Farmers in the Yaba community in Abaji Area Council of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nigeria’s capital city are recounting how climate change is impacting them and pushing them into hunger and poverty. Driving from Abaji Area Council Secretariat to the Yaba community is about 47 kilometres. From the Lokoja-Abuja highway junction close to the Kwaita …
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The Nigeria Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in what appears corruption that has helped undermine Nigeria’s development has constructed a substandard road at the cost of N119.4 million. The project was constructing a 1.5-kilometre asphaltic road at Pasali 2 community Gaube farmland extension in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory-Abuja. The …
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For over four decades, dozens of Abuja indigenous people have been in conflicts with the Federal Government and Abuja Development Authorities over land ownership, access, and control. In the conflicts, indigenous ancestral lands have been forcefully taken over by the government and its officials, denying indigenous farmers access to land, forcing them into poverty and …
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The Water Resource Ministry in what appears a common practice in Nigeria that has helped undermine the country’s growth and development has abandoned N47.89 million 3 Kilometre road even after money has been paid to the contractor. