Investigations

Akwa Ibom residents worry over incessant flooding

By Editor July 20, 2023 139

By Confidence Chibueze Eunice Sunday, 45, stood in front of a flooded house in Idua lamenting. Her face depicts frustration at the losses she has incurred as a result of flooding “My ND certificate I got from Akwa Ibom Polytechnic, the flood came when I was sleeping, and soaked everything, my electronics, my books and […]Continue Reading

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Loan apps torment users in Nigeria despite being barred by government, Google

By Editor July 18, 2023 230

Key Points: Loan app operators still violate data privacy of borrowers despite government regulation App operators take advantage of unsuspecting, desperate borrowers Interest rates on the apps are extremely high Citizens must take their data privacy seriously Avoid patronizing loan sharks; report violators to relevant security agencies By Daniel Adaji Michael Adekunle, a Continue Reading

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The murder of Cameroonian journalist Martinez Zogo

By Editor July 11, 2023 111

Arizona/ZAM How the killing of a Cameroonian journalist silenced investigations into plunder by an internationally-connected elite, eliminated a rival for the succession of an ageing president, and sidelined a tax director. Arizona Project Team A dossier full of bank slips, payment instructions, and tables of sums amounting to tens of millions of dollars, printed by […]Continue Reading

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How internationally connected Cameroon elites plundered US$ 656 million -and how a tax investigation was silenced after the murder of Martinez Zogo

By Editor July 11, 2023 117

Arizona Project Team How tax cases involving hundreds of millions in payments from state coffers to questionable entities were snuffed out. A list of 67 suspicious transactions scheduled for investigation by Cameroon’s tax agency shows a total equivalent to US$ 656 million in undeclared payments from state coffers to questionable business entities and individuals. The […]Continue Reading

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Abuja residents groan over unutilised multi-billion naira Light Rail

By Editor July 10, 2023 187

Key points The Abuja light rail was meant to ease movement within the Federal Capital Territory Residents lament that the system is not being used and impacting their movement Project lies waste, vandalised while loan repayment has started Chinese loans are shrouded in secrecy Poor management caused the failure of the project; the government need […]Continue Reading

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2023 Governorship: Tinubu, APC, police fold arms while Kogi burns

By Editor June 23, 2023 149

Key Points: With killings and attacks on properties, governorship election in Kogi has turned to war The three main ethnic groups are pursuing ‘ethnic agenda’ Groups have written to President Tinubu to call Governor Yahaya Bello to order ‘Elders from Kogi East, Kogi Central, and Kogi West must meet urgently to halt the dangerous dimension […]Continue Reading

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Launch of Nigeria Air is fraud, says House of Reps

By Editor June 6, 2023 126 0

…MD clears air on controversy By Clement Adeyi The House of Representatives has upbraided the purported launch of Nigeria Air and declared it as fraud, according to the Chairman of the House Committee on Aviation, Nnolim Nnaji. This was after the major stakeholders in the deal between the Federal Government and Ethiopian Airlines denied knowledge […]Continue Reading

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‘Blasphemy’: Two suspects on trial for Deborah Samuel’s murder set free

By Editor May 18, 2023 342 2

Key points Court says the prosecution failed to appear in court when the case came up for hearing Sokoto Commissioner for Justice speaks Police: ‘Her real killers are at large’ One year after murder, the college fails to investigate students suspected to have instigated ‘blasphemy’ allegation The authorities have trivialized the sanctity of human life […]Continue Reading

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Rise and fall of electoral chairmen in Nigeria (1964-2023)

By Editor April 25, 2023 325 0

The 2023 elections fell short of the promises and expectations of Nigerians, in spite the deployment of world-class and highly expensive technology. The irregularities could put Professor Yakubu Mahmood in the bracket of past electoral chairmen who failed the integrity test. Theophilus Abbah, PhD The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Continue Reading

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Inside Abuja Area One IDP Camp where hunger and sickness prevail

By Editor April 25, 2023 453 0

By Daniel Adaji Hajia Bintu Ali, a 53-year-old mother of ten, fled to the Abuja Area One Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp for refuge after a deadly Boko Haram attack in her community in Gwoza local government area, Borno state. Everyone fled for safety. Many persons were killed, and several others are missing to date. […]Continue Reading

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Is it illegal for individuals to carry pepper spray, as police spokesperson claims?

By Editor April 18, 2023 242 0

By Stephanie Adams-Douglas Two top police officers at the core of public relations – the police spokesperson and head of the public complaints unit – had authoritatively pronounced the possession and use of pepper spray by private citizens as offences. However, their position has generated controversy amongst the citizenry, many of whom have disagreed, citing […]Continue Reading

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Several irregularities on IReV portal

By Editor March 15, 2023 154 0

By Daniel Adaji The just-concluded  presidential election has raised a lot of dust, bordering on the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upload results from the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV). Though INEC has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Continue Reading