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Human Rights Commission pays N119.25 million for ICT Centre

A Nigerian agency, the National Human Rights Commission in what appears contract inflation has paid the sum of N119.25 million for ICT Centre, MAWA Foundation has uncovered. The commission that was established to promote, protect, and enforce human rights, has since joined other Agencies in contract awards and execution, a development that is been executed …

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Investigation: Fake, unqualified companies got NDDC contracts

The NDDC in what appears a common practice in the violation of procurement laws and procedures, awarded billion naira road construction to unqualified and fake companies in Bayelsa State. This is even as such act is a breach of the Procurement law that attracts up to 10 years imprisonment when found guilty. Perfecting the deal, …

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Estimated 300 FCT- Abuja Igu residents lack healthcare delivery

Estimated 300 FCT- Abuja Igu residents lack healthcare delivery

Residents of the Igu community in Bwari Area Council of Federal Capital Territory FCT – Abuja the Nigerian capital city are facing difficulties accessing healthcare delivery as the only hospital in the area has since become terribly deplorable leading to its shutdown. The hospital which has an estimated 300 residents that rely on it for …

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Investigation: How NDDC awarded N150 million drainage construction to a website devpt company

Investigation: How NDDC awarded N150 million drainage construction to a website devpt company

In an act that appears to be tainted with corruption that points to abuse of procurement laws and processes, documents obtained from CAC show the NDDC awarded a contract for the construction of drainages to Dewfirstplus Limited, a website design and software development company. Under the deal, the NDDC on May 31, 2012, awarded the …

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How NDDC awarded multi-million road construction to poultry company

How NDDC awarded multi-million road construction to poultry company

The Niger Delta Development Commission – NDDC in what appears a breach of procurement laws, awarded a multi-million road construction to an unqualified company that deals in poultry and has nothing to do with civil engineering or other forms of construction. Under the deal, NDDC awarded the construction of Nonwa-Bunutai-Afam Ukwu –Afam NTA Road to …

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MAWA Foundation receives grant to investigate corruption in Nigeria’s health sector

The Media Advocacy West Africa Foundation (MAWA-Foundation) is happy to receive the Henry Nxumalo Foundation grant. In the new grant, the African Investigative Journalism Conference, the Gates Foundation, and the Henry Nxumalo Foundation support MAWA-Foundation to undertake a reporting project that will uncover corruption in Nigeria’s health sector.  

Special Report: Unaccounted funds, a common practice in NDDC

A critical examination of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), an agency established to facilitate development of the Niger Delta, shows a huge misappropriation of funds. The act is embedded and manifests prominently in contract awards, which has shown how the Commission breaches procurement laws, awards contracts to fake, unqualified companies,  for community development.  A …

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Investigation: Inside NDDC, fake, unqualified companies get multi-million contracts

Investigation: Inside NDDC, fake, unqualified companies get multi-million contracts

The Media Advocacy West Africa Foundation – MAWA Foundation has uncovered how the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), an agency established to facilitate development of the Niger Delta, is involved in the act of corruption in the way it manages the oil revenue meant for community development. In the Investigations carried out, across the six …

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Exposed: Ministry of works pays N18.213 million for a single borehole

The Nigerian Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in what appears an example of contract inflation practice in Nigeria has spent the sum of N18.213 million to construct a single borehole at Goru community in Kebbi State. In what appears contract inflation and racketeering, the Works and Housing Ministry in an FOI response signed by …

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Ministry of works pays N82.264 million for a single security Gate

Ministry of works pays N82.264 million for a single security Gate

The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in what appears a shocking example of contract inflation that has helped undermine development in Nigeria has paid the sum of N82, 264,576.1, for the construction of a single security gate. The fence that was constructed at the Federal Polytechnic Adikpo in Benue State was awarded to M/S …

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