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[Explainer] Why Nigeria is experiencing food scarcity

By The Insight Team June 25, 2024 166 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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Bandits test Tinubu’s resolve to rout them out

By The Insight Team June 13, 2023 341

Key Points: Bandits have killed over 100 persons; kidnap 65 in Sokoto, Zamfara, Kaduna Victims are from communities that failed to pay tax to their lords Security agencies could not respond to distress calls by community leaders The president must act decisively against bandits without delay, else his silence may be interpreted as a lack […]Continue Reading

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No help is near as Fulani bandits massacre over 134 in Benue, Kogi communities during Easter

By The Insight Team April 10, 2023 268 0

…Herdsmen destroy Oganenigu in Kogi State, four years after similar mayhem Daniel Adaji Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom is counting his last days out of Government House, Makurdi, not without floods of tears over yet another massacre of 134 persons in Oturkpo, Apa, and Guma Local Government Areas of the State. The latest deaths, blamed […]Continue Reading

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FG condemns kidnapping of train passengers in Edo

By The Insight Team January 10, 2023 210 0

By Lucy Ogalue The Federal Government has described the kidnapping of train passengers at Tom Ikimi Train Station, Igueben in Edo as despicable and utterly barbaric. The Director of Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Transportation, Mr Henshaw Ogubike, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. “The Public is hereby reassured that the […]Continue Reading

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Banditry: Military drops leaflets, jingles warning of impending offensives in forests

By The Insight Team September 21, 2022 324 0

….. Turji Terrorists, Dan Bokolo Bandits in Heavy Gun Fight over Impersonation By Daniel Adaji Barely 48 hours after a ‘surprise raid’ by aircraft in Zamfara State that eliminated scores of bandits, PRNigeria gathered that the military has commenced dropping leaflets and airing jingles to advise civilians on security consciousness and on impending major Continue Reading

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IGP Lauds Uzodimma, Commissions 10 APCs Donated to Police by Governor

By The Insight Team August 17, 2022 209 0

By Daniel Adaji Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali has commended Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State for his efforts in ensuring that security operatives are provided with materials needed for the security of lives and property of the citizenry. He spoke on Tuesday in Owerri while commissioning 10 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) and […]Continue Reading

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Nigeria should accept US Offers to identify Boko Haram Sponsors

By The Insight Team September 21, 2021 207 0

At the recent round table on US-Nigeria military cooperation with journalists in Abuja, the Ambassador of the United States of America to Nigeria Mary Beth Leonard stated that her country was willing to partner with Nigeria on identifying sponsors of the Boko Haram terrorists. This is no doubt a positive development that will go a […]Continue Reading

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Nigeria: Religious Extremism Fueling Violence

By The Insight Team May 17, 2021 266 0

Escalating bloodshed in Nigeria is fueled in part by religious extremism – and the United States must recognize this in order to achieve peace, says the former U.S. religious freedom ambassador. “This thing’s going to blow up on us, as we would say, ‘bigger than Dallas,’ if we don’t get into there and really start […]Continue Reading

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Insecurity: Crucial actors left out in Nigeria’s South-West deal with herders

By The Insight Team January 27, 2021 328 0

Theophilus Abbah Frayed nerves were relaxed as governors of South-West states signed a peace pact with the leadership of Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on January 25, 2021. The pact neutralized the tension generated by the ‘quit notices’ issued to Fulani by Governor Arakunrin Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN, and activist Sunday Igboho, who operates Continue Reading

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Over 130 killed in Kaduna in 6 months

By The Insight Team July 24, 2020 290 0

No fewer than 130 persons have been killed in Kaduna State this year, according to media reports. Data mined by this website show that most of the killings took place in Kajuru Local Government Area in Southern Kaduna. As a result of the killings many women of Southern Kaduna came out in their numbers to […]Continue Reading