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12 years after, Port Harcourt Aba express road remains abandoned

The Port Harcourt Aba express road has remained abandoned 12 years after it was awarded under the administration of Mr. Musa Ya’adua the late Nigerian President. The road links Port Harcourt-Aba express road to Obehie-Azumini-Ukanafun in Abia and the Akwa Ibom States respectively. The road awarded as post amnesty project in 2009 under the late …

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Travelers groan, Lokoja city centre road in terrible condition

Travelers during the Christmas Yuletide were groaning in Lokoja, the Kogi State city centre as the road is in terrible condition with many struggling to pass through while cars that broke down were seen parked by the roadside. The Lokoja Ganaja area is completely in a dilapidated condition leaving travelers going to eastern and south-south …

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Kebbi Lawmaker N41 Million Constituency Project, Scam Not Traceable To Any Location

Mr. Muhammad Umar Jega, a federal lawmaker from Kebbi Gwandu/Aliero/Jega constituency of Kebbi state at constituency project cannot be traced to any location. A visit by Tracka to the community revealed that the project appears to be a ghost as it could not be traced to any location. Jega had in 2017, nominated N41 million …

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Makinde Oyo Gov shares COVID-19 palliatives to party loyalists, civil servants

Mr. Seyi Makinde, the Oyo State Governor has been caught in the act of sharing COVID-19 palliatives to party loyalists and civil servants. MAWA Foundation learned that the food items donated by CACOVID to be shared as COVID-19 palliatives were not distributed and were kept in the state secretariat. Civil servants, party loyalists were seen …

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Awka Ibom governor shares COVID-19 palliative as Christmas gift to party loyalists

Mr. Udom Emmanuel, the Akwa Ibom state government has been caught in the act of sharing COVID-19 palliatives to party loyalists. The items that were donated by CACOVID for Akwa Ibom State as COVID-19 reliefs to citizens were been distributed to party loyalists in the state. Party loyalists were seen taken away food items as …

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Your empowerment gave us influential unified voices for our liberation

Residents of Kabusa community, a satellite town in Abuja have commended MAWA Foundation for empowering them through human rights education training and community mobilizing for advocacy. The residents said Housing Rights training conducted by MAWA Foundation empowered them for unified voices to confront the authority and present superior arguments that compelled the government to discard …

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How COVID-19 Exposed Digital Inequality

Parents in Nasarawa state communities are lamenting how lack of access to the internet is affecting their children’s participation in online learning. The parents who spoke to MAWA Foundation team that visited some communities in Nasarawa state to gauge the impact of COVID-19 say their kids could not participate in the online school during the …

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Women, children suffer huge exclusion in mining benefit

Nigeria experience just like other African countries has shown that women and children are mostly affected by the environmental hazard coming from extractive activities particularly the mining sector. The most concern is that in spite the adverse effect on women, evidence across Nigeria and other African countries shows women do not participate in consultation and …

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Ali Ndume Refuses to Account For N222 Million Constituency Funds

A Nigerian Federal Lawmaker Mr. Ali Ndume, a Senator from Borno has refused to account for the N22 million he nominated as constituency project in 2017. Under the deal, Ndume said he was going to supply empowerment equipment to residents of Borno South Senatorial District, the constituency he represents at the National Assembly. Checks by …

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