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A country that is bleeding

By The Insight Team May 11, 2021 1445 0

mostbet mostbet az mostbet mostbet az mostbet mostbet mostbet az mostbet mostbet az mostbet az By Eric Teniola On April 22 this year, the Minister of Defense, Major General Bashir Salihi Magashi (71) (rtd) was on the spot. He told State House correspondents that “Nigeria is bleeding”. During the media chat, he informed us all that he has been a lawyer for the past thirty-four years. I guess the country […]Continue Reading

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Benue Catholic priest, shot dead while caring for IDPs, buried amidst tears

By The Insight Team April 21, 2021 1057 0

Tears flowed freely from family, parishioners, and friends of the murdered Catholic priest, Reverend Father Ferdinand Fanen Ngugban, 38, as his remains were finally interred a few days ago, precisely on April 13, 2021. Ngugban was killed alongside six others on March 30, 2021, by loyalists of the late wanted criminal kingpin, Terwase Akwaza, popularly […]Continue Reading

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Nigeria: Seven years since Chibok, the government fails to protect children – Amnesty International

By The Insight Team April 15, 2021 779 0

No accountability for crimes against children by Boko Haram and other gunmen Over 600 schools closed for fear of abductions Authorities repeatedly failed to protect schools despite several abductions Tens of thousands of children in Nigeria are missing out on their education because of the authorities’ ongoing failure to protect schools, particularly in northern Continue Reading

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‘How to curtail insecurity in South-East’

By The Insight Team April 15, 2021 971 0

Barrister Charles Odenigbo is a veteran journalist and lawyer. He is enthusiastic about unity, justice and economic development in Nigeria. In this interview, he speaks on what both federal and state governments should do to stem insecurity in the South-East.   How does the current insecurity affect national cohesion and the economy of the South-East? […]Continue Reading

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How self-help ‘ethnic armies’ fill void of inadequate security in Benue

By The Insight Team April 12, 2021 1004 0

The deteriorating insecurity across the country has forced Governments and citizens to constitute alternative groups in order to secure their spaces. In Benue, ‘ethnic armies’ are emerging. The inadequate manpower facing the established security operatives – military, police, civil defence among others – coupled with the overwhelming Continue Reading

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Kidnapping: What Nigeria could learn from Colombia

By The Insight Team April 11, 2021 1379 0

…How South American country overcame kidnapping, armed banditry and terrorists Kidnapping and banditry have combined to form the shape of a national epidemic, as they have eaten into every fabric of about 20 states. A signature of Boko Haram insurgency, which has engulfed the country since 2009, kidnapping for ransom and the killing of innocent […]Continue Reading

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Why separatist IPOB is thriving in Nigeria and how to curtail it

By The Insight Team April 10, 2021 1283 0

By Theophilus AbbahThough the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied any role in the attacks on the Nigeria Correctional Centre and Police formations in Imo State last Monday, the escalating violence is associated with the separatist group’s growing popularity in the South-East . The group, with its Eastern Security Network, provides a semblance of […]Continue Reading

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The Intelligence Community and the New Challenges

By The Insight Team April 10, 2021 1103 0

By Eric Teniola The crisis is an opportunity to make good on big changes. So never waste a good crisis. The late British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill (30 November 1874-24 January 1965) once wrote,” never let a good crisis go to waste”. After the brutal assassination of General Murtala Ramat Mohammed (8 November 1938 […]Continue Reading

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How UK group wants killings in Nigeria tackled

By The Insight Team April 10, 2021 990 0

The United Kingdom’s All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief has made far-reaching recommendations to the Federal Government on how to tackle the killing of Christians and destruction of properties, especially in the North-Central and North-East, by marauding Fulani herdsmen in the name of herder-farmers conflict. The Continue Reading

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Insecurity: Crucial actors left out in Nigeria’s South-West deal with herders

By The Insight Team January 27, 2021 1008 0

Theophilus Abbah Frayed nerves were relaxed as governors of South-West states signed a peace pact with the leadership of Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on January 25, 2021. The pact neutralized the tension generated by the ‘quit notices’ issued to Fulani by Governor Arakunrin Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN, and activist Sunday Igboho, Continue Reading

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Here is Bishop Kukah’s misinterpreted 2020 Christmas Day message

By The Insight Team December 29, 2020 990 0

A Nation in Search of Vindication: Another Christmas with Dark Clouds of Death:   Let me paraphrase the holy prophet Isaiah who said: “For Jerusalem (Nigeria’s sake), I will not be silent until her vindication shines forth like the dawn…..No more shall people call you forsaken, or your land desolate, but you shall be called […]Continue Reading

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Boko Haram: Leading northeast governors, Darius backs Zulum’s call for mercenaries

By The Insight Team December 2, 2020 941 0

Taraba State Governor, Ishaku Darius has declared support for Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s request that the federal reengages mercenaries to join the Nigerian armed forces in the ongoing fight against Boko Haram insurgents terrorizing Borno in particular, and some parts of the northeast. Darius spoke on Tuesday in Maiduguri when Governors of Adamawa, Ahmadu Continue Reading