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Breaking News Investigation

How Kwara Polytechnic Rector Made False Claims About Institution’s Financial Status, Commissioned Shoddy, Uncompleted Projects

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  • February 6, 2024

By Abdulrahaman Taye, The Informant247 The 29th convocation of Kwara State Polytechnic in Ilorin in November 2023 marked the commissioning of projects funded by the institution’s internally generated revenue. Rector Engr. Abdul Jimoh Muhammed claimed financial distress during his speech, urging the government to take over staff salary payments. However, this investigation by The Informant247’s

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Breaking News Education Investigation

How Cross River State Government’s Indifference And Community’s Hostility Derailed Federal Polytechnic Ugep

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  • January 10, 2024

By Godwin Otang New tertiary institutions in Nigeria often take off from existing infrastructure, usually donated by the federal, or state government or the local government. However, in the case of the Federal Polytechnic Ugep in Cross River State, there was no already-made temporary site provided for takeoff. The newly appointed rector of the polytechnic

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Breaking News Investigation

Investigation: Uncertainties Over Execution Of IFAD Projects In Jigawa, Yobe Despite Release Of Funds

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  • December 22, 2023

By Elijah Akoji and Lukman Abdulmalik, Solacebase Lack of access roads and warehouses for storage of grains for rural farmers were the key reasons for the multi-billion naira Climate Change Adaptation and Agribusiness Support Program initiative by the Federal Government in 2013. The project was funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). 13

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Breaking News Investigation

Dust And Blood: How The Abandoned Yala-Ogoja-Bekwarra-Obudu Road Is Destroying Lives Despite Over N20 Billion Releases

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  • December 18, 2023

By Ogar Monday When Beatrice Ochuole kissed her husband goodbye on the morning of the 12th of June, 2018, she didn’t expect that she would return to his lifeless body that evening. “We had spent most of the night talking about getting our daughter into school. He was worried about her, and in the morning,

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Breaking News Investigation

Enugu Development Centers In Crisis As Rodents, Reptiles Take Over Offices

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  • November 27, 2023

Enugu State has 68 development centers spread across the 17 local government areas of the state. Most of these centers have become comatose despite having salary-earning workers and administrators assigned to them. The decaying state of these centers is the focus of this report by Ben Aroh. In 2003, the administration of former governor Chimaroke

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Breaking News Investigation

Enugu Retirees Groan Over Unpaid Pensions, Gratuities

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  • August 28, 2023

By Ben Aroh, The Whistler Retired local government workers and their primary school counterparts in Enugu State are being owed about twenty months’ arrears of pensions. Their gratuities were last paid in 2005. This report interrogates their plights, the cause of the non-payment of overtime, and the challenge before the state government. I Feel I’m

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Breaking News Investigation

Refugee Commission Fails To Deliver N100m Yobe Project Despite Full Payment To Contractor

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  • August 8, 2023

By Elijah Akoji, Solace Base The National Commission for Refugees, an agency under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, earmarked a total of N150M for the construction of a federal road in Postikum, Yobe State, according to official records. The road, listed as Lot 1825, was also listed under the

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