Investigation: How Kwara Electoral Body Suppressed Voters, Manipulated LG Election Results To Favour Ruling APC

189 By Salihu Ayatullahi, Toheeb Omotayo & Salihu Shola Taofeek In a two-month-long investigation, The Informant247 assembled evidence of several ‘electoral manipulations’ done by the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) during the September 21 local government elections. The report documents discrepancies in the election results, voter suppression and widespread disenfranchisement caused by shortages of electoral materials, […]

October 29, 2024

Cloned ThisDay Newspaper Where Uzodinma Declared Free Marriages Between Between Fulani Settlers And Imo Ladies Resurfaces Online

236 Claim: Uzodinma Declared Free Marriages Between Between Fulani Settlers and Imo Ladies Resurfaces. Verdict: False and misleading. Both Thisday Newspaper and the Imo state government debunked the claim, which has been online since 2021 as fake.  By Arinze Chijioke On September 30th, 2024- a day before Nigeria’s 64th Independence Day celebration—at exactly 11:11 pm, an […]

October 5, 2024

Cloned ThisDay Newspaper Where Uzodinma Declared Free Marriages Between Between Fulani Settlers And Imo Ladies Resurfaces

350 Claim: Uzodinma Declared Free Marriages Between Between Fulani Settlers and Imo Ladies Resurfaces Verdict: False and misleading: Both ThisDay Newspaper and Imo state government debunked the claim, which has been online since 2021 as fake.  By Arinze Chijioke At exactly 11:11 pm on Monday, September 30th, 2024- a day before Nigeria’s 64th Independence day […]

Lives, Economic Activities Threatened After Contractor Fails To Execute Erosion Control Project In Imo Community

570 The erosion and flood control project in Akwakuma, Imo State, awarded to Saicom Integrated Services Limited remains largely unfinished despite payments made. TheInvestigator’s Arinze Chijioke reports that the incomplete project has worsened flooding, impacting economic activities and posing a threat to lives in the community. Clement James stood in front of his shop, steering […]

USAID-Supported FundTB Project Seeks Policy Changes For Improved Interventions

360 A unique dimension of the project is that it will also work with the private sector to attract funding for improved TB services. By TheInvestigator  Policy Alert together with four other organisations have commenced the implementation of a project geared towards enhanced and sustainable service delivery through increased domestic investment for Tuberculosis (TB) interventions […]

December 28, 2023

Girlfriend Shoots Policeman To Death In Imo

451 Ugwu was shot dead on Tuesday by his 23-year-old lover, who was identified as Amanda Uchechi Ugo, a native of Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State. By Dare Olawin, Punch Newspaper A policeman attached to the Imo State Police Command, Cosmas Ugwu, has been shot dead by his girlfriend. Ugwu was shot […]