By Usman Babaji, WikkiTimes The lack of safe drinking water in various schools across Bauchi State is threatening the sustainability of basic and qualitative education (Sustainable Development Goal 4). It is crippling the attainment of the United Nations SDG Goal, being implemented by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and the local actors. The WikkiTimes,
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
Ben Aroh investigates how electoral violence and the subsequent refusal of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct a runoff as enshrined in the 2022 Electoral Act disenfranchised over 10, 000 voters during the March 18 2023 Guber elections in Enugu State. Affected LGAs In Udenu LGA, some of the affected areas with the
By Ben Aroh, The Whistler Some eligible voters who lost their permanent voter cards and applied for re-issuance claim they are yet to obtain them from their chosen local government areas because of the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to reprint them. Ben Aroh digs into the options left for those in
By Adeyemi Okediran, Development News Nigeria A video clip recently went viral on social media where a school teacher was instructing pupils to recite a campaign song that would convince their parents to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Oyo state, Nigeria. The teacher wore a PDP campaign face cap while instructing the
By Yakubu Mohammed, WikkiTimes They called themselves “Jagaban Army”. Led by Dayo Israel, the national youth leader of All Progressives Congress who named himself the chief of army staff of Jagaban army commanding their so-called foot soldiers of more than 3,000 persons who would work to secure the victory of the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.
By Patrick Obia Thousands of Nigerians will not cast their ballots during the 2023 general elections due to the devastating flood across the country last year. The flood which affected nearly all the states of the federation swept away homes and farmlands, killing several people. The flood did not only bring hardship and anguish but
By Yakubu Mohammed, WikkiTimes A one-day trip to Gamawa to collect PVC is a luxury that Musa Yunusa, a resident of the Kadi-Kadi community in Gamawa local government area of Bauchi State, could not afford despite his willingness to vote in the 2023 polls. He makes an average of N500 daily from firewood. Left with