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Document shows FG spent N109.161 million on Okonjo-Iweala DG WTO campaign

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The Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it spent the sum of N109.161 million campaigning for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala when she contested for the Director-General of World Trade Organisation position. In a data obtained from https://www.govspend.ng, a BudgIt platform, the Central Bank of Nigeria, remitted the sum of N109, 161,803.52 to the Mission in Geneva. An …

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Anambra lawmaker abandons N30 million Civic Centre constituency project

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Mr. Obinna Chidoka, a federal lawmaker from Anambra state has abandoned N30 million Anogu Civic Centre that is his constituency project despite funds released by the federal government. Under the deal, Mr. Chidoka, a federal lawmaker in the House of Representatives, nominated the completion of Anogu Civic Centre at Umuoji in Idemili North Local Government …

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

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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

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

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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

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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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COVID-19: Centre for women development spent N1 billion on skill acquisition

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The National Centre for Women Development, an agency under the Ministry of Women Affairs has spent the sum of N1 Billion as COVID-19 intervention programmes, documents from the Federal Ministry of Finance have shown. In the documents that were released by the Federal Ministry of Finance in a response to a Freedom of Information request, …

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Again Sokoto Rima Basin spends N57.55 million on hand pump borehole

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The Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority says it has expended the sum of N57.55 million on hand pump borehole under the Zonal Intervention Project (ZIP) In a Freedom of Information (FOI) response to Tracka, Rima Basin claimed to have expended the sum of N57, 557,843.32 for the construction of hand pump boreholes in Zamfara …

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Shocking: Sokoto Rima Basin constructs a single borehole for N159 .122 million

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In a typical example of contract inflation that has helped undermine development in Nigeria, the Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority has constructed a single borehole for N159 .122 million. Under the deal, the Rima Basin implemented the project under the 2018 Zonal Intervention Project (ZIP) and awarded the contract to Hedeco Nigeria Limited, registered …

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Communities Solving Electricity Challenge Using Solar Power

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As rural communities in West Africa continue to struggle with power challenges, rural villages in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Senegal have embraced solar energy as an alternative to electricity supply. At the moment, over 80 rural communities in Senegal use solar energy, while in Mali 150 communities now use solar power. Going by the revelation …

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