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January 22, 2024

TheInvestigator Journalism Hub Unveils Monthly Masterclass

1,852 The masterclass first episode will cover sourcing for story ideas, pitching stories to media outlets, and other investigative journalism techniques.  By Christiana Ofem TheInvestigator Journalism Development and Innovation Hub is hosting a journalism masterclass on investigative journalism every last Saturday of the month beginning from January 27, 2024, from 3-4pm. The event will be […]

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January 22, 2024

Untold Story Of Almajiri Schools Left For Ruins In Bauchi

672 Over a decade after the Federal Government constructed and handed over Tsangaya Model Schools to SUBEB in Bauchi, WikkiTimes uncovered that Almajiri pupils grapple with hunger and labour as proprietors struggle to meet their needs.  By Idris Kamal Ibrahim, WikkiTimes Abdulmalik Umar, a 14-year-old native of Zaranda-Gari, Toro local government area, Bauchi State, enrolled […]

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January 16, 2024

INVESTIGATION: How Nigerian Soldiers Confiscate Means Of Livelihood, Torture IDPs, Returnees In Bakassi

1,134 The army forced him to write an undertaking never to participate in anything news against the Nigerian Army or anything against them or lead a protest or even advise them. By Patrick Obia, CrossRiverWatch Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who are mostly fishermen and petty traders in the riverine area of Ikang, Bakassi […]

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January 10, 2024

How Cross River State Government’s Indifference And Community’s Hostility Derailed Federal Polytechnic Ugep

1,171 However, the polytechnic Rector Prof.  Edwards Ntui Okey, alleged that the host community had made things difficult and constituted a major hindrance.  By Godwin Otang, CrossRiverWatch New tertiary institutions in Nigeria often take off from existing infrastructure, usually donated by the federal, or state government or the local government. However, in the case of […]

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January 7, 2024

How Tinubu’s Humanitarian Affairs Minister, Betta Edu, Team Members Received Public Funds For Flight Tickets, Airport Taxis To Fly From Abuja To Non-existent Kogi Airport

1,072 Documents obtained by SaharaReporters show how the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) moved N226,188,500 million to Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo states through the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation ahead of the November 11, 2023 governorship elections. By SaharaReporters The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation under Betta Edu in November 2023 approved […]

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January 5, 2024

Betta Edu, Tinubu’s Humanitarian Affairs Minister Writes Accountant General, Directs Payment Of Public Funds Into Private Account

981 The private account belongs to Oniyelu Bridget Mojisola, identified as a project manager by the minister. By SaharaReporters Dr. Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation asked the Accountant General of the Federation, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein to send public funds to a private account, according to a letter obtained by […]

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December 29, 2023

Contractor Abandons Building Of New Health Centre In Akure After Lawmaker’s Death

523 By Alaba Adeyemi, Development News Nigeria (DNN) In 2019, Adedayo Omolafe who was representing Akure South and North Federal constituency in the House of Representatives nominated a project for the construction of a Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in Omoniyi Estate. The project was part of the Zonal Intervention Projects for 2020 and was awarded […]

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December 24, 2023

Ondo Agency And FG At Loggerhead While Miner Operating With Child Labour Goes Unchecked

643 This report by Development News Nigeria, Alaba Adeyemi of DNN looks into the activities of an illegal Quarry at Ijigba, Ondo state operating in contravention of the 2007 Nigerian Mineral and Mining Act. At the twilight of Olusegun Mimiko’s administration as the governor of Ondo state, projects that stood out as bringing succor to […]

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December 19, 2023

Investigation: Uncertainties Over Execution Of IFAD Projects In Jigawa, Yobe Despite Release Of Funds

536 By Elijah Akoji, SolaceBase Lack of access roads and warehouses for storage of grains for rural farmers were the key reasons for the multi-billion naira Climate Change Adaptation and Agribusiness Support Program initiative by the Federal Government in 2013. The project was funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). 13 years later, SOLACEBASE investigation […]

