Reports

-how he annexed Tin Can Island Port -how he hosted Tinubu in Paris July -how he purchased diplomatic passport from notorious tax haven By Jude Kwayidagami When he set up his first company in Nigeria during the military era, state capture was the obvious business plan of Lebanese business mogul, Gilbert Ramez Chagoury. He walked […]

By Yakubu Mohammed Muhammad Damina, a 68-year-old former commissioner of Information, Bauchi State, on the last Sunday of August 2022, knocked down his 67-year-old friend, Adamu Babanta, in the presence of the latter’s daughter, Kadija who watched her blood-stained father lying unconsciously by the walkway as she cries for help — “Baba na ne…” The

By Abiodun Abegunde Large foreign vessels sailing into the Niger Delta to steal crude oil are certainly not the only way Nigeria loses millions of dollars every day in the oil and gas sector. In a brazen violation of the Nigerian Cabotage and Local Content Act, smaller foreign vessels have infiltrated the country’s coastal and

In this investigative report conducted by Gender Strategy Advancement International (GSAI), staff and patients of primary healthcare centres in the FCT decry the poor state of the Primary HealthCare Centres, insufficient skilled and non-skilled personnel, dilapidated structure and lack of equipment and drugs, amongst many other issues. By Nadia Hassan Nigeria accounts for over 34

The Safer-Media Initiative says it is imperative and incumbent on the government authorities to investigate and convict the perpetrators and sponsors of attacks on journalists. In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja to mark International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, the Executive Director of SMI, Peter Iorter said there is a growing

In this report, WikkiTimes’ YAKUBU MOHAMMED revealed that in its desperate move to siphon money, the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing not only failed to execute the work but paid contractors that have nothing to do with road constructions; some of them are oil companies. The federal government has spent about N1bn in repair

WikkiTimes reporter spent several weeks investigating fake genotype certificates to pass medical assessments that can be obtained in Gombe State. This report exposes how hospital laboratories issue fake genotype certificates for a token, sometimes even free. A married couple gave birth to a sickle cell child, this generated confusion as it’s believed that none of

BY USMAN MOHAMMED, FATI MUSA MARTE & ABDULKADIR M. LAWAN Internally displaced persons, IDPs, across the North East have fashioned out a criminal commercial enterprise at the expense of their kids to enrich themselves. They help to ‘make’ or ‘keep’ their kids, aged 0 to 5, malnourished, in order to profit from their condition. An

By Amos Aar BARELY two weeks after National Record published Part 1 of its investigative report on the poor condition of secondary schools in Benue State, the State Teaching Service Board (TSB) has advertised for the recruitment of 1,500 teachers for public secondary schools across the state. Parts 2 and 3, as well as photo

In 2011, Lanle Travel & Tour, a private company, milked millions of naira from some intended pilgrims in Niger State, with the promise of airlifting them to the Holy Land, Saudi Arabia. For unclear reasons, they were not airlifted after spending weeks in Shiroro Hotel and Hajj Camp in Minna, the capital of Niger State.

Since 2011, hundreds of thousands of people, including women and children, have been displaced as a result of sustained conflict between herders and farmers in various parts of Benue State, with the most affected being in rural, farming communities. In this account of the tragic and existential struggles in camps of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)

BELOW are a few handpicked pictures taken by our reporters while investigating the condition of government-owned secondary schools, and other secondary schools under government grant-aid in Benue State. All the pictures were taken in June 2022.      

By Iduh Onah, Amos Aar & Denen Achussah Read Part 1 here, and Part 2 here. Extortion of Schools by Education Officers A vice said to have become a huge moral impediment in the administration of secondary schools in Benue State is the allegation of extortion of principals by officials of the Ministry of Education

By Emmanuel Mayah rejected consortium offered $2.25 billion higher than preferred bidder the real reason ExxonMobil-Seplat deal is blockaded In the Nigerian oil industry, cases of elephants passing through the eye of the needle are hardly uncommon. Everyday transactions are riddled with paradox. The insider details would make the Brazil’s “Car Wash” looks like a

Story by Steven PEMBI As much as most parts of Borno State connected to the Chad Basin are concerned and boast of some elements of fishing and commercialization linked to the fish trade, no location comes close to Baga. Doron Baga, particularly, is notorious for its history as a productive, rich fishing ground which connects

Six briefcase companies were used by Nomadic Education Commission to divert N290 million. Two of the companies belong to the same individuals; WikkiTimes investigation revealed that the last set of schools either constructed or established in Kano State by the National Commission for Nomadic Education was in 2016, two years even before the current projects

Although Kwara state government has embarked on the revitalization of its Primary Health Care system, an unhealthy pattern that may scuttle the intended benefits has been unraveled. A fact-finding visit to rural communities in Asa and Moro local government areas (LGAs) by Solacebase correspondent , JUSTINA ASISHANA revealed a disregard for WASH infrastructure in the