By Kehinde Ogunyale Climate Tracker traveled to a southern community in Nigeria and spoke to farmers who considered wildlife migration and conservation a threat to their farming businesses.Having spent his entire life surrounded by forest, Kyrien Ojong (52) considered no other business as good as farming in Bamba community, located in southern Nigeria. All of
Listen To The Report In this investigation, THE INFORMANT247’S YEMI SODEEQ who visited the indoor sports hall of the Kwara State Stadium in Ilorin, writes that despite the release of over N72 million for its renovation, the old sporting facility is in shambles, housing reptiles and downsizing the momentum of sporting men and women who
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report In 2018, the Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports Development awarded the sum of N71.8 million for the construction of a mini-sports stadium at Okurikang in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State to help curb youth restiveness in the community. Eta Mbora, a member representing Calabar
By Elijah Ojonicko Akoji Listen To The Report This investigation by Elijah Akoji uncovers how a Federal Government agency awarded N56 million borehole project for communities in Jigawa State which was never executed despite the release of funds. Between 2018 and 2019, payment made by the Border Community Development Agency (BCDA) has shown that over
By Ekemini Simon, TheMail Newspaper Listen To The Report The Auditor General of Cross River State Government has said that the Government of Cross River State did not procure any foreign loan in 2020 contrary to the report by TheMail newspaper. An extensive investigation which lasted for eight months and was published last month revealed
By Ekemini Simon, TheMail Listen To The Report In 2019, despite being the only State out of the 36 States of the Federation including the Federal Capital Territory, that exceeded borrowing ceiling due to high debt burden, Cross River State Government went on to acquire loans including an unapproved foreign loan of N1.4 billion. Yet,
By Kehinde Ogunyale Listen To The Report “With a N20,000 bribe, an external buyer can influence the youth in host communities in Cross River State, to cut down trees from the forest illegally.” Traveling into the Cross River forest as a researcher – let alone a reporter – to investigate the increasing impact of deforestation
By Abdulrahman Adebayo Listen To The Report Sherifat Azeez untied her headgear as she walked this reporter into her living room. Its roughly patched walls and largely broken ceiling were the most striking features in the room. The kitchen where she earlier showed this reporter was a dimly lit space with unpainted walls darkened by