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Where exit is the biggest cash cow

By The Insight Team October 24, 2023 854

mostbet mostbet az mostbet mostbet az mostbet mostbet mostbet az mostbet mostbet az mostbet az Zimbabwe’s émigrés deliver billions into an ailing economy By Brezh Malaba “One of the most painful realities of being a teacher in Zimbabwe is that you cannot afford to give your own children a decent education,” says Obert Masaraure (39). Masaraure is a teacher and a trade unionist, as well as a parent with three […]Continue Reading

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Uganda| Between prayer and protest

By The Insight Team October 24, 2023 842

By Emmanuel Mutaizibwa “He can pray for your visa,” promises apostle Goodwin, from his stage at the Zoe Ministries evangelical settlement on the shores of Lake Victoria, just outside Uganda’s capital Kampala. “Many have been helped already. They have travelled, they are working in the United States. You only have to bring offerings and Continue Reading

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Nigeria | The returnees who leave again

By The Insight Team October 24, 2023 1115

By Theophilus Abbah Stuck in the desert in Algeria “with nothing”, Uka Ifeanyi, on February 14 2023, accepted an offer by the International Organisation on Migration (IOM) to “resettle” back home in Nigeria. Brought back by air to Lagos, the IOM staff “asked us to wait for three months for our accommodation and resettlement,” he Continue Reading

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Kenya | No alternatives

By The Insight Team October 24, 2023 760

Ngina Kirori On Christmas Day in 2019, at her wits end after failing for long periods to put enough food on the table at home, Faith Murunga left Kakamega, her rural area in Kenya, with an “agent” who offered her a domestic worker job in Saudi Arabia. “I simply could not bear to see my […]Continue Reading

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Paying dictators | The Making of African Migration

By The Insight Team October 24, 2023 936

By Elizabeth BanyiTabi, Emmanuel Mutaizibwa, Ngina Kirori, Theophilus Abbah and Brezh Malaba Key Points Over sixty percent of EU-funded “returnee projects” fail “Rescue centres” in Saudi Arabia keep women detained for years Cameroonian businesspeople in the diaspora have stopped investing in their home country Migrants who were returned to Continue Reading

Arts

Oloja of Lagos Elect Chronicles Kosoko’s struggle to ascend the throne of Oba of Lagos

By The Insight Team September 30, 2023 2125

  By Daniel Adaji, Musa Peace In the annals of Lagos history, the story of Kosoko, an heir apparent to the throne but never crowned continues to intrigue generations. In a deep dive into the history of Kosoko, the Oloja of Lagos State, WikiFact-Checkers in partnership with the Lagos State Council for Arts and Culture […]Continue Reading

News

ONE Campaign urges World Bank President to prioritise reforms for sustainable finance access in vulnerable countries

By The Insight Team August 5, 2023 632

  As World Bank President, Ajay Banga, embarks on a three-day visit to Nigeria, The ONE Campaign calls on him to prioritise and implement critical reforms to enhance access to sustainable finance for vulnerable countries, particularly in Africa. The unprecedented global challenges, including conflict, climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and economic crises, Continue Reading

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Tinubu addresses Nigerians on economic challenges

By The Insight Team August 2, 2023 687

  …promises to reposition economy, end hardship By Clement Adeyi Key points Fuel subsidy subsists to facilitate infrastructual development Immediate reduction ofthe burden imposed by current economic situation Federal Government synergy with states and local governments to implement interventions to cushion economic pains Strengthening the manufacturing sector Continue Reading

Terrorism Monitor Top Story

7-Point Agenda for Nuhu Ribadu as NSA

By The Insight Team June 23, 2023 1248

Key points: The success of the Tinubu administration will depend largely on how insecurity is tackled Nuhu Ribadu is fearless and disciplined, but he needs more than these on this new assignment Nigerians are expecting a unique approach to the fight against terrorists and bandits There must be quick response to intelligence information, if attacks […]Continue Reading

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Excerpt of Democracy Day national broadcast by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

By The Insight Team June 12, 2023 751 0

Key points Background of events that transmuted June 12 to Democracy Day Democracy Day, Nigeria’s political jewel that must be nurtured Memories of Martyrs and heroes must linger Those who cannot endure and accept the pain of defeat in elections do not deserve the joy of victory when it is their turn to triumph The […]Continue Reading

Education

SPPG opens applications for 2024 programme

By The Insight Team June 9, 2023 848

The School of Politics, Policy and Governance, a leading institution in the political space, has opened applications for its 2024 governance and public leadership programme. The programme aims to empower individuals and transform politics in Africa, by building a massive, new value-based and disruptive-thinking political class with the requisite knowledge and skills to Continue Reading

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Kogi gov’ship: Igala youths protest in Abuja, demand REC’s removal

By The Insight Team June 7, 2023 925 0

  The Igala Youth Leaders Assembly (IYLA) has demanded the immediate redeployment of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kogi State, Dr Hale Gabriel Longpet, for his open partisanship in managing the affairs of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state. Speaker of the IYLA, Dr. Ojoachele Akor Felix, at a protest and […]Continue Reading