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Boko Haram: Zulum visits Gubio village where 81 died, village head, 6 others abducted

By The Insight Team June 11, 2020 759 0

… Gov evacuates injured victims, calls attack barbaric, wants final onslaught by military   Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Wednesday, travelled to Faduma Kolomdi village in Gubio local government area, a scene of a deadly attack by Boko Haram. Faduma Kolomdi, which is a nomadic village, is located 35 kilometres in the north […]Continue Reading

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Covid-19: How to be security conscious

By The Insight Team June 10, 2020 908 0

The year, 2020, has come with unexpected hardship in Nigeria. As a result of Covid-19, many businesses have been shut down, many workers have lost their jobs, even artisans are finding it difficult to put  meals on their table. Government’s palliatives are on the pages of newspapers or in the air waves.  No adequate provision […]Continue Reading

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Former US AfDB Director declares support for Adesina

By The Insight Team June 8, 2020 826 0

A former U.S Executive Director to the African Development Bank, (AfDB), Dr. Mima Nedelcovych, has expressed support to the embattled President Akinwumi Adesina. Dr. Nedelcovych said that Dr Adesina has stepped up when most needed for an African institution to lead the way in the responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. On the issue of the […]Continue Reading

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My Covid-19 experience, by a journalist

By The Insight Team June 4, 2020 1003 0

A journalist, Kabir Anwar, is the index case of Covid-19 in Yola, Adamawa State, where he works. In this short interview, Anwar tells his story from how he was infected to when he tested negative.   What ailment were you treating before you tested positive to Covid-19? Cough, fever, body weakness, I also had shortness […]Continue Reading

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Katsina peace deal with bandits collapses

By The Insight Team June 4, 2020 1112 0

Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari said on Wednesday that the peace accord his administration signed with bandits troubling the state had collapsed. Masari had, on August 28, 2019, engaged representatives of bandits terrorising the eight frontline local government areas in the state. He said his visit was aimed at calling the attention of suspected […]Continue Reading

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Family Planning: FG fails to complete 2019 counterpart fund

By The Insight Team June 3, 2020 1163 0

The Federal Government has failed to complete the payment of its counterpart fund for Family Planning activities in the 2019 health budget, investigations have revealed. Family planning is a component of health strategies to encourage child spacing, promote the health of women of child-bearing age, and to reduce financial pressures on households in Nigeria. Since […]Continue Reading

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Africans in Diaspora condemn Trump’s interference in AfDB’s leadership

By The Insight Team June 3, 2020 843 0

The African Diaspora Congress (ADC) has condemned, in strong terms, the meddling of the United States of America in the leadership of the African Development Bank under President Akinwumi Adesina. In a statement signed by the Secretary General of ADC, Prof Apollos O Nwauwa, and the Public Relations Officer, Dr Isabelle Kemajou-Brown, the association said […]Continue Reading

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Why did COVID-19 hit Kano State below the belt?

By The Insight Team June 3, 2020 867 0

Kano budgeted N1,805.88 per head in 2020 health projection When Kano state recorded its first confirmed case of COVID-19 on April 10, 2020, many people knew that there were going to be issues in respect to the level of preparedness of the state government to adequately manage the emerging cases of the virus. The irony, […]Continue Reading

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Training Opportunity at Wits University on Media Freedom

By The Insight Team June 3, 2020 950 0

The University of Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg has called for application for a free online journalism training.. The course would take place for a period of seven weeks and it would be titled “Media Freedom and Freedom of Expression in Africa”. The course is a free-of-charge MOOC (massive open online course) and it aims to […]Continue Reading

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“Majek Fashek: Still Raining, Gloriously” by Is’haq Modibbo Kawu

By The Insight Team June 2, 2020 787 0

In 1988, Majek Fashek released the album, PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE, which contained the hit song, Send Down the Rain. It was a very big hit, in what would be a very rainy year in  Nigeria! The radical lyrics were very much in tune with that period in history. The struggle against apartheid was reaching it’s […]Continue Reading

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Zenith bank emerges best bank in Nigeria in the global finance world’s best banks awards 2020

By The Insight Team June 1, 2020 812 0

Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading financial institution, has emerged as the Best Bank in Nigeria in the recently released Global Finance Magazine World’s Best Banks Awards 2020.   The awards, which was published in the May 2020 edition of the Global Finance Magazine, was based on the performances of the banks in their respective regions […]Continue Reading

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AfDB President, Adesina addresses corruption allegations

By The Insight Team May 28, 2020 834 0

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has come under pressure to address to the corruption allegations levelled against him. Below are his responses: Allegation No. 1 Not provided Allegation No. 2: Appointment of Mrs Chinelo ANOHU-AMAZU ADESINA: Ms Chinelo Anohu-AMAZU was recruited through a globally advertised, open and competitive Continue Reading