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

By Elijah Akoji, Solace The Federal Ministry of Education in 2021, budgeted a total of N475,725,591 million for the Construction of Classrooms and Supplies of Educational Learning Material in Katsina North Senatorial District with no specific locations. Elijah Akoji in this investigation for SOLACEBASE, uncovered how officials of the ministry and contractors allegedly pocketed project

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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 of central Cross River State, has been funded three times by the federal government. Yet, it is still in very bad shape. Commuters that use the road are constantly exposed to grave dangers due to

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Lithium Hunters: Bribery, Abuses, Deaths – The Dark Side Of Nigeria’s Illegal Mining

By Salihu Ayatullahi, The Informant247 In Kakanfu, Pategi Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria, hundreds of illegal miners with hard drugs, guns and explosives dig underground in a large-scale search for Lithium with no oversight and few safety measures. Security operatives and local authorities take bribes to turn a blind eye to – and

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Investigation: Agency Splashes N500m On Phony Projects In Kano

By Elijah Akoji, Solacebace Pin Link Limited, 4Cast Engineering Co ltd, and Green Lamp and Sons Nig Ltd were the three companies awarded the multi-million naira project by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), a constituency project designed to be executed in Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency. NASENI is the only on-purpose-built intervention

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How JED Abdicates Electric Asset Repair Role And Cost To Customers In Bauchi Communities

Idris Kamal, WikkiTimes The Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JED) over the years, consistently relinquished its role of fixing electric poles, transformers, and cables to its customers in Bauchi; forcing them to bear the financial burden of sustaining power supply to communities contrary to regulatory provisions of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commissin (NERC), WikkiTimes reports. Muhammed

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Abandoned Calabar-Oban-Ekang Road Rehabilitation Unsettles Commuters After FG Fails To Release Fund

By Patrick Obia From the Millicent filling station around Effio-ette, the appalling condition of Calabar-Oban-Ekang Road becomes more apparent as commuters and motorists dread passing the road.   The federal government through the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, with its objective of improving transportation infrastructure and restoring the nation’s road network, approved NGN169 billion for

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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 on the operation of the state’s owned commercial plane being managed by Aero Contractors.  The state instead reassigned the lease manager of its Boeing 737-300, known as Cally Air, to Melers Global Resources, a company

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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 LGA of Kano state in 2021 when the news for the construction of the only road connecting their community to other communities in the LGA got to them. If there was anything the people of Tudun-Yola Community ever

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