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Ruto to UN: You Can’t Call Yourselves ‘United Nations’ While Punishing 54 Countries for Being African

By The Insight Team 69 0
Key Points: Africa provides the largest UN peacekeeping contingents and bears the heaviest cost of instability. Africa remains the only continent without a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, despite having 54 member states. African nations borrow at 2-4 times higher rates than developed economies due to subjective credit ratings. Two Veto Powers or […]Continue Reading
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“We Watched Them Die One by One”: Survivors Recount How 37 Miners Died in NSCDC Custody

By The Insight Team 146 0
By Emmanuel Kwada Survivors of the detention of suspected illegal miners in Niger State have recounted harrowing moments inside an overcrowded Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) facility, alleging that detainees cried for help as their colleagues died one after another. At least 37 suspected illegal miners died after being arrested during enforcement Continue Reading
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Osun 2026: How Party Agents, BVAS and Larger Electorate Made Vote-Buying, Rigging Harder — AEO

By The Insight Team 165 0
Key points: Strong rivalry between parties with agents on ground made large-scale rigging harder to carry out undetected. Registered voters, accreditation, and turnout all rose sharply from 2022, making retail vote-buying less effective. Both parties gained votes, but Adeleke’s margin doubled to 66,252. BVAS and IReV boosted transparency, but delays and system gaps Continue Reading
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₦2.36trn Lost to Subsidy, Fake Agencies Uncovered, Kwara Abductee Speaks: Top Stories This Week ‎

By The Insight Team 236 0
By Emmanuel Kwada From staggering subsidy figures that drained over ₦2.36 trillion to the uncovering of phantom government agencies, and a rescued Kwara abductee’s harrowing account of six months under open skies in terrorist captivity—Nigeria’s headlines this week cut deep into the realities of governance, security, and public trust. In this Continue Reading
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Now, Nigerian journalists are trapped in ‘theatre of terror’

By The Insight Team 392 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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“Democracy Must Put Food on the Table” — Prof. Pate Urges Focus on Security, Welfare and Public Trust

By The Insight Team 177
By Emmanuel Kwada Renowned communication scholar and former Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Kashere, Professor Umaru Pate, has warned that Nigeria’s democratic future cannot be secured through elections alone, insisting that security, public trust, accountability, and citizens’ welfare are the real measures of democratic success. Pate made the Continue Reading
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Lighting the Forgotten: How Solar Power Can Revive Michika, Madagali After a Decade of Darkness

By The Insight Team 368
By Emmanuel Kwada “It hit me hard when my wife went into labor and we rushed her to the General Hospital in Madagali. We spent the night in total darkness. Mosquitoes feasted on us, and our newborn baby was delivered under torchlight. Patients on admission were sweating inside mosquito nets because there was no electricity […]Continue Reading
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Explainer: 7 Key Reforms in FG’s Plan to Make NYSC Skills-Driven, Civilian-Led

By The Insight Team 329
By Emmanuel Kwada The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), one of Nigeria’s most enduring national institutions, is set for its biggest transformation since it was established more than five decades ago. On Monday, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved a sweeping reform package that will fundamentally reshape how the scheme operates, how corps members are […]Continue Reading
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