, 2026 439

By Emmanuel Kwada The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has released a detailed report highlighting the significant role of armed Fulani militants in Nigeria’s worsening security and religious freedom crisis. In its May 2026 Issue Update titled Nonstate Violators of Religious Freedom in Nigeria: Fulani Militants, the commission Continue Reading