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‎Peace Advocate Urges Nigerians to Embrace History for Unity ‎

By The Insight Team September 26, 2025 101

‎A peace Advocate, Victor Dickson, popularly known as The Transformer, has called on Nigerians to embrace history as a tool for building unity and preventing national disintegration. ‎ ‎Dickson, who spoke in Abuja on Thursday, during the unveiling of the National Cake Game, warned that the country faces the risk of implosion if its history […]Continue Reading

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PDP as a house of scorpions

By The Insight Team May 31, 2025 402

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is now bound to the bed of afflictions. No thanks to familiar spirits, to use a Pentecostal terminology, or  scorpions, who emit venom into the body of the previously robust party. The PDP looks terminally ill, breathing with difficulty. For those who witnessed the glory of the former PDP, its […]Continue Reading

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Five colours of UTME candidates

By The Insight Team May 18, 2025 398

The Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) silently roared into my world in 2015. It penetrated my family as a difficult guest through my daughter. As she gathered momentum to wrestle with science subjects in the UTME aptitude tests, I felt guilty as I could do little to assist her. She chose to study the sciences, […]Continue Reading

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The Cost of Bad Governance: How Insecurity Devastates Nigeria’s Economy

By The Insight Team May 2, 2025 368

By Jackson Omenazu, PhD Good governance is the backbone of every prosperous nation. When leadership is transparent, accountable, and committed to the welfare of its people, societies thrive and economies grow. However, when governance fails, the consequences are dire. In Nigeria, years of poor leadership have fueled a surge in insecurity, creating a vicious cycle […]Continue Reading

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MTN opens training applications for journalists, content creators

By The Insight Team March 24, 2025 413

By Clement Adeyi, Abuja MTN Nigeria has opened applications for the fourth edition of its Media Innovation Programme. According to the company, the programme is open to journalists, broadcasters, bloggers, and social media content creators. The initiative is a six-month fellowship designed to equip media professionals with insights into the evolving media and technology Continue Reading

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Sudan, DRC Lead as Nigeria Ranks 9th in UN Report

By The Insight Team March 14, 2025 421

Emmanuel Kwada As the United Nations (UN) continues efforts to address humanitarian crises across Africa, a recent report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) highlights the continent’s most vulnerable populations. Among the African nations requiring the most assistance, Nigeria ranks ninth, with 7.8 million people in need. The UN aims Continue Reading

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Nike Lake: A hideout resort in Enugu

By The Insight Team March 10, 2025 871

By Theophilus Abbah It is February in the coal city of Enugu. The month is renowned for the furious humidity that creates uncanny perspiration and the discomfort that makes one detest wearing thick fabrics. Nike Lake Resort, however, provides an escape from the unfriendly weather. The wide space at the back of every hotel room […]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 858

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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Kogi State: How did ‘benevolent Governor Ododo’ spend N100bn in one year?

By The Insight Team February 7, 2025 1010

Kogi may have earned over N200bn in one year if FAAC allocations to LGs and IGR are added to allocations to FAAC disbursement to the state government The most visible projects are two major roads, totalling 15 kilometres ‘He has reduced tension through prompt payment of salaries’ Ex-Governor Yahaya Bello’s ‘divide and rule’ tactics are […]Continue Reading

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A forensic linguistic analysis of Tinubu’s New Year message

By The Insight Team January 2, 2025 588

Theophilus Abbah President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s New Year message to Nigerians on January 1, 2025, was the most optimistic of his speeches since he became president 19 months ago. In the speech, he acknowledged hardship in the country as a result of his so-called reforms. Tinubu highlighted positive economic trends, like decreasing fuel prices, trade […]Continue Reading

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Merry Christmas, no matter your cross

By The Insight Team December 25, 2024 443

By Theophilus Abbah Christmas and celebration are two sides of the same coin. At its birth on December 25, 336AD, Christmas festival had emerged from the womb of a Roman tradition of merriment associated with the symbolic renewal of life at winter. Roman Emperor Constantine had envisaged a festival of joy, jubilation, dancing, revelry, wining, […]Continue Reading

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A pilgrimage to Soyinka’s home in Ijesha forest

By The Insight Team December 5, 2024 972

By Theophilus Abbah The two coaster buses that conveyed our team from the charming and luxurious Conference Hotel in Abeokuta sailed and scaled across an overhead bridge, snaked through the noisy Itoku market in Kuto area, famous for merchandize in Yoruba traditional adire. The buses sped up the hill on the dark, glossy, smoothly tarred […]Continue Reading