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National Assembly: How relevant are Opeyemi, Ndume, others as  Senate Leader, Chief Whip, etc?

By The Insight Team 286
Key Points: Opeyemi, a Tinubu protege, is the link person between FG and Senate Ndume shall advocate the interests of the APC in the Upper Chamber Senate Minority Leader Simon Mwadkwon must enter the big shoes left by Awolowo, Tarka to make impact in Senate. House Leader Julius Ihonvbere is an asset to the legislature […]Continue Reading
Whistleblowing
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Tinubu, whistleblowing and the quest for good governance

By The Insight Team 176
By Godwin Onyeacholem Key points Whistleblowing has become a democratic accountability tool Whistleblowing is one of the most direct methods of exposing corrupt acts The policy encourages citizens to voluntarily disclose information about fraud Lack of citizen sensitization impedes successful implementation of the whistleblowing policy Whistleblowers in government offices Continue Reading
Zogo
Investigations Top Story

The murder of Cameroonian journalist Martinez Zogo

By The Insight Team 203
Arizona/ZAM How the killing of a Cameroonian journalist silenced investigations into plunder by an internationally-connected elite, eliminated a rival for the succession of an ageing president, and sidelined a tax director. Arizona Project Team A dossier full of bank slips, payment instructions, and tables of sums amounting to tens of millions of dollars, printed by […]Continue Reading
Martinez Zogo
Investigations Top Story

How internationally connected Cameroon elites plundered US$ 656 million -and how a tax investigation was silenced after the murder of Martinez Zogo

By The Insight Team 199
Arizona Project Team How tax cases involving hundreds of millions in payments from state coffers to questionable entities were snuffed out. A list of 67 suspicious transactions scheduled for investigation by Cameroon’s tax agency shows a total equivalent to US$ 656 million in undeclared payments from state coffers to questionable business entities and individuals. The […]Continue Reading
Abuja
Investigations Top Story

Abuja residents groan over unutilised multi-billion naira Light Rail

By The Insight Team 322
Key points The Abuja light rail was meant to ease movement within the Federal Capital Territory Residents lament that the system is not being used and impacting their movement Project lies waste, vandalised while loan repayment has started Chinese loans are shrouded in secrecy Poor management caused the failure of the project; the government need […]Continue Reading
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Fuel Subsidy removal: Tinubu should not allow collusion among oil marketers to hike prices – Obasanjo’s former  Economic Adviser Ojowu

By The Insight Team 199
  Key Points: Oil marketers must not collude to fix inflated prices due to the deregulation Subsidy removal was inevitable due to fiscal distress There are several technical and administrative issues on public expenditure which must be dealt with. It’s important for constant supply of petroleum products to avoid scarcity and price hike Government must […]Continue Reading
Health Top Story

Here’s effort that is helping students of Mass Education overcome Substance Abuse

By The Insight Team 215
By Daniel Adaji Students of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)’s Department of Mass Education in Kuje, Abuja have begun to share testimonies about the life of transformation they now enjoy, sequel to an intervention on abuse of substances hitherto common among them. The students, whose past was infested with drug abuse, stated that the intervention […]Continue Reading
Tinubu
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Tinubu should energize the industrial sector for economic growth

By The Insight Team 215
By Daniel Adaji President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, from his campaign promises and antecedents, is favourably disposed towards the industrial development of Nigeria. His speeches are punctuated with references to the need to revive the manufacturing sector, create jobs, and ensure the country is a big player in international economy. During his campaign in October 2022, […]Continue Reading
Yahaya Bello
Investigations Terrorism Monitor Top Story

2023 Governorship: Tinubu, APC, police fold arms while Kogi burns

By The Insight Team 243
Key Points: With killings and attacks on properties, governorship election in Kogi has turned to war The three main ethnic groups are pursuing ‘ethnic agenda’ Groups have written to President Tinubu to call Governor Yahaya Bello to order ‘Elders from Kogi East, Kogi Central, and Kogi West must meet urgently to halt the dangerous dimension […]Continue Reading
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The trouble with ‘Abuja Light Rail’ project – Ataguba

By The Insight Team 394
By Rowland Ataguba Rowland Ocholi Ataguba is the Managing Director of Bethlehem Rail Infrastructure Limited, a dedicated railway project management consultancy in London and Member, Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC Unbundling Committee for the Federal Ministry of Transportation & Author of the “Memorandum for a Constitution Amendment to transfer railways from the Continue Reading
Bill Gates
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Bill Gates Shares Optimism about Nigeria’s Future: Says Innovative, Talented Young People are a Powerful Asset

By The Insight Team 178
LAGOS, Nigeria, 21 June 2023 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- At a forum with students and young innovators from Nigeria and across Africa, Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, discussed how science and innovation can accelerate positive change and contribute to a brighter future for Africa. The conversation took place during ‘Advancing Africa: Continue Reading
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