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Enugu Community Where Women Are Made Shrine Property Forcefully Married To Old Men

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Alo Uno community in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu state has continued to practice a culture that allows women to be made properties belonging to community shrine while they are forcefully married out to old men who cannot afford a wife. MAWA Foundation, who visited the community leaned that young ladies were forcefully married …

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School classrooms in Kano locked up, not in use five years after completion

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Completed school classrooms in Kano have been put under lock and not put to use five years after they were constructed. The three-block of classrooms that are three in number are situated at the Minjibir model school in the Mjb Local Government Area of Kano state and were facilitated by Mr. Bashir Baballe, a lawmaker …

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N1.12 billion Ukanafun Akwa Ibom hospital remains abandoned

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The N1.12 billion Ukanafun Akwa Ibom hospital has remained abandoned despite the sum of N800 million capital already released for the project. The Akwa-Ibom state government in 2008, released the sum of N800 million for the construction of a 50-bed cottage hospital in the Ukanafun area. Despite the fund release, the hospital construction remains abandoned …

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COVID-19: Nigeria Civil Defence says it spent N48 Million on hand sanitizer

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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) say it has spent the sum of N48 million for the purchase of hand sanitizer. An action the NSCDC said was to prevent and contain the spread of coronavirus among its personnel and Nigeria. The NSCDC, who categorized the hand sanitizer under the COVID-19 emergency procurement, says it is …

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Shocking: Nigerian Rural Electrification says 8 street light cost N20 million in Katsina

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The Nigerian Rural Electrification Agency (REA), saddled with a mandate to promote rural electrification and co-ordinate rural electrification programs, in a clear example of what appears to be a corruption practice, has installed eight solar street lights in the Katsina community for N20 million. Under the deal, the federal government under the Zonal Intervention Project …

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Special Report: Parents who lost job, income to COVID-19 withdraw kids from school

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Parents who lost their job and income as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak have withdrawn their kids from school and stopped their education; interviews and focused group discussions by MAWA Foundation have shown. Some of the parents, who spoke to MAWA Foundation officials, recounted how their children’s education has been adversely affected because they …

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N60 million Ikot Omin drainage construction diverted, job not done

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The N60 million drainage and road construction at Ikot Omin community in Calabar the Cross River State capital has been abandoned. Under the deal, the sum of N60m was allocated in the 2020 by the federal government to carry out the construction as a zonal intervention project. Tracka a public accountability organisation that visited the …

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Special Report: Citizens recount Police torture, abuse, during Covid-19 lockdown

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Some residents in Nasarawa state communities are recounting how the Nigerian police and other security officials tortured, harassed and abused them during the COVID-19 lockdown. Recounting their ordeal, some residents of Kabayi at Mararaba, a densely populated area in Nasarawa State, who spoke to the MAWA Foundation team, gave different accounts of how the police …

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Investigation: How NCDC awarded N43.5 million Adamawa COVID-19 Testing Centre to a non-existing company

Investigation: How NCDC awarded N43.5 million Adamawa COVID-19 Testing Centre to a non-existing company

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), established to lead the preparedness, detection, and response to infectious disease outbreaks and public health emergencies, in what appears a shocking example of corruption that has helped undermine the country’s ability to achieve healthcare delivery has been caught in the act of corruption. The Centre which is currently …

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N120 million Osisioma Ngwa mini stadium abandoned despite funds release by FG

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N120 million Abia state stadium construction has been abandoned despite 50% fund been released by the Federal Government. Under the deal, a construction of mini-stadium at Osisioma Ngwa in Osiosioma/Ugwunagbo/Obingwa Federal Constituency of Abia State was assigned as a constituency project. The federal government in 2019 allocated the sum of N60 million to the project …

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