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Leaves and Worms: Capacity training on investigative journalism EP 8

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AD4TVRadio continued training for investigative journalists in Abuja and its environs under the Collaborative Media Engagement for Development, Inclusivity and Accountability (The Collaborative Media Project) of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ). This multi-level intervention for media independence and government accountability is funded by the MacArthur Foundation.

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How lack of electricity worsens insecurity and healthcare delivery in terror-ravaged Zamfara communities

How lack of electricity worsens insecurity and healthcare delivery in terror-ravaged Zamfara communities

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When electric poles were first erected in Ajiyawa community four years ago, residents thought their years of blackouts were about to end. Night raids are what bandits use as cover to attack the community, and the local clinic was nearly out of service due to a power cut, so the possibility of having electricity supply

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Meningitis outbreak: Jigawa residents pay the price for government’s healthcare failure

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One morning in December 2022, Dauda Umaru’s two children, Umaru and Habibu, suddenly woke up with fever and severe headache. They couldn’t even turn their necks around. In Dungundun, Umaru’s community in Sule-Tankarkar local government area in Jigawa State, there is no hospital. So, he rushed them to the Danladi Basic Health Clinic, located in

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Fact check report: Brekete Family’s claim about HPV vaccine’s effects on girls, fertility misleading

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The claim by the host of Brekete family radio programme, Ahmed Isah aka ‘Ordinary President’, that the Human Papilloma Virus, HPV, vaccine is harmful and targeted at depopulation lacks evidence and is misleading, a PRNigeria fact-check has discovered. The Ordinary President, in a video clip during a live broadcast of his popular Brekete family programme

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VIDEO: We are not the most unfaithful women in the world- Nigerians speak out

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Nigerian women have condemned the tendency for the news media to paint the womenfolk in bad light, at the slightest opportunity. The women who spoke to PRNigeria and Economic Confidential teams specifically described as unfair a recycled false report which described Nigerian women as the most unfaithful in the world. The report which has now

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Leaves and Worms: Low schooling deficit among Nigeria’s Capital area original inhabitants.

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This Leaves and Worms series reveals the challenges being faced by original inhabitants of Abuja in accessing quality education. This report is produced with support from the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) under the Collaborative Media Engagement for Development Inclusivity and Accountability project (CMEDIA) funded by the MacArthur Foundation.  

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BOSUWA: How avoidable electricity inferno wrecked midnight havoc on Jigawa community

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  For over a year, residents of Bosuwa town in Maigatari Local Government Area of Jigawa State have continued to bear the brunt of a midnight inferno caused by sudden power surge. Residents told PRNigeria that the tragedy could have been averted if the Kano Electric Distribution Company (KEDCO) listened to their complaints on the

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Leaves and Worms: How do parents impact on private Schools in Nigeria’s Capital Territory?

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This Leaves and Worms series explores the impact of parents on the current increase of private schools in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria, Abuja. This report is produced with support from the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) under the Collaborative Media Engagement for Development Inclusivity and Accountability project (CMEDIA) funded by the

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How Kano Ministry breach procurement laws, awards contracts to Lawmaker, non-existent companies

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In 2018, the Kano Ministry of Works, Housing, and Transport, currently known as the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, awarded the sum of N3 billion for constituency projects in 44 local government areas to construct primary school classrooms without an office, Islamiyya classrooms, an empowerment program, and the supply of fertilisers to farmers. In the

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Cheap drugs, delays keep Kaduna’s Health Insurance beneficiaries dissatisfied

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Some enrollees under the Kaduna State Contributory Health Management Authority are not satisfied with the services rendered by hospitals. We found out why. Emmanuel (surname withheld) was angry. Here he was at the hospital pharmacy to collect his prescribed medication, only to be told it was not available. “You would have to return another day

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Leaves and Worms: Special Needs Schooling in Federal Capital Territory, TRACKING THE LAPSES. 2023 Ed.

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AD4 TVRadio in this report visited some schools within the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and unearth the lapses in some of the schools for kids with special needs and People with Disabilities (PwDs). The report was done under the Collaborative Media Engagement for development Inclusivity and Accountability (CMEDIA) Project of the Wole Soyinka Centre for

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CSACEFA reacts to Stallion Times report on Kano Special Education Schools

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The Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA) conducted an advocacy visit on Wednesday to the Kano State House of Assembly (KSHoA) Committee on Education. The advocacy visit is a reaction to a Stallion Times Investigative report Kano Special education schools where pupils learn in poor Cconditions. The report which was published days

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SPECIAL REPORT: One year after flood damaged PHCs in Jigawa, government neglects repairs

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The aftermath of devastating floods in Jigawa State continues to haunt residents as critical healthcare facilities remain dilapidated over a year later. In this report, Sylvia Okedi reports that rural healthcare facilities in the state bear the brunt of this neglect, leaving communities in the lurch. Laiti Abdulrahaman, a young mother of two, stood amidst

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Another multimillion-naira hospital project in FCT remains in limbo for thirteen years.

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More than a decade has passed, but a proposed cottage hospital in New Kutunku, Gwagwalada, meant to be completed within a year, has remained an abandoned structure despite significant investment and its supposed health benefits to the community. Bosede Olosa was excited to hear that the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) had begun the construction

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Investigation: Kano Special Education schools where pupils learn in poor conditions

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From 2019 to 2022, the Kano state government, through the Ministry of Education allocated over N95m for the provision of teaching and learning equipment in Special Education Schools in Kano. In this report, Stephen Enoch discovered that despite the huge annual allocation, pupils study in poor conditions with no basic teaching and learning equipment in

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Closure of Borno IDP camps forcing more children out of school

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One implication of the state’s resettlement programme is that social amenities available in the closed camps, including free schooling and healthcare, have also ceased. Young Bintu Yarima’s education came to a halt nine years ago when Boko Haram occupied her hometown, a place called Ala in the Marte area of Borno. The terror group’s intentions

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INVESTIGATION: How ‘Contractors’ messed up rural electrification project in Benue after collecting over N124m

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Companies inactive on CAC platform, offices unknown Community union points accusing finger at serving Senator In this investigative report, NATIONAL RECORD tracks how a rural electrification project in Benue State, which was started about 26 years ago, became a conduit through which three shady companies served as a channel through which over N100 million was

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Bauchi Govt left Yankari Game Reserve to bandits, poachers… hence, frustrating eco-tourism fortunes

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Like Sambisa Game Reserve, now taken over by Boko Haram insurgents and rival fighters of Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), Kamuku National Park  and Kainji National Park where predatory armed bandits camp; Yankari Game Reserve now harbours terrorists, poachers and other intruders, upending eco-tourism fortunes in the reserve. These, WikkiTimes’ YAKUBU MOHAMMED, reports

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Fact-Check: Are manhood snatching, genital disappearance possible? – Medical experts speak

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Claim: The Nigerian media is flooded with reports of individuals from various states, including Abuja, Nasarawa, Bauchi, Kogi, Delta, Calabar, and Akwa Ibom, claiming to have experienced genital disappearance after alleged contacts with perpetrators. These incidents have often led to cases of lynching, mob actions and jungle justice. Full Text: Reports of cases of missing

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