RCDIJ Nigeria – Page 8

Sep 14, 2021

by RCDIJ Nigeria in Investigations

SPECIAL REPORT: Displaced residents of Zamfara battle hunger, as underfunding derails Nigeria’s nutrition goals

On paper, Muhammad Zayyanu is seven years old. The quiet boy who looks shorter for his age could not recollect when breakfast was part of his daily meal. It is difficult for a child whose main meal for the day is usually after sunset. He counts himself lucky to eat breakfast except on festive religious […]

Aug 19, 2021

by RCDIJ Nigeria in Investigations

INVESTIGATION: N7.3bn paid for unnamed projects; how Nigerian govt spent N2.2trn in six months

Analysing nearly 3,000 payments made by various Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) over the previous six months (January 16 to June 20) has not only been exhausting but also mind-boggling. It is even more distressing to know, as a Nigerian, that your government, which is in debt, has given over N7.3 billion to […]

Aug 16, 2021

by RCDIJ Nigeria in Investigations

INVESTIGATION… Delay rocks Nigerian govt’s promise of N30,000 covid-19 relief for artisans, others

Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in February, 2020, Chukwudi Okoroigwe’s daily earnings as a bus driver was hardly enough to cater to the needs of his family. Apart from his wife and four children, Okoroigwe, 53, had the responsibility of taking care of his parents who were living with him. His father was sick as age was beginning to weigh in on him. At the end of each day, Okoroigwe- a driver who plies the Nnewi […]

Jul 07, 2021

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INVESTIGATION… Ten years after, communities count losses as AfDB, Cross River govt abandon road project

Ten years after the Cross River State government and African Development Bank (AFDB) jointly awarded the Yahe-Wanokom-Wanikade-Benue border road for construction under the Cross River Rural Access and Mobility Project (CR-RAMP), it remains abandoned, while the supposed beneficiaries continue to lament deaths, loss of livelihoods and increasing poverty due to the deplorable state of the […]

Apr 25, 2021

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INVESTIGATION… N.3bn down the drain, as Enugu communities suffer from dry taps

In this concluding part, ARINZE CHIJIOKE talks about some of the projects that are serving the people and how various WASH programmes have failed to tackle perennial water issues in the country. In Eziagu, the solar-powered borehole is serving the people Before the solar-powered borehole in Obinofia Ndiuno was rehabilitated, residents had to cross hills to get water. The borehole had been long abandoned […]

Apr 24, 2021

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INVESTIGATION… N.3bn down the drain, as Enugu communities suffer from dry taps

In November 2020, three organizations and the Enugu State government celebrated the completion of N300 million worth of projects that were expected to improve the lives of poor people in under-resourced communities in the state. The projects were supposed to expand the access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services in the affected communities. In the first […]

Apr 24, 2021

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INVESTIGATION…PARKVIEW ESTATE: Exclusive images of how billionaire property developer incurred Lagos govt‘s anger

Many have seen the demolished building, but not many know the circumstances that led to the teardown of the about N3 billion property owned by Lagos-based real estate mogul, Olu Okeowo, the founder and chairman of Gibraltar Construction. The godfather of real estate in Lagos has been in building and civil engineering construction since 1994, […]

Jan 23, 2021

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Investigation… Inside Enugu markets where traders are choked by multiple taxes

In recent times, the world economy has developed tremendously and this is partly linked with activities of petty traders who are part of the informal sector, especially in developing countries. Sadly, increasing taxation by the government at all levels in Nigeria, has continued to affect these traders, often leading to their decline. CHIJIOKE ARINZE visited […]

Dec 14, 2020

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SPECIAL REPORT: How flood-ravaged farmlands in Anambra threaten food production

Increased rainfall, as a result of climate change, has impacted negatively on many parts of the world. In Anambra State, Nigeria, KELECHUKWU IRUOMA, writes that farmers have also felt this environmental challenge, with means of livelihood threatened. With no help coming from government to mitigate their losses, there are concerns that food shortage looms. On […]

INVESTIGATION… Messy tales of Abia’s abandoned NDDC road projects (I)

Dec 01, 2020

by RCDIJ Nigeria in Investigations

INVESTIGATION… How NDDC spent N2bn on abandoned, non-existent road projects in Edo communities

In 2014, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) awarded 10 road projects worth over N2 billion in various communities in Edo State, with a 12-month completion period. Five years after, our reporter, SUNDAY ELOM N., who visited the project sites in the four local government areas, found that many of the projects were awarded to […]

All posts by: RCDIJ Nigeria

SPECIAL REPORT: Displaced residents of Zamfara battle hunger, as underfunding derails Nigeria’s nutrition goals

INVESTIGATION: N7.3bn paid for unnamed projects; how Nigerian govt spent N2.2trn in six months

INVESTIGATION… Delay rocks Nigerian govt’s promise of N30,000 covid-19 relief for artisans, others

INVESTIGATION… Ten years after, communities count losses as AfDB, Cross River govt abandon road project

INVESTIGATION… N.3bn down the drain, as Enugu communities suffer from dry taps

INVESTIGATION… N.3bn down the drain, as Enugu communities suffer from dry taps

INVESTIGATION…PARKVIEW ESTATE: Exclusive images of how billionaire property developer incurred Lagos govt‘s anger

Investigation… Inside Enugu markets where traders are choked by multiple taxes

SPECIAL REPORT: How flood-ravaged farmlands in Anambra threaten food production

INVESTIGATION… How NDDC spent N2bn on abandoned, non-existent road projects in Edo communities

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