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Dilapidated Obollo-Oturkpo Road Helping Kidnappers On Enugu-Kogi Borders
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28 Feb 28, 2024

Dilapidated Obollo-Oturkpo Road Helping Kidnappers On Enugu-Kogi Borders

Dilapidated Obollo-Oturkpo Road The bad state of Obollo-Oturkpo road on Enugu-Benue borders makes passengers travelling from Eastern parts of the country to the North apply Enugu-Kogi route, which today records…

Mining Without Compensation: Untold Woes Of Enugu Community

Ezuruike mining site Ben Aroh, in this investigative report, explores how farmlands and cash crops of Ezuruike, an agrarian suburb…
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13 Feb 13, 2024

Enugu: Diversion Of Water Channels For Road Construction Endangers Community

Every community prays for access roads to attract development and ease livelihood. In 2016, the Enugu State government constructed a…
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12 Dec 12, 2023

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

Enugu State has 68 development centres spread across the 17 local government areas of the state. Most of these centres…
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26 Nov 26, 2023
‘It’s Terrible To Live There’ – UNN Students Shun Affordable Varsity Hostel
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02 Nov 02, 2023

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

Zik’s Flats and interior roof of Eni Njoku Hostels at University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State. Notwithstanding the cheapness and…
Enugu Retirees Groan Over Unpaid Pensions, Gratuities
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28 Aug 28, 2023

Enugu Retirees Groan Over Unpaid Pensions, Gratuities

Retired local government workers and their primary school counterparts in Enugu State are being owed about twenty months’ arrears of…
Special Report: Inside Enugu’s Multi-Million Naira School Projects Without Functional Toilet Facilities
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18 Aug 18, 2023

Special Report: Inside Enugu’s Multi-Million Naira School Projects Without Functional Toilet Facilities

Imilike Agu primary school toilet Among legacy projects of former Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State is the construction of…
How BVAS Machines Were By-Passed In Enugu Guber Election
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07 Apr 07, 2023

How BVAS Machines Were By-Passed In Enugu Guber Election

Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine. The Crux The March 18 2023 guber election in Enugu State took three days…
How Thugs, INEC Disenfranchised Over 10, 000 Enugu Voters During Guber Elections
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24 Mar 24, 2023

How Thugs, INEC Disenfranchised Over 10, 000 Enugu Voters During Guber Elections

Ben Aroh investigates how electoral violence and the subsequent refusal of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct a…
N20 Billion Ekiti Airport Yet To Begin Operations One Year After Inauguration
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22 Feb 22, 2024

N20 Billion Ekiti Airport Yet To Begin Operations One Year After Inauguration

On October 15, 2022,  former governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi inaugurated the Ekiti State Airport in, Ado Ekiti. That was the last project he inaugurated, as the governor of the state…

Senator Borroffice Shuns Community After Campaigning With Ikakumo Cashew Factory Three Times

In 2011, Professor Robert Ajayi Boroffice launched his campaign for election as Senator representing Ondo North Senatorial District. He promised…
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16 Feb 16, 2024

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

In 2019, Adedayo Omolafe who was representing Akure South and North Federal constituency in the House of Representatives nominated a…
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29 Dec 29, 2023

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

This report by Development News Nigeria, FALASA looks into the activities of an illegal Quarry at Ijigba, Ondo state operating in contravention…
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22 Dec 22, 2023
Millions Down The Drain As Contractor Poorly Executes Ex-Senator Balogun’s Constituency Project In Oyo
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08 Dec 08, 2023

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

The road that leads to Oba-Adebimpe palace in Odinjo community in Ibadan, Oyo State gives an impression that all is…
Six Years After Commencement, N150 Million Akure Civic Centre Project Remains Uncompleted
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25 Nov 25, 2023

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

On the 27th of June 2017, Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu laid the foundation stone of the Akure Civic Centre project. The…
As Ondo Free Shuttle Bus Scheme Becomes Unreliable, Government Confirms Plan to Make Students Pay
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16 Oct 16, 2023

As Ondo Free Shuttle Bus Scheme Becomes Unreliable, Government Confirms Plan to Make Students Pay

In 2012, the Ondo State government launched a free shuttle bus scheme for primary and secondary school students, picking them…
Ondo, Ekiti Residents Suffer as Amotekun Recruits Miscreants, Political Candidates
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22 Sep 22, 2023

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

  The South West Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps was launched by governors. Amotekun received massive support from the people…
Ondo State’s N9 Billion Naira Chocolate Factory Remains Desolate Three Years After Launch
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25 Aug 25, 2023

Ondo State’s N9 Billion Naira Chocolate Factory Remains Desolate Three Years After Launch

September 21, 2020 was a remarkable day for farmers in Alade and other farming camps and villages in Idanre in…
Investigation: How North East Ex-Senator’s Companies Failed To Execute Multi-Million Naira Contracts Awarded By Refugee Commission
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29 Jan 29, 2024

Investigation: How North East Ex-Senator’s Companies Failed To Execute Multi-Million Naira Contracts Awarded By Refugee Commission

