Marred by insecurity and extorted by INEC officials, communities in Niger State faced double jeopardy: pay ransom to kidnappers and bribe INEC officials to get PVCs. WikkiTimes’ YAKUBU MOHAMMED documented the travails of residents of some communities in the insurgents’ ravaged Niger State where some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission were found to
By Archibong Jeremiah Godswill Eteng, a native of Nko community in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River state, was shocked to hear that the state government had built a new Model School worth N145,015,738.88 in his community. He first imagined it must be an error because he lives in the community and has neither
By Marcus Fatunmole, The ICIR The Nigerian Government disbursed N35.74 billion to 37 of its 55 hospitals from the COVID-19 Intervention Fund at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, The ICIR exclusively reports. All the Federal Government’s hospitals, excluding Federal Teaching Hospitals, got the money. The ICIR had in July exclusively reported how the government shared N22.58 billion to
In what appears to be a safe money-laundering channel for corrupt and dubious reasons, WikkiTimes’ Idris Kamal Ibrahim in this investigation revealed how two companies – AJ & N Multi-Ventures Limited and Amis & S Global Service Limited – individually cornered the total sum of N78 million meant for the rehabilitation of Yana-Shira-Azare Road and
By Adebayo Aare, Agidigbo 88.7 FM In this four-week investigation supported by Civic Media Lab, Adebayo Aare of Agidigbo 88.7 FM reveals that the Engr. Seyi Makinde-led administration of Oyo State awarded a contract of N91,160,000 to Prunegde Development Technologies Ltd in violation of sections of the public procurement law. This contract has not been delivered
By David Hundeyin, West Africa Weekly There is a problem with Nigerian banking, and it’s worse than you think. Much worse. In May 2022, shortly after my story about Chinese loan sharks in West Africa went up, a number of new tips and leads started trickling in. It looked at first, as though a follow-up story would emerge,
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