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How BCDA Awarded, Paid Multi-million Naira In Unexecuted Borehole Contract To Internet Company

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

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CALABAR-ITU DUALIZATION: Blame Community For Delay – Sermatech

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River representative of Sermatech Nigeria limited, handling the dualization of Calabar-Itu road, Mr. Ento Edako says community members should be blamed for the deliance in the job delivery. The project which is now funded by NNPC extends from Oku-Iboku in Akwa Ibom State to the Odukpani power plant in Cross River

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Compromised By The Secret Police

By David Hundeyin, West Africa Weekly  A terrifying inside account of a secret alliance between Amnesty International Nigeria and the DSS On September 10, 2019, Kehinde Dada and Joseph Okonofua died at the hands of Nigerian Police. The two 23 year-olds were caught up in the violent response of Police officers to a student protest in the

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N100bn Contract Scam: Senate Summons NDDC Management

By Henry Umoru, Vanguard News Nigeria The Senate has summoned the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, over contracts scam put at N100 billion. Senator Matthew Urhoghide, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo State-led Senate Committee on Public Accounts that is probing the NDDC, said it will personalize any refund that would be traceable to

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How NDDC Paid Retired Generals N698m For Regional Security Without Service Delivery — Senate

By Henry Umoru, Vanguard  News Nigeria The Senate has raised the alarm on how the management of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) paid retired generals for regional security surveillance of the agency’s  projects without evidence of service delivery. The Senator Matthew Urhoghide, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo South led Senate Committee on Public Accounts uncovered

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WikkiTimes Insists Its Investigative Story On Adamawa Streetlight Racketeering Is Credible, Challenges FG To Provide Evidence

By CrossRiverWatch Admin WikkiTimes, an investigative news outlet has knocked the Nigerian Presidency over its statement denying allegations of stealing over a billion naira, through an imaginary streetlight project in Adamawa State. The online media challenged the presidency to prove its investigation wrong by producing contrary evidence to what it unearthed. The story revealed how

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How Corruption, Negligence Led To UNICROSS Students Inhabiting Abandoned NDDC Model Hostel

By Victoria Effiong Unless an urgent action is taken, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) 500 unit prototype hostel at Cross River State University (UNICROSS) could soon become a disaster. It is a death trap for students living in it. The hostel, awarded in December 2004, was abandoned by Directed Services Limited, a local firm that

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Investigation: How Imaginary Streetlights Were Allegedly Used To Steal Over A Billion Naira Under Buhari’s Nose

By Elijah Ojonicko Akoji, Wikkitimes Four out of the five contractors that received over N1 billion for the installation of solar streetlights in Adamawa State are the same individuals but the projects were allegedly never executed, according to an investigation by WikkiTimes. President Muhammadu Buhari’s senior special assistant on Sustainable Development Goals, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adedulire,

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