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Bali-Gembu road scandal: FG takes over project from Taraba govt after WikkiTimes investigation, to commence full reconstruction

After WikkiTimes’ investigative story exposing collaborative deceit and corruption between the federal government and Taraba State on the Bali-Serti-Gembu road, the Federal Government has taken over the project from the state, pledging to commence full reconstruction of the road. This was part of the outcome of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) weekly meeting held on […]

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Exclusive: Stakeholders call for completion of Maiduguri-Bama-Banki road

By Usman Ahmed and Kaigama Mustapha The joint Maiduguri-Bama-Banki stakeholders have expressed dissatisfaction on how Spectrum Engineering Company abandoned the reconstruction work on the area’s major link road in the past seven months. They lamented that the Maiduguri-Bama- Banki-road reconstruction that started on good speed is now stopped at Konduga Local government area describing the

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UNCOVERED: Documents show how KYC-failures by 4 commercial banks aided N30 billion investment scam

By Emmanuel Mayah, Kayode Adegboyega, Doris Chizoba and Ginika Nnabue Fantastic failures of due diligence, particularly the critically-important Know-Your-Customer (KYC) in four commercial banks, have produced startling knock-on effects, culminating in a N30 billion investment scam in Nigeria’s beleaguered economy. The failures recorded simultaneously in four banks – namely Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), Zenith, Stanbic and

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Bali-Gembu Serti Road Scandals: Taraba Govt Writes WikkiTimes, Says FOI Act Not Domesticated In State

Two months after WikkiTimes’ investigative story that unearthed collaborative corruption between Taraba State and the Federal Government, the state’s ministry of works writes WikkiTimes but declined to furnish the medium with details about the scandals, arguing that the Freedom of Information Act is not domesticated in the state. In an investigative story published on July

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Investigation: How underfunding, extortion, unpaid wages, ruin Benue’s secondary schools – Part 2

Read Part 1 here. By Iduh Onah, Amos Aar & Denen Achussah In this part of the report, authorities of secondary schools decry the regime of levies and the oppressive or arbitrary system of collection of the levies, the extortion by education officials among others; but the Benue State Teaching Service Board (TSB) vehemently defended

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Explosions, cracks, asthma… What Triacta construction company gives Birshi fulani community in Bauchi

Triacta Nigeria Ltd is building infrastructure in Bauchi State — giving it an outstanding look — sadly, residents of Birshin Fulani are paying the price. In this report, YAKUBU MOHAMMED documents the excruciating plights of the residents. Muhammad-Annur Saeed was six months old when an explosive from the Triacta quarrying site disrupted his sleep. “He

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REPORT: Anifowoshe Ikeja, residents groan under infrastructural neglect, officials’ exploitation

By Yinka Olaito Accountability and lives at the subnational level, especially under reported issues are important to Nigeria Grassroot News. In this report, Yinka Olaito, went to Anifiwoshe ikeja, a commercial nerve centre, and came back with this report. Ikeja is a commercial nerve centre and capital city of Lagos state. Formerly populated by the Yoruba,

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INVESTIGATION: How underfunding, extortion, unpaid wages, ruin Benue’s secondary schools – Part 1

In this report of a 3-month investigation, National Record’s Iduh Onah, Amos Aar & Denen Achussah, expose the appalling condition of secondary schools in Benue State. To be able to penetrate a strong wall of censorship of administrators of the schools by education managers in the state, the reporters often posed as researchers collaborating with

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INVESTIGATION: Okorocha’s N27b general hospitals for rodents, reptiles and drug addicts by Nonsochukwu Uwa

By Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri As many aggrieved Imo citizens wondered why Justice Inyang Ekwo, the trial judge in the N2.9 billion fraud case that the EFCC brought against the former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, allowed him to ‘travel’ to the United Kingdom for Medicare instead of directing him to use one of the 27 general hospitals

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Toll of deaths in RSUTH over negligence by doctors, nurses

By Chim Ogwutum Staff Sleep On Duty Every Day; Student Doctors Experiment With Patients, Pregnant Women Without Supervision; No Dialysis Unit, Essential Drugs Out Of Stock, Patients Referred To Private Pharmacies;· CMD Evades Press, Holds Daily Endless Meetings On Monday, 11 July 2022, a viral video emanated from the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH),

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Movie actor’s torture: Livestock guards commander alleges police harassment, says creditor at large

‘Write Petition to Area Command,’ PPRO Tells Actor Creditor Says He’s Ready for Investigation  By Amos Aar THE Commander of the Gboko Division of the Benue State Livestock Guards, Mr Stephen Shaahu, has alleged that he is being harassed by the Police in Gboko over an allegation by a Tiv movie actor that he was

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INVESTIGATION: How Mondays sit-at-home order contributes to poor learning outcomes for students in South-East of Nigeria

By Samuel Ajala In this report, Samuel Ajala visited the five South-East states and interrogated students, teachers, parents, government officials and stakeholders in an attempt to unearth how education has been impacted by the weekly sit-at-home order in the region. Chibuzor Daniel (not real name), 18, was doing perfectly well in his studies at Day Secondary School, Enugu, Enugu State. He

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Bello Kaoje constituency fraud: FG awards one project in Bagudo/Suru 4 times to dubious, inactive, companies

Only one of the 4 companies supplied the materials, which have not been distributed yet, 8 months after delivery. The Lawmaker Bello Umar Kaoje, threatened to assault WikkiTimes’ reporter for “poking into his business”. Between the months of September and December 2021, the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development

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