View of Alkali Primary School Pindiga  Share By Elijah Akoji In 2022, Ugoche Global Nigeria Ltd. and AL Alwi Nig Ltd., two companies owned by Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani, were paid over N70 million for…

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

Investigation: Uncertainties over execution of IFAD projects in Jigawa, Yobe despite release of funds A visit to Bardo community in…
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17 Dec 17, 2023

Contractor Denies Getting N60m Contract Refugee Commission Purportedly Awarded

James Nuhu is president of the Okada and Keke Rider Association in Boi   Falasa in this investigation uncovers how the…
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30 Nov 30, 2023

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

Kano deputy governor’s tweet In this report, Elijah Akoji of SOLACEBASE uncovered through Fact-Checking how Kano State deputy governor’s claim to have sponsored 52…
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01 Nov 01, 2023
Investigation: How Federal Ministry Of Education Paid Millions For Unexecuted Classroom Projects In Katsina State
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08 Oct 08, 2023

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

Inside view of 2021 UBEC Project In Kagare Sec Sch, Sandamu  Share By Elijah Akoji The Federal Ministry of Education in…
Investigation: Contractor Abandons Over N200m Road Project Awarded By National Biosafety Agency In Kano
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28 Aug 28, 2023

Investigation: Contractor Abandons Over N200m Road Project Awarded By National Biosafety Agency In Kano

Elijah Akoji and Aliyu Inuwa Mansir There were feelings of excitement among the people of the Tudun-Yola community in Gwale…
Refugee Commission Fails To Deliver N100m Yobe Project Despite Full Payment To Contractor
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08 Aug 08, 2023

Refugee Commission Fails To Deliver N100m Yobe Project Despite Full Payment To Contractor

Potiskum Gombe Road   The National Commission for Refugees, an agency under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management,…
2023: Flood Victims Who Lost Their PVCs May Not Vote In Jigawa State
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26 Dec 26, 2022

2023: Flood Victims Who Lost Their PVCs May Not Vote In Jigawa State

Mal. Audu Muhammed, 51, and his two wives Aisha and Khadijat, who are residents of Dubantu community in Hadeja LGA…
2023: NNPP Agents Allegedly Promise Kano Rural Residents Fertilizer, Scholarship To Release Their PVC Data
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14 Dec 14, 2022

2023: NNPP Agents Allegedly Promise Kano Rural Residents Fertilizer, Scholarship To Release Their PVC Data

Bala Audu, is an agent of NNPP in Karaye LGA, coordinating the PVC data collection for his party. Audu said…
How Kwara Polytechnic rector made false claims about institution’s financial status, commissioned shoddy, uncompleted projects
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01 Feb 01, 2024

How Kwara Polytechnic rector made false claims about institution’s financial status, commissioned shoddy, uncompleted projects

How Kwara Polytechnic rector made false claims about institution’s financial status, commissioned shoddy, uncompleted projects The 29th convocation of Kwara State Polytechnic in Ilorin in November 2023 marked the commissioning…

Oke-Oyan health centre in Kwara stalls as Ifelodun TIC chairman confiscates its generator

Oke-Oyan health centre in Kwara stalls as Ifelodun TIC chairman confiscates its generator Following the completion of Oke-Oyan Basic Healthcare…
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29 Jan 29, 2024

INVESTIGATION: Despite fund release, N114 million Kwara road project abandoned

The Ragada-Edo-Kpansnako community road in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State is a mostly busy route due to the…
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04 Dec 04, 2023

‘Left without aid’: Lack of assistive teaching, learning materials is making life unbearable for students living with disabilities in UNILORIN

  From ‘hostile’ lecture rooms to dysfunctional teaching and learning systems, belied the struggle of meeting up with academic standards…
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01 Dec 01, 2023
In Kwara, N6bn failed streetlight project worsens insecurity, cripples businesses
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24 Nov 24, 2023

In Kwara, N6bn failed streetlight project worsens insecurity, cripples businesses

It was exactly 10:13 p.m. on the night of Wednesday, September 20. Lukman Raji, a resident of Ile Mofalakun at…
INVESTIGATION | Lithium hunters: Bribery, abuses, deaths – the dark side of Nigeria’s illegal mining
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04 Sep 04, 2023

INVESTIGATION | Lithium hunters: Bribery, abuses, deaths – the dark side of Nigeria’s illegal mining

In Kakanfu, Pategi Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria, hundreds of illegal miners with hard drugs, guns and explosives…
INVESTIGATION: Residents Groan As Government Abandon Road Project In Oyo Community
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23 Aug 23, 2023

INVESTIGATION: Residents Groan As Government Abandon Road Project In Oyo Community

In the rugged heartland of Nigeria, where life is set by the sowing and reaping of the land, Yusuf Audu,…
INVESTIGATION: How corrupt security officials help smugglers to import rice from Benin Republic into Nigeria through illegal Kwara border route
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29 Jul 29, 2023

