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INVESTIGATION: How Soldiers confiscate means of livelihood, torture IDPs, returnees in Bakassi
By Patrick Obia
Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who are mostly fishermen and petty traders in the riverine area of Ikang, Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State, have cried out over the continued harassment!-->!-->!-->…
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Divine Deceit: Story of Patigi, preacher who tortures Nigerians in need of spiritual help
By Yunusa Umar
For years, Hassan Patigi, a preacher and exorcist from Patigi community in Kwara State, has been touring many towns and villages in Nigeria on a self-imposed mission to heal the sick and save the poor.
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How bandit attacks, govt negligence undermine healthcare access in Niger State
Since 2016, bandits have attacked several communities in Niger state, kidnapping and killing scores of health workers and destroying healthcare facilities. In this report, Arinze Chijioke looks at how the attacks have worsened access to!-->…
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Ondo agency, FG at loggerhead while miner operating with child labour goes unchecked
This report by Development News Nigeria, DNN, Alaba Adeyemi takes a look into the activities of an illegal Quarry at Ijigba, Ondo state operating in contravention of the 2007 Nigerian Mineral and Mining Act.
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Investigation: How govt neglect Kano Community amidst spread of hepatitis
In this report by SOLACEBASE, Aliyu Inuwa Mansir evaluates the causes and how government neglect is contributing to the monthly rise of Hepatitis B in Kayare LGA, a viral infection that attacks the liver, causing both acute and chronic!-->…
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Inside Abuja community where residents share contaminated water with cattle, without access to…
By Yakubu Mohammed
For decades, residents of Saimami Ubo, a suburb of Rubochi ward in Kuje Area Council, Abuja, solely depend on disjointed, contaminated streams, infiltrated by herds of cattle pasturing through the community. Sadly,!-->!-->!-->…
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How poor health support, lack of medical equipment caused death of airstrike victims at teaching…
“I feel even more traumatized because my granddaughter was still alive when we rushed her to the hospital, although it was quite a distance, but if there had been a medical team on ground when we got there, and there had also been oxygen!-->!-->…
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Investigation: Uncertainties over execution of IFAD projects in Jigawa, Yobe despite release of…
By Elijah Akoji and Lukman Abdulmalik
A visit to Bardo community in Taura LGA of Jigawa State has revealed that the multi-million naira five-kilometer road project was abandoned the same year the project was awarded in 2021 while!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Gender barriers threaten maternity services across northern Nigeria
By Kolawole Omoniyi@kbobowazobia
Pregnant Woman Dies as Husband Rejects Male Health Worker’s Intervention
It was 6 am when the man rushed his labouring wife from Galinga Ward in Madobi Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State into!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Amid rising food prices, Kano residents resort to Chinese ‘white maggi’ without NAFDAC…
Amid rising food prices, Kano residents resort to Chinese 'white maggi' without NAFDAC approval
In Kano, northern Nigeria, unbranded and unauthorised additives, also known as monosodium glutamate (MSG), seem to have come to stay in the!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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