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Contractor pockets N11m after constructing 1.4 km Of 17 km road contract in Cross River
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!-->!-->!-->…
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Ondo, Ekiti residents suffer as Amotekun recruits miscreants, politician candidates
By Alaba Adeyemi
The Southwest Security Network codenamed Amotekun corps was launched by governors of the southwest.
Amotekun (Leopard or Cheetah) received massive support from the people of the region who had been traumatized by!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Investigation: Agency splashes N500m on phony projects in Kano
By Elijah Akoji
Pin Link Limited, 4Cast Engineering Co ltd, and Green Lamp and Sons Nig Ltd were the three companies awarded the multi-million naira project by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), a!-->!-->!-->…
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Enugu retirees groan over unpaid pensions, gratuities
By Ben Aroh
Retired local government workers and their primary school counterparts in Enugu State are being owed about twenty months’ arrears of pensions. Their gratuities were last paid in 2005. This report interrogates their plights,!-->!-->!-->…
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Investigation: Contractor abandons over N200m road project awarded by National Biosafety Agency in…
Elijah Akoji and Aliyu Inuwa Mansir
There were feelings of excitement among the people of the Tudun-Yola community in Gwale LGA of Kano state in 2021 when the news for the construction of the only road connecting their community to!-->!-->!-->…
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INVESTIGATION: Residents groan as FG abandon road project in Oyo community
By Yemi Sodeeq
In the rugged heartland of Nigeria, where life is set by the sowing and reaping of the land, Yusuf Audu, a weathered farmer in his twilight years, stands as a testament to the tenacity that the earth demands. For seven…
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Refugee commission fails to deliver N100m Yobe project despite full payment to contractor
By: Elijah Akoji
The National Commission for Refugees, an agency under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, earmarked a total of N150M for the construction of a federal road in…
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COVID-19 Racket: How health workers dump vaccines to cover fraudulent card issuance
By Kolawole Omoniyi
COVID-19 is a threat to global public health, but outbound travellers in Nigeria can process and obtain their ‘authentic’ COVID-19 vaccination cards, in less than an hour to boarding time, without taking any jab.…
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Diphtheria: A look into disease breeding grounds in the wake of diphtheria outbreak in Kano
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has declared an outbreak of diphtheria on 20 January 2023, the worst in a decade. The outbreak was first notified in Kano and Lagos states on 1 December 2022. In this report, Arinze Chijioke!-->…
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How corrupt security officials assist smugglers to import rice from Benin into Nigeria through…
In 2015, the Nigerian Government placed a ban on the importation of rice through land borders and imposed a hefty 70% tariff on imports coming through the ports. However, despite these restrictions, numerous incidents of smuggling and…
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