How The Attack On CrossRiverWatch Threatens Press Freedom In Cross River
"Running a newsroom shouldn’t feel like operating a resistance cell,” Ugbal said. “But that’s what it’s come to. And still, we continue."
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When Truth Becomes A Crime: Inside The Campaign To Silence WikkiTimes
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- June 17, 2025
By Usman Babaji, WikkiTimes On a hot February afternoon in 2023, Haruna Mohammed Salisu found himself shoved into a police van on the orders of the Bauchi governor. Moments earlier, the 34-year-old publisher of WikkiTimes — a small investigative news outlet in Bauchi State — had been interviewing voters during the presidential election. Now he
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Detained, Assaulted: Inside Journalists Harrowing Encounters With Security Agents In Kaduna
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- June 13, 2025
By Bankole Abe, The ICIR SEVERAL journalists based in Kaduna have shared accounts of alleged harassment, detention, and physical assault by security agencies – particularly the police – raising fresh concerns about press freedom and journalist safety in Nigeria. Their experiences, spanning years and multiple incidents, underscore the ongoing tensions between the media and law
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Bruises, Blood, Legal Costs: Plight Of The ICIR At The Frontlines Of Accountability Reporting
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- June 9, 2025
By Bamas Victoria, The ICIR I have spent the last decade in the media, much of it navigating the precarious terrain of accountability journalism in Nigeria. But nothing quite prepares you for the moment your newsroom becomes the headline. In May 2024, the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) was not breaking the news, we were the
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Price For Exposing Corruption: Kwara Newsroom Under Legal Siege
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- June 6, 2025
By Abdullahi Muritala, ICIR INFORMANT247, a digital newsroom, has faced a troubling pattern of intimidation and harassment over exposing corruption in Kwara State. A notable example occurred in February 2024 when the Rector of Kwara State Polytechnic, Abdul Jimoh Muhammed, an engineer, filed a petition to the Kwara State police headquarters leading to the arrest
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How Cross River’s Waterless Clinics Condemn Mothers And Babies To Preventable Diseases, Deaths
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- May 30, 2025
In the remote, rugged hills of Etung Local Government Area in Cross River State, a silent but deadly crisis threatens the foundation of basic healthcare. Beneath the surface of dedicated health workers and hopeful patients lies a harsh reality: the lack of clean water at Nsofang Primary Health Center and Akarim Health Post has turned
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When Caregivers Become Victims: Unsafe Sanitation In Cross River’s Primary Health Centers
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- May 14, 2025
In the rural community of Bendeghe Ekiem, located in Etung Local Government Area of Cross River State, a massive healthcare center lies in ruins, a haunting reminder of broken promises and a symbol of government negligence and failing infrastructure. Behind the government’s self-congratulatory headlines, mothers count the hours until their children’s fever breaks, patients plead
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INVESTIGATION: How Kwara Poly Officials Are Taking Bribes To Facilitate Contracts, Approve Unfinished Projects
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- March 31, 2025
By Toheed Omotayo, The Informant247 Officials of Kwara State Polytechnic in Ilorin are taking bribes in exchange for helping businessmen win contracts at the institution, an Informant247 investigation has revealed. In October 2023, The Informant247 published a report revealing how the institution’s Rector, Engr. Abdul Jimoh Muhammed commissioned shoddy and unfinished projects despite millions allocated