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Senate’s rejection of Nwosu’s honour sparks Igbo backlash

By The Insight Team March 31, 2025 169

Sanni Marvelous The decision of the Nigerian Senate to reject a posthumous honour for Professor Humphrey Nwosu has been met with outrage from the Apex Igbo Sociocultural Organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo. The group, led by Chief Omenazu Jackson, has condemned the Senate’s action as a continuation of systemic marginalization against the Igbo people. Ohanaeze Ndigbo described Continue Reading

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Victor Adoji: Why I want to represent Kogi-East in the Senate

By The Insight Team August 24, 2022 515

By Daniel Adaji The senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Kogi East in the 2023 elections, Dr Victor Adoji, in a recent letter titled My Desire to Become Your Senator to prominent sons and daughters of the Igala kingdom, has stated clearly his motivation for contesting the Senate seat, outlining his position […]Continue Reading

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Dogara on APC Muslim-Muslim ticket: Nigeria going the way of the Nazi Germany

By The Insight Team July 30, 2022 326

APC looking like a “janjaweed” party Nigeria of 2022 is not 1993 Tinubu has made a fatal error of judgment The adoption of a Muslim-Muslim Presidential and Vice Presidential ticket by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is capable of leading Nigeria to disintegration like Yugoslavia, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, the immediate past Speaker of […]Continue Reading

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The Blunder in Not Having State Police

By The Insight Team July 15, 2022 348

By Eric Teniola The non inclusion of State Police in the Constitution was an error. It was a grave omission. The lapse occurred in 1976, forty-six years ago. No one could have imagined forty-six years ago that our security challenges would become so grave to this level, that we now live in perpetual fear at […]Continue Reading

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‘What Buhari told outgoing ministers’

By The Insight Team May 13, 2022 332 Post a comment

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja bade farewell to outgoing members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), affirming that a significant number of them have been sufficiently equipped to aspire to higher elective offices, including the Office of the President. Speaking at a valedictory session for appointees leaving the cabinet to pursue political ambitions, Continue Reading

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A country that is bleeding

By The Insight Team May 11, 2021 586

By Eric Teniola On April 22 this year, the Minister of Defense, Major General Bashir Salihi Magashi (71) (rtd) was on the spot. He told State House correspondents that “Nigeria is bleeding”. During the media chat, he informed us all that he has been a lawyer for the past thirty-four years. I guess the country […]Continue Reading

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Why we should adopt a 6-year single term- Robert Audu

By The Insight Team April 18, 2021 446

As the National Assembly has called for position papers on constitution review, a former Federal Permanent Secretary, Chief Robert Audu, submitted the following proposal: THE FEDERAL STRUCTURE AND POWER DEVOLUTION: 6-YEAR SINGLE TERM/5-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN I again salute the wisdom of the Nigerian Senate in responding to the popular wish of the people by initiating […]Continue Reading

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‘How to curtail insecurity in South-East’

By The Insight Team April 15, 2021 444

Barrister Charles Odenigbo is a veteran journalist and lawyer. He is enthusiastic about unity, justice and economic development in Nigeria. In this interview, he speaks on what both federal and state governments should do to stem insecurity in the South-East.   How does the current insecurity affect national cohesion and the economy of the South-East? […]Continue Reading

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How UK group wants killings in Nigeria tackled

By The Insight Team April 10, 2021 454

The United Kingdom’s All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief has made far-reaching recommendations to the Federal Government on how to tackle the killing of Christians and destruction of properties, especially in the North-Central and North-East, by marauding Fulani herdsmen in the name of herder-farmers conflict. The Continue Reading

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How is social media regulated?

By The Insight Team April 6, 2021 352

By Theophilus Abbah The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, northern governors and traditional rulers, some governors of southern states, and apologists of the Buhari administration have made social media regulation a sing-song after the recent EndSARS protests. Though government claims that social media was used to peddle fake news, the fact is […]Continue Reading

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A Case For 2020 Electoral Act

By The Insight Team November 7, 2020 330

By Uche Ugboajah The last time an amendment was made to the laws governing elections in Nigeria was in the year 2010. That is clearly ten years ago, when the Electoral Act was amended. From that period up until now, several issues and problems arising from the conduct of elections make an amendment of the […]Continue Reading

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Buhari Urges Nigerians to Desist From Divisive Actions

By The Insight Team October 28, 2020 326

…Says country’s unity won at a great cost. President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, in Abuja appealed to Nigerians to desist from actions and comments that could jeopardise the unity and progress of the nation. Launching the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day (AFRD) Emblem and Appeal Fund, President Buhari said this year’s occasion reminds Nigerians of […]Continue Reading