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[Explainer] Why Nigeria is experiencing food scarcity

By The Insight Team June 25, 2024 163 2

By Theophilus Abbah Scarcity, not caused by an increase in fuel price and devaluation of the Naira Crop production dipped since 2023 due to the activities of bandits Farmers in Plateau, Kaduna, Zamfara, Kaduna, Kogi Katsina prevented from planting and harvesting Irish potatoes, yam, rice, tomatoes, pepper, maize Waters from Bakalori dam, previously utilized by […]Continue Reading

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Tinubu’s 12 long and short leap in first year

By The Insight Team June 17, 2024 133 0

Theophilus Abbah   Increased monthly allocations to states and local governments: On May 29, 2023, after his inauguration as President, Tinubu’s first decision was the removal of fuel subsidy, a decision that previous presidents considered crucial but too sensitive to make. However, that singular statement has put a lot of money in the pockets of […]Continue Reading

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Aliko Dangote’s Noble Quest for Africa’s Self-Sufficiency and Prosperity

By The Insight Team June 1, 2024 168 0

Key Points: Local manufacturing, key to Africa’s growth Africa now exports raw materials but import poverty Dangote invested $25bn in Africa in 7 years Plans to supply refined products to West, Central and South Africa By Abiodun Alade Africa is a resource-rich continent but relatively poor in terms of the manufacturing of goods. According to […]Continue Reading

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Governor Alia’s ‘brothers in the bush’ unleash terror on Benue

By The Insight Team April 10, 2024 172 0

Key points About 250 killed between February and early April, 2024 12 Local Government Areas under siege Ultimatum to foreign herders to leave fall on deaf ears ‘Governor does not visit victims’ ‘Crisis can’t end until government comes up with a data-based economic policy’ He is doing his best – spokesman By Charity Roberts On […]Continue Reading

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Chief (Architect) Gabriel Yakubu Aduku (1944-2024): An icon departs with passion for humanity

By The Insight Team March 29, 2024 158 0

By Theophilus Abbah Not desperate, never agitated, not rebellious, not a mischief-maker, Chief (Architect) Gabriel Aduku exited this world of desperation, agitations, rebellion, and mischief on March 10, 2024, few weeks after his 80th birthday. He was an unexplored treasure to humanity, a rare human resource and a man with a candle that shone in […]Continue Reading

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UBA partners Afreximbank, confirms NNPC received $2.25b

By The Insight Team January 14, 2024 169 0

By Emmanuel Kwada Afreximbank has announced an initial disbursement of US$2.25 billion under a syndicated US$3.3 billion Crude Oil Prepayment Facility sponsored by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. The announcement was published on its website on Saturday. The Cairo-based bank stated that the landmark financing is the  largest syndicated loan ever raised by Continue Reading

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Blood and crucifixion on Plateau

By The Insight Team December 31, 2023 147 0

Bishop Matthew Hassan KUKAH   Those invisible men came to the Plateau again, bearing their gifts of death and destruction. They came from the deepest pit of hell, the habitat of the devils that they are. They are children of darkness, sons of Satan. They opted to extinguish and snatch the light of the joy […]Continue Reading

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Nigerians turn to unregulated local herbs for treatment as essential drugs remain unaffordable

By The Insight Team November 29, 2023 225 Post a comment

… Saw Palmetto cancer drug price surges from N65,000 to N200,000 in just one year. Key points: Patients now result to use of unregulated drugs Essential medicine scarce, out of stock Major health crisis looms as prices of drugs prices soar How GSK’s exit complicates Nigeria’s drug problem Government need to promote localization of pharmaceutical […]Continue Reading

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Governorship election: How did Kogi Central produce shocking 300,000+ votes?

By The Insight Team November 14, 2023 261 0

Key points: IReV, data reveal frauds in 2023 Kogi governorship election Results make nonsense of N105bn investment in BVAS, IReV Figures at variance with those of previous senatorial and governorship polls What Electoral Act says about over-voting ‘INEC must arrest, investigate and prosecute officials who compromised’ Theophilus Abbah The data on the INEC Result Viewing Continue Reading

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Democracy, power struggle, and Kogi elections

By The Insight Team November 9, 2023 240

By Theophilus Abbah Key points Forth coming Kogi election is taking the form of a murderous power struggle The Police seldom make arrest of suspects involved in violent acts against opposition political parties Criminals emboldened to shed blood and wreak havoc on perceived opponents of the APC as Police look away The disposition of the […]Continue Reading

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Migration is not the West’s problem, it is Africa’s

By The Insight Team October 24, 2023 254

A ZAM TRANSNATIONAL INVESTIGATION By Elizabeth BanyiTabi (Cameroon), Theophilus Abbah (Nigeria), Emmanuel Mutaizibwa (Uganda), Ngina Kirori (Kenya) and Brezh Malaba (Zimbabwe) A new ZAM transnational investigation into migration from five African countries shows that, in many cases, the urge to leave is so desperate that migrants consciously risk extortion by smugglers, Continue Reading

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Where exit is the biggest cash cow

By The Insight Team October 24, 2023 254

Zimbabwe’s émigrés deliver billions into an ailing economy By Brezh Malaba “One of the most painful realities of being a teacher in Zimbabwe is that you cannot afford to give your own children a decent education,” says Obert Masaraure (39). Masaraure is a teacher and a trade unionist, as well as a parent with three […]Continue Reading