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After Stallion Times report, Kano Governor commits to clear backlog of retirees benefits

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Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf has reiterated his administration’s commitment to clear the backlog of retirees gratuities in the state. He restated his commitment while delivering a speech at Nigeria’s 63 independence celebration on 1 October 2023 held at Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano. It could be recalled that two months ago, Stallion Times […]

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Investigation: Inside Bichi communities where residents resort to herbs as PHCs can’t provide drugs for patients

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Solacebase in this report uncovered how residents of Hugulawa and Marga in Bichi LGA, two communities that border Katsina states prefer to travel about 11 kilometers on motorcycle to Bichi town where they can eventually buy drugs and receive treatment or resolve to herbs, a practice capable of increasing their health condition, according to medical

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Investigation: How cultural stereotypes hinder women’s struggle for economic survival in some labour sectors

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The issue of discrimination or marginalisation of women in the work environment in Nigeria or elsewhere in the world, has continued to enjoy the prime of place in the arena of human discourse. Scholars, civil society activists, human rights advocates, the media as well as national and multilateral personalities and authorities from antiqued to digital

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For exposing terrorism funding, illegal mining in Niger state, Police threaten WikkiTimes Editor, wife, others

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Yakubu Mohammed, WikkiTimes editor and the author of an investigative report exposing terrorism funding and illegal mining in Niger State, has been on the police watchlist and his wife, colleagues and friends have been the targets of coordinated threat. His investigation unearthed how Chinese-allied miners operating under the licenses of Eso Terra Investment Limited and

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NCPWD threatens to seal off facilities for violating accessibility laws

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Following National Record’s investigative report on the non-implementation of the provisions of the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act,  the executive Secretary of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD), James Lalu, has threatened to seal off facilities that do not comply with the Act’s accessibility clauses. National Record on September 20, 2023

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Investigation: In South-East, security forces rip commuters across multiple checkpoints

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In this report, Arinze Chijioke travelled to Imo State from Enugu and back, to investigate how security operatives extort money from commercial drivers across multiple checkpoints and delay travel time for road users Travelling from Garki, one of the major markets in Enugu State where several motor parks are located to Owerri, the Imo State capital, is a 138km

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INVESTIGATION: How Government, MDAs went to sleep after passage of Disability Act

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It was a struggle that took a coalition of organisations of people with disabilities and civil society allies almost two decades before realisation with the National Assembly’s passage in 2018. But the expectation that the signing into law in 2019 of the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act by then President Muhammadu Buhari was

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Students loan : Lecturers, students speak out on Tinubu’s initiative

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Academics and Students have described the stringent conditions attached to the Students loan act as barriers towards benefiting from the educational initiative by the federal government. According to them, if not relaxed, the government efforts to make higher education more accessible to the citizens will remain nothing but a mirage or a mere illusion. In

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After Stallion Times report, Governor Yusuf launches Keep Kano Clean Initiative

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Kano State Governor, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf on Saturday flagged off the Keep Kano Clean initiative tagged “Operation Nazafah” at Kofar Kwaru, Emir’s Palace, Kano. This is coming 10 days after a Stallion Times report “Residents in Kano Task Government on Timely Evacuation of Refuse.” In the report, residents and business owners in Kano tasked

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Staff suffer as Kano Electric fails to settle years of benefits

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Thirty-five-year-old Usman Sani was an employee of the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), until he succumbed to the cold hands of death, on December 24, 2020, after he was electrocuted while on duty. A Senior Assistant linesman with KEDCO in Katsina State, Sani left behind two wives and six children who are now bearing the

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Highway to destitution and grave: The tragic story of Benue pensioners

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Public service retirees in Benue state are not only owed several years of their pension benefits, their gratuities also remain unpaid years into retirement. Scores of pensioners have died, and more are still dying, due to the non-payment of pension and gratuity. While there seems to be a sliver of hope with the inauguration of

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How residents in Kano communities suffer tragedies over non-completion of 5km roads

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Rural communities in Bunkure, Dawakin Tofa, Kibiya, Rano, and Riming Gado Local Government Areas, access to good roads is a decade-long dream that never come to fruition. In this investigation, Rabiu Musa revealed how residents suffer loss of lives and properties, post-harvest losses, and an increase in transportation cost on 5-kilometer (km) roads that connect

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Schools or Slave Camps?

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In Qur’anic schools across Bauchi, Almajiri children suffer abuse and exploitation at the hands of their teachers, yet the government fails to provide any protection despite the existence of state laws, WikkiTimes’ investigation reveals. SEPARATED by a distance of approximately 110 kilometers, three individuals—Musa Abdullahi (16), Usman Musa (15), and Abubakar Garin-Dawa (17)—find themselves bound

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Maternity leave dilemma: Navigating policies in Ibadan city private sector

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In this report, Bolanle Oduekun investigated the maternity leave landscape in Ibadan, Oyo state private sector. The report evokes questions about maternity leave policies in private organizations uncovering insights from key stakeholders who shed light on the state of affairs. It also raises some concerns on related gender issues Unveiling the landscape Ibadan, the economic

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Over 300 Million naira spent, 23 years of woes, Lambe Roads, residents let down by Ogun State’ governments

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The residents of Lambe Town have been living with the effects of a worsening road for the past 23 years. Their pleas for the rehabilitation of these deteriorating roads have fallen on deaf ears, leaving the community in a state of despair. Olambe town, a tale of woes A good network of roads plays a

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Special Report: How doctors’ strike subjected Abuja patients to avoidable deaths, pain and agony

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On a normal day, the sun would be scorching, but this was overshadowed by drizzling rain. An accident victim was brought into the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Ward with practically no doctor in sight to immediately attend to the emergency. The victim groaned in pain in the pool of his own blood screaming for help

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Corporate ‘Delulu’: Companies hide lawsuits from investors, violate IFRS — and regulators turn blind eye

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“In other western jurisdictions, you see the [claims and litigation] disclosures running into pages, but here in Nigeria, they are always afraid…,” a staffer at the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria told FIJ when we asked if the council was aware companies were underreporting litigation claims against them. DANIEL OJUKWU uncovered how some Nigerian companies

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UNDERCOVER: One week as a staff of Palmcredit, a loan company where i learnt the art of defamation

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In the last five years, loan agencies have spread their talons wide. Offline and online, they are everywhere. Besides their primary function of loan services, they are renowned for the wilful disbursement of their loans to unsuspecting customers and their extreme tactics of defaming them when they don’t repay on time. FIJ’s Opeyemi Lawal applied

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Leaking roofs, inadequate staff, supplies, others threaten healthcare delivery in Federal Capital Territory

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Primary healthcare centres (PHCS) are meant to be the first point of call for health service delivery, but are they equipped for this role? Mustapha Usman who visited several PHCS in Kwali and Abaji area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) reports the findings. TWENTY-FIVE years-old Olaniyi Dorcas is one of the many residents

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