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Beyond Training: Building Systems That Let Africa’s Public Servants Deliver

By The Insight Team June 22, 2026 112

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2026 World Cup: Zero Wins For Africa So Far As Algeria Faces Argentina Wednesday

By The Insight Team June 16, 2026 117

By Emmanuel Kwada The 2026 FIFA World Cup, the first edition hosted across three nations — the United States, Canada, and Mexico — has burst into life with high drama, record-breaking performances, and early disappointment for African representatives. As the tournament’s opening phase unfolds, African teams are still searching for their first victory, casting a […]Continue Reading

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Africa: Search for Inter-Faith Partnerships For Peace

By The Insight Team May 12, 2026 155

By Francis Femi For a continent that is torn by forces of religious extremism, accompanied by destruction of lives and property in some countries, especially Nigeria, the commendation by Pope Leo XIV to the delegates of the Programme for Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa (PROCMURA) during a recent visit to the Vatican to promote a harmonious […]Continue Reading

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The Cost of Reform

By The Insight Team March 30, 2026 258

By Ofovwe Aig-Imoukhuede, Executive Vice-Chair, Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation Last week in Abuja, we celebrated the graduation of Cohort 5 of the AIG Public Leaders Programme. Sixty-eight senior public servants from seven African countries completed the programme and joined a growing community of reform-minded leaders working across the continent. Moments like these deserve Continue Reading

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The Public Service Succession Plan: How Ready is Africa?

By The Insight Team November 24, 2025 413

By Muki Osaka, Director of Enterprise Management, Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation   Introduction: A New Generation Knocks Just as many businesses are now grasping how best to manage the Gen Z work ethic, another reminder jolts us – by 2030, barely five years from now, Gen Alpha – the generation born into Artificial Intelligence (AI), content creation, streaming, Continue Reading

Health

WHO: Nine in Ten People Breathe Dangerous Polluted Air

By The Insight Team March 23, 2025 664

Emmanuel Kwada The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has revealed that nine out of ten people worldwide are breathing polluted air, highlighting a severe global public health crisis. “Air pollution is a silent killer,” Tedros warned speaking from WHO headquarters in Geneva. “It affects every corner of Continue Reading

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Population Growth in 2024: Africa Leads with 35m Surge as Nigeria Adds 4.8m New Residents

By The Insight Team March 4, 2025 1388

By Emmanuel Kwada In a year marked by divergent demographic trends across the globe, Africa has emerged as the epicenter of population growth in 2024, adding a staggering 35 million people to its population, according to data from Worldometer. This remarkable surge, the largest among all continents, underscores Africa’s position as a demographic powerhouse, with […]Continue Reading

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Nigeria selected to host Sahel Climate Fund Secretariat

By The Insight Team February 20, 2023 766

Nigeria has been chosen by the Heads of State and Government of the Sahel Region Climate Commission (SRCC) to host the Secretariat of the Sahel Climate Fund. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman, confirmed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He added that communiqué was issued at the end of the second conference […]Continue Reading

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MRA Condemns Arrest and Detention of Broadcast Journalist by Police in Ilorin

By The Insight Team October 16, 2022 693

By Daniel Adaji Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned the arrest and detention of Ilorin-based broadcast journalist, Mr. Dare Akogun, by the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Police Force in an effort to coerce him to retract an allegation of corruption he reportedly made against an official of the State Government. Mr. Akogun was […]Continue Reading

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How Africa’s free trade area can succeed – President Buhari

By The Insight Team September 30, 2022 661

By Daniel Adaji President Muhammadu Buhari says the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will succeed if African governments demonstrate a higher level of commitment to tackle the slow pace of physical integration, political cooperation and tariff barriers that inhibit business integration.   Addressing the second African Sub-Sovereign Governments Network (AFSNET) Continue Reading

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Seventy years of Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah

By The Insight Team September 11, 2022 1584 Post a comment

By Theophilus Abbah   In the years and seasons that I farmed and cultivated sources under torrential rains and harsh sunshine for seductive headlines that would turn the heads of newspaper adherents and squeeze few hundreds of Naira from the pockets of those who could part with money for stories, I hunted for Father Mathew […]Continue Reading

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Cash shortage hits Kogi East after Ankpa Bank Robbery

By The Insight Team September 11, 2022 1183 Post a comment

By  Daniel Adaji The robbery of First Bank Plc and Zenith Bank Plc branches in Ankpa, Kogi East last Tuesday, September 6, 2022, has caused severe cash shortage in the geopolitical zone. An eye witness, Julius Adukwu, who is a resident of Ankpa,  told The Insight that “The robbers invaded Ankpa at about 1pm on […]Continue Reading