Politics

Supreme Court dismisses PDP’s suit against Tinubu, Shettima’s eligibility

By The Insight Team May 26, 2023 250 0

By Clement Adeyi The Supreme Court in Abuja has nullified the suit filed by the opposition party, the PDP, contesting the eligibility of Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as presidential and vice-presidential candidates respectively of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The suit was instituted by the party to seek the disqualification of the duo’s […]Continue Reading

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Expert tips technology, innovation for sustainable, affordable housing

By The Insight Team May 10, 2023 304 0

By Clement Adeyi The Chairman, Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria, Elder Samson Opaluwah, has tipped technology and innovation as creative and result-oriented measures to improve the quality, affordability and sustainability of housing in Nigeria. He stressed that application and realities of such techniques would go a long way in guaranteeing housing needs which Continue Reading

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‘How Tinubu will tackle terrorism, banditry, secessionists’

By The Insight Team May 5, 2023 273 2

Key Points: Insecurity will continue into the next administration; Tinubu must brace-up to tackle it During his campaign, Tinubu was not emphatic on how he would deal with insecurity Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) thrived under Tinubu as governor of Lagos State The president-elect will build on initiatives implemented in Borno State under Senator Kashim Shettima […]Continue Reading

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‘How Tinubu will revive Nigeria’s economy’

By The Insight Team May 5, 2023 278 0

Key Points: Tinubu played a major role in reviving Lagos economy The business community has confidence in Tinubu as a business friendly president-elect He would need to tackle insecurity as a first step to active the agriculture sector and attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) During his campaign he talked about activating the economic potential of […]Continue Reading

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Terrorists want Nigeria to erupt in religious war – NIREC Executive Secretary

By The Insight Team May 5, 2023 280 Post a comment

Key Points: NIREC has averted crises in Nigeria, but intervening and engaging parties to conflicts Greed is responsible for religious conflicts in Nigeria Many Christians don’t know much about Islam; and vice versa… Why we have religious crisis in Nigeria Amnesty for terrorists: We must learn from Aghanistan’s ugly experience How NIREC speaks truth to […]Continue Reading

Education

Investment in teachers key to quality education, says Ezekwesili

By The Insight Team May 2, 2023 209 0

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has said that investment in teachers to be professional is key to quality education.   She spoke at her 60th birthday symposium in Abuja, which was graced by eminent personalities and statesmen, including the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi; John Cardinal Onaiyekan and Tonye Cole. Former […]Continue Reading

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Inside Abuja Area One IDP Camp where hunger and sickness prevail

By The Insight Team April 25, 2023 741 0

By Daniel Adaji Hajia Bintu Ali, a 53-year-old mother of ten, fled to the Abuja Area One Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp for refuge after a deadly Boko Haram attack in her community in Gwoza local government area, Borno state. Everyone fled for safety. Many persons were killed, and several others are missing to date. […]Continue Reading

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Fact-check:News headlines of world leaders condemning Nigerian polls, fake

By The Insight Team April 25, 2023 333 0

By: Ogar Monday and Stephanie Adams -Douglas Claim: A Facebook user shared screenshots purportedly from different media organisations, including AP, Financial Times, News 24, NDTV and Times of India. In the screenshot, some world leaders had called the 2023 elections a sham and requested for the cancellation of the polls. Verdict: False. The screenshots are […]Continue Reading

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Obi at Labour Party NEC Meeting, calls for Calm and Steadfast to the Course

By The Insight Team April 18, 2023 217 0

  The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has encouraged Nigerians not to be deterred but to remain calm and steadfast in their journey of reclaiming their mandate of a New Nigeria. Obi in spirit-lifting words to Nigerians particularly the Obidients, noted that he will never give up on the journey until […]Continue Reading

Arts Education

Igala land: past, present and future

By The Insight Team April 16, 2023 403 0

Text of my speech at the meeting of the Igala Cultural and Development Association, Portharcourt, River State On Saturday 26th November, 2022. By Festus Oguche It was with utmost pleasure that I accepted the invitation from Pastor Ekele Morgan to make this speech before this August body. The topic above captured my curiosity when I […]Continue Reading

Business

OECD, Nigeria Meet on Maximising Benefits of Two-Pillar Tax Solution

By The Insight Team April 13, 2023 226 0

Press release Nigeria to continue to participate in rules development in the interest of the country and Africa … A delegation from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) met with Nigerian representatives on 4 and 5 April 2023, at a workshop it jointly organised with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), to discuss […]Continue Reading

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Osinbajo-led committee approves N250b in 2023 budget for employment

By The Insight Team April 13, 2023 202 0

*To expand National Social Register with additional 3m households *N9b support to 1.6m farmers  *Create 4.5m jobs in rural roads construction  *Finance 100,000 homes for low-income earners, others Almost 2 million vulnerable Nigerians across the country have been impacted by projects implemented under the Federal Government’s National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy Continue Reading