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AfDB impacts in Africa endorse Adesina’s second-term bid as president

By The Insight Team July 17, 2020 714

mostbet mostbet az mostbet mostbet az mostbet pin up mostbet mostbet By Theophilus Abbah The impact of Dr Akinwumi Adesina’s presidency at the African Development Bank (AfDB) in the last five years could be felt and touched in many parts of Africa. They speak eloquently in favour of his re-election as president of the development bank, in spite of opposition from the United States. At an […]Continue Reading

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In Nigeria, African researchers blaze a trail in virus fight

By The Insight Team July 17, 2020 726

“Strong people don’t put others down — they lift them up.” So says the discreet sign at the entrance to one of the most remarkable research facilities in Africa. Run by a Cameroon-raised, Harvard-trained molecular biologist, the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) has been at the forefront in the fight […]Continue Reading

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The Cost of Destroying Ibrahim Magu

By The Insight Team July 16, 2020 675

By Muni Williams On Monday, July 6, 2020, the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, a police commissioner, was finally arrested on the streets of Abuja, the Federal Capital of Nigeria. He was said to have been bundled unprepared to face an administrative panel of inquiry headed by a […]Continue Reading

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Abused decree no. 34 and the demand for restructuring

By The Insight Team July 16, 2020 956

By Eric Teniola Sunday, May 24th was the 54th Anniversary of the Promulgation of Decree number 34 by Major General Johnson Thomas Umanakwe Aguiyi Ironsi (3rd March 1924- 29th July 1966). Few people remembered. It was the decree that transferred all the autonomous power of the four regions then to the center. The regions then […]Continue Reading

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Regrouping Sokoto bandits force thousands out of their communities

By The Insight Team July 13, 2020 799

Recent military operations in Sokoto has seen bandits regrouping away from their usual hideouts. In retaliation for aerial bombardments by the Nigerian Air Force, they have been attacking villages, displacing thousands of farmers.  Our correspondent speaks to some of the people displaced by this latest twist in the bandits’ crisis. Recent military bombardments of bandits’ Continue Reading

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Bag of Goodies Promo: past star prize winners eagerly await season 2 kick-off

By The Insight Team July 13, 2020 620

…Commend Dangote for transforming their lives Previous winners of star prizes in the Bag of Goodies national consumer promo Season 1 done by Dangote Cement Plc in 2019 have expressed huge excitement over the approaching Season 2 version, which is billed to take off nationwide in July. The star winners, among the 40 lucky individuals […]Continue Reading

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WEMA ALAT: Appreciating a technology-led Bank

By The Insight Team July 13, 2020 740

With the growing face of competitiveness and many luring offers by different financial institutions in the country today, it takes the ingenuity and resourcefulness of each institution to remain relevant to its customers. The development of the Nigerian economy has not been stable over the years. Due to this, the country’s economy has gone through […]Continue Reading

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Meet Lamido Yuguda, the new SEC boss

By The Insight Team July 13, 2020 966

President Muhammadu Buhari, recently appointed an Economist, Dr. Lamido Yuguda, as the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This brings to an end, the 2-year long controversy surrounding the office of the DG, SEC. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), a CFA charter holder, and also […]Continue Reading

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Magu and albatross around EFCC chairmen’s neck

By The Insight Team July 11, 2020 747

By Theophilus Abbah Nuhu Ribadu booted out, demoted (2008). Farida Waziri sacked! (2011). Ibrahim Lamorde removed, under probe (2015).  Ibrahim Magu arrested, detained, grilled (2019). With these fragmented statements and reads-on that scream from the headlines of dailies, each chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was, with bleary eyes, Continue Reading

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For Soyinka at 86, and a scoop denied    

By The Insight Team July 11, 2020 720

By Godwin Onyeacholem Just off Ozumba Mbadiwe Street in Victoria Island, immediately behind a cluster of residential apartments popularly known as 1004 flats, and directly opposite a quaint one-storey building on the other side of Adetokunbo Ademola Street, lay a row of bungalows finely spruced up with middle-class taste. It was in one of these […]Continue Reading

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[Terrorism Tracker] Joint Task Force, Mama Boko Haram, and other stories

By The Insight Team July 9, 2020 652

By Ifah Ele Sunday As Nigerians worry about Covid-19, they tend to push the activities of terrorists and bandits to the background. However, these evil men have killed many more persons than Covid-19 has in the last four months and counting. In this edition of Terrorism Tracker, we provide insight into the perennial violence and […]Continue Reading

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‘When I was a Boko Haram member’

By The Insight Team July 9, 2020 743

By Mustapha Bukar Sabo In modern-day Nigeria, Borno is referred to as Home of Peace.  Its history is synonymous with statecraft, Islam, and scholarship.  When Kanem Borno was relating to the outside world in trade and international relations, most nationalities in Nigeria were unaware of the outside world.  It is the home of Islamic education/civilization.  […]Continue Reading