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November 26, 2023

Enugu Development Centres In Crisis As Rodents, Reptiles Take Over Offices

343 By Ben Aroh, TheWhistler Enugu State has 68 development centres spread across the 17 local government areas of the state. Most of these centres have become comatose despite having salary-earning workers and administrators assigned to them. The decaying state of these centres is the focus of this report by Ben Aroh. In 2003, the […]

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November 25, 2023

Six Years After Commencement, N150 Million Akure Civic Centre Project Remains Uncompleted

391 By Alaba Adeyemi, DNN On the 27th of June 2017, Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu laid the foundation stone of the Akure Civic Centre project. The project was facilitated by the Member of the House of Representatives, representing Akure South and North, Hon. Afe Olowookere. For many People of Akure origin, the project was a prayer […]

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November 25, 2023

Special Report: In Kwara, N6bn Failed Streetlight Project Worsens Insecurity, Cripples Businesses

378 By Yemi Sodeeq, TheInformant24/7 It was exactly 10:13 p.m. on the night of Wednesday, September 20. Lukman Raji, a resident of Ile Mofalakun at Ita Amodu junction, along Ibrahim Taiwo road in Ilorin, Kwara State, sat by the roadside with a bread seller. She was already closing up business for the day. Going by […]

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November 24, 2023

Inside Taraba Schools Where Lack of Toilets, Clean Water is Exposing Students, Teachers to Health Risks

335 By Aminu Adamu, WikkiTimes In Taraba State, a mind-blowing crisis unfolds within the walls of schools like Mallam Audu Primary School, where pupils like Salma Yusuf are compelled to embark on an unexpected journey home during school hours. This is due to the alarming absence of restroom facilities – a dilemma that forces students […]

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November 20, 2023

INVESTIGATION: How Cross River Government Awarded Questionable Contracts And Paid For Unfinished Projects

1,377 By Sylvia Akpan, CrossRiverWatch In a striking case of financial impropriety, the Cross River State Government’s dealings with a contractor have been exposed, revealing instances of overpayment for both rescinded and uncompleted projects, Sylvia Akpan reports. In a curious twist that blurs the line between landscaping, gardening, and education, Awokaris Greenworld Industrial Limited, a […]

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November 14, 2023

INVESTIGATION: In Bauchi, Access To Potable Water Is Crippling Basic Education

360 By Usman Babaji, WikkiTimes The lack of safe drinking water in various schools across Bauchi State is threatening the sustainability of basic and qualitative education (Sustainable Development Goal 4). It is crippling the attainment of the United Nations SDG Goal, being implemented by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and the local actors. The WikkiTimes, in this […]

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November 3, 2023

‘It’s Terrible To Live There’ – UNN Students Shun Affordable Varsity Hostel

454 By Ben Aroh, The Whistler Notwithstanding the cheapness and security of living in hostels of the University of Nigeria, her students substantially prefer private accommodation. This report by BEN AROH explores the reasons behind their choices and the efforts of concerned authorities to alleviate them. Living On Campus Is Past Glory – Student Jideofor […]

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November 2, 2023

SPECIAL REPORT: Akwa Ibom Schools Losing Girls To Teen Pregnancy At An Alarming Rate

933 By Blessing Udeobasi, FIJ When 15-year-old Essien (not real name) lost her mum in 2021, little did she know her life would take a different turn. Being the 7th child of the family, Essien was just in JSS3 when the tragic death of her mom occurred. After the funeral, her father found it difficult to […]

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November 1, 2023

Fact-Checking Shows Kano Deputy Governor’s Claim Of Sponsoring 52 Indigent Patients For Eye Surgery Is False

408 By Elijah Akoji, Solace Base In this report, Elijah Akoji of SOLACEBASE uncovered through Fact-Checking how Kano State deputy governor’s claim to have sponsored 52 patients for free eye surgery at Makkah Eye Clinic in Kano State, to be false, and misleading. Investigation has shown that the Deputy Governor of Kano State Aminu Abdulssalam Gwarzo gave misleading information when he said […]

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October 23, 2023

How Multi-Million-Naira Contracts Awarded By Cross-River Government Fail To Deliver On Promised Care

623 Amid the award of multimillion-naira contracts, essential healthcare services remain out of reach for many people in Cross River State communities. Primary health care projects, initially promising, now stand incomplete, leaving residents without crucial care. The Parchment’s investigation by Jimmy Jackson, exposes a disturbing pattern of mismanagement, non-execution, and opacity in the state procurement […]

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October 8, 2023

Investigation: How Federal Ministry Of Education Paid Millions For Unexecuted Classroom Projects In Katsina State

517 By Elijah Akoji, Solace Base The Federal Ministry of Education in 2021, budgeted a total of N475,725,591 million for the Construction of Classrooms and Supplies of Educational Learning Material in Katsina North Senatorial District with no specific locations. Elijah Akoji in this investigation for SOLACEBASE, uncovered how officials of the ministry and contractors allegedly pocketed project funds. This investigation […]

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October 1, 2023

Contractor Pockets N113 Million After Constructing 1.4 km Of 17 km Road Contract In Cross River

1,248 By Godwin Otang The seventeen (17) kilometers Okuni/Nsofang Road that leads to Nsofang, a community in Etung Local Government Area of central Cross River State, has been funded three times by the federal government. Yet, it is still in very bad shape. Commuters that use the road are constantly exposed to grave dangers due […]

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September 23, 2023

Finding Nigeria’s Forgotten Mass Graves Through Satellite Data

499 By Kunle Adebajo, HumanAngle There are more than 25,000 missing people in Nigeria, more than in any other country on the African continent. Many of them disappeared during the height of the Boko Haram crisis, as the Nigerian army fought to keep the Islamist insurgency, which had infiltrated several northern cities, at bay. During […]

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September 23, 2023

Ondo, Ekiti Residents Suffer As Amotekun Recruits Miscreants, Political Candidates

1,791 By Alaba Adeyemi, DNN  The South West Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps was launched by governors Amotekun received massive support from the people of the region who had been traumatized by the incessant cases of killing, kidnapping, and rape which made many flee their homes and abandon their livelihood. The bold move was met […]

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September 20, 2023

INVESTIGATION: Under Gov. Ayade, Cross River Government Awarded 36 Contracts From World Bank Grant In Dubious Manner

1,544 By Archibong Jeremiah The management of the Cross River State College of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences, Itigidi, in Abi Local Government Area, LGA, Cross River State, met the proverbial “judgment day” on Thursday, June 1, 2023, precisely at 9:55 AM. The Registrar, Chief Aji Eko who was on his way to catch up with […]

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September 20, 2023

Cross River State’s Toothpick Factory Struggles To Become Productive 4 Years After Launch

290 By Archibong Jeremiah The Paradise Toothpick factory in Ekori, Yakurr Local Government Area, LGA, in Central, Cross River State was commissioned by former governor, Sen. Ben Ayade on March 1, 2019. The aim of the N746 million project was to boost the economic activities within Yakurr LGA by making it a bamboo hub in […]

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