The Borno State Government has discovered that only five out of 100 school-children can read, which indicates that 95% of them cannot read. A development the state says is not acceptable. The discovery was made after Mr. Babagana Zulum, the state governor visited Malam-Fatori Primary School located at the Abadam Local Government Area of the …
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Shau’yau Islamiya, a public government-owned school is in an unimaginably deplorable condition despite the Nasarawa State government having allocated N34.7billion to education last year. The school that is located in Lafia East, the Nasarawa State capital is so despicable that one feels the imagination of a zoo where animals are kept when reflecting on it. …
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Residents of Maje in Suleja Local Government Area of Niger state are dying over deplorable nature of hospital in the community. This is even as an estimated 2000 population depend on the community hospital for their healthcare delivery. Tracka, a public accountability organization that first exposed the deplorable nature of the hospital says it has …
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A Nigerian agency, the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has trained 100 plumbers at Ibadan in modern plumbing methods and empowered them with equipment. The training that took place at the Carlton Gate Xclusive Hotel in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, brought together plumbers selected from the Ibadan North Federal constituency. Beneficiaries …
Mr. Abimbola Mubarak, a beneficiary of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) training for plumbers, has said that vocational training is the only way to address unemployment. The five days training that is taking place at the Carlton Gate Xclusive Hotel in Ibadan, the capital city of Oyo state commenced on Monday …
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The Media Advocacy West Africa Foundation (MAWA-Foundation) is happy to receive the International Union for Land Value Taxation Grant. In the new grant, the International Union for Land Value Taxation supports MAWA-Foundation to undertake the Nigeria Land Value Taxation Project (NILAVAT-Project). An initiative targeted at educating government officials and stakeholders to accept and adopt Land …
The N109.1 million Police Secondary School has been abandoned in Adamawa State. This is even as the Federal Government of Nigeria had allocated the sum of N109.1 million for the school construction. Under the deal, the Federal Government Government provided for the allocation under its 2022 and 2021 budgets. Despite the huge amount allocated to the …
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A storey building has collapsed in Bukuru, near Jos, Plateau State capital over what the locals said occurred as a result of mining impacts in the area that has left the environment devastated. The building located near Bukuru Mini Stadium has a supermarket on the ground floor with offices upstairs. The owner of the building, …
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The Nigerian state is increasingly working to close civic space and deny citizens freedom of speech and expression through repressive bills such as the Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulation Bill, 2019 (social media Bill) and the Prohibition of Hate Speech Bill (Hate Speech Bill) and ban on Twitter. These Bills restrict citizens’ freedom of …
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Inhabitants of the Bmuko community in Bwari Area Council of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have said their community stream has been contaminated by the activities of a Chinese company that carries out mining activities in the area. Bmuko is about one kilometre away from the Tipper Garage, opposite Dutse Mkaranta along Bwari road, and …
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