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December 18, 2023

Dust And Blood: How The Abandoned Yala-Ogoja-Bekwarra-Obudu Road Is Destroying Lives Despite Over N20 Billion Releases

1,344 By Ogar Monday, CrossRiverWatch When Beatrice Ochuole kissed her husband goodbye on the morning of the 12th of June, 2018, she didn’t expect that she would return to his lifeless body that evening. “We had spent most of the night talking about getting our daughter into school. He was worried about her, and in […]

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December 14, 2023

Enugu: Diversion Of Water Channels For Road Construction Endangers Community

563 By Ben Aro, The Whistler Every community prays for access roads to attract development and ease livelihood. In 2016, the Enugu State government constructed a nine-kilometre road network from Obechara, Ugwuechara down to Ikenga Hotels junction. Ben Aroh, in this report, portrays how this celebrated road has endangered Umuwalugwu village in Umakashi community of […]

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December 13, 2023

Abandoned For 20 Years, Ikom-Wula-Obudu Road Remains Travelers’ Nightmare, Cash Cow For Contractors

615 By Godwin Otang, CrossRiverWatch The road linking Ikom through Boki to Obudu Local Government area is a 115-kilometer route indicated as the Ikom-Wula-Road. It is one of the federal roads in Cross River State. This part is often called Section 1 in the repair work projects by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing […]

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December 8, 2023

Millions Down The Drain As Contractor Poorly Executes Ex-Senator Balogun’s Constituency Project In Oyo

546 By Adebayo Abdulrahman, DNN The road that leads to Oba-Adebimpe palace in Odinjo community in Ibadan, Oyo State gives an impression that all is well. But on sighting the palace, the excitement fades away almost immediately leaving one with more questions than answers. “They renovated it recently,” Kolapo Jimoh, a carpenter who works directly […]

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December 5, 2023

INVESTIGATION: Despite Fund Release, N114 Million Kwara Road Project Abandoned

650 By Sukari Mohammed The Informant247 The Ragada-Edo-Kpansnako community road in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State is a mostly busy route due to the network of agrarian communities that use it. In this investigation, The Informant247’s Sukari Mohammed tells the story of how this road troubles motorists, has led to fatalities, and puts […]

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December 2, 2023

‘Left Without Aid’: Lack Of Assistive Teaching, Learning Materials Is Making Life Unbearable For Students Living With Disabilities In UNILORIN

434 By Yemi Sodeeq, TheInformant247 From ‘hostile’ lecture rooms to dysfunctional teaching and learning systems, belied the struggle of meeting up with academic standards and aspirations by students living with disabilities at the University of Ilorin. In this report, The Informant247’s Yemi Sodeeq takes a deep dive into the lives of the ‘special students’ and […]

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December 2, 2023

Investigation: Contractor Denies Getting N60m Contract Refugee Commission Purportedly Awarded

507 By Elijah Akoji, SolaceBase SOLACEBASE in this investigation uncovers how the National Commission for Refugees awarded a N60 million contract to an oil and gas company to supply tricycles and grinding machines to the people of Boi and Lusa communities in Bogoro LGA of Bauchi State.  In addition, the company did not execute the project which was […]

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November 29, 2023

Six Months After Commissioning, Gov. Ayade’s Spaghetti Flyover, Dual Carriageway Begins To Fail 

893 By Archibong Jeremiah  Barely 48 hours before leaving office, the Cross River State governor, Sen. Benedict Ayade, commissioned the 10.8km Tinapa junction to Odukpani junction dual carriageway and the spaghetti flyover at Odukpani junction. The flyover is expected to address the perennial gridlock experienced by motorists and commuters on the ever-busy Odukpani junction. The […]

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November 26, 2023

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

456 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

562 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

517 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

456 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

1,517 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

522 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

572 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

1,096 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

638 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

824 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

673 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

1,324 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

660 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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