INVESTIGATION: How corrupt security officials help smugglers to import rice from Benin Republic into Nigeria through illegal Kwara border route

In 2015, the Nigerian Government placed a ban on the importation of rice through land borders and imposed a hefty…
BVAS’ failure, insufficient electoral materials disenfranchised electorates in Kwara
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16 Mar 16, 2023

BVAS’ failure, insufficient electoral materials disenfranchised electorates in Kwara

BVAS’ failure, insufficient electoral materials disenfranchised electorates in Kwara Belawu Obalowu, 63, has been participating in Nigerian elections for over…
INVESTIGATION: How Nigerian Soldiers Confiscate Means Of Livelihood, Torture IDPs, Returnees In Bakassi
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15 Jan 15, 2024

INVESTIGATION: How Nigerian 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,…

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

By Godwin Otang New tertiary institutions in Nigeria often take off from existing infrastructure, usually donated by the federal, or…
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10 Jan 10, 2024

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

By Godwin Otang The road linking Ikom through Boki to Obudu Local Government area is a 115-kilometer route indicated as…
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12 Dec 12, 2023

How Cross River Government Breaks Its Own Law By Making Basic Education Students Pay Fees

By Patrick Obia In 2006, the Cross River State Government signed into law for free education for all primary and…
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06 Dec 06, 2023
Six Months After Commissioning, Former Governor Ayade’s Spaghetti Flyover, Dual Carriageway Begins To Fail
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30 Nov 30, 2023

Six Months After Commissioning, Former Governor Ayade’s Spaghetti Flyover, Dual Carriageway Begins To Fail

By Archibong Jeremiah, The Investigator  Barely 48 hours before leaving office, the Cross River State governor, Sen. Benedict Ayade, commissioned…
Contractor Pockets N113 Million After Constructing 1.4 km Of 17 km Road Contract In Cross River
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01 Oct 01, 2023

Contractor Pockets N113 Million 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…
How Inadvertent Press Statement Spotlights Failure In Managing Cross River State’s Owned Commercial Plane
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29 Aug 29, 2023

How Inadvertent Press Statement Spotlights Failure In Managing Cross River State’s Owned Commercial Plane

By Godwin Otang Last June the Cross River State Government issued a press statement that announced the cancellation of agreement…
Allegations Of Partisanship Trail Police Arrests, Prosecutions Following Cross River Polls
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31 Mar 31, 2023

Allegations Of Partisanship Trail Police Arrests, Prosecutions Following Cross River Polls

By Ogar Monday On the night of Wednesday, 8th February 2023, men from the Nigerian Police Force invaded the home…
How INEC Failed To Conduct Presidential Election In 50 Out Of 70 Polling Units In Bakassi
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15 Mar 15, 2023

How INEC Failed To Conduct Presidential Election In 50 Out Of 70 Polling Units In Bakassi

By Patrick Obia About 15 years after Nigeria finally ceded Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon, Nigerians left behind in the area…
In Jos, Continued Violence is Driving More Women and Children to Illegal Mining
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22 Feb 22, 2024

In Jos, Continued Violence is Driving More Women and Children to Illegal Mining

Despite the risks associated with artisanal mining, more women and children are taking up jobs at mining pits that litter communities in Jos. This is due to the government’s failure…

Untold Story of Almajiri Schools Left For Ruins In Bauchi

Over a decade after the Federal Government constructed and handed over Tsangaya Model Schools to SUBEB in Bauchi, Falasa uncovered that…
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20 Jan 20, 2024

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

In Taraba State, a mind-blowing crisis unfolds within the walls of schools like Mallam Audu Primary School, where pupils like…
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24 Nov 24, 2023

INVESTIGATION: In Bauchi, Access to Potable Water is Crippling Basic Education

  Pupils and students in several basic schools across Bauchi State lack access to clean drinking water. To douse their…
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01 Nov 01, 2023
AGONY OF LOSS: Through the Eyes of Displaced Victims of Lingering Farmers-Herders Crisis in Plateau LGA
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11 Sep 11, 2023

AGONY OF LOSS: Through the Eyes of Displaced Victims of Lingering Farmers-Herders Crisis in Plateau LGA

It all began on April 14 between Mahmud Adamu, a young Fulani herder from Wolbi village and a Mwaghavul farmer,…
Despite FG, UNICEF’s Open Defecation-free Certification, Bauchi Communities Still Battle Pervasive Human Feces, Killer Diseases
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26 Aug 26, 2023

Despite FG, UNICEF’s Open Defecation-free Certification, Bauchi Communities Still Battle Pervasive Human Feces, Killer Diseases

In the face of both the Federal Government’s and UNICEF’s assertion of Open Defecation-Free (ODF) Certification, several communities in Bauchi…
How JED Abdicates Electric Asset Repair Role and Cost To Customers in Bauchi Communities
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09 Aug 09, 2023

How JED Abdicates Electric Asset Repair Role and Cost To Customers in Bauchi Communities

The Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JED) over the years, consistently relinquished its role of fixing electric poles, transformers and cables to its…

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