In this report, Elijah Akoji of SOLACEBASE uncovered through Fact-Checking how Kano State deputy governor’s claim to have sponsored 52 patients for free eye surgery at Makkah Eye Clinic in Kano State, to be false, and misleading. Elijah Akoji, SolaceBase Investigation has shown that the Deputy Governor of Kano State Aminu Abdulssalam Gwarzo gave misleading
By Alaba Adeyemi, Development News Nigeria In 2012, the Ondo State government launched a free shuttle bus scheme for primary and secondary school students, picking them up to school and returning them back home after school. The project was expected to reduce the burden of high transportation costs on parents and guardians, thereby reducing lateness
By Alaba Adeyemi, Development News Nigeria The South West Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps was launched by governors. Amotekun received massive support from the people of the region who had been traumatized by the incessant cases of killing, kidnapping, and rape which made many flee their homes and abandon their livelihood. The bold move was
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
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
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
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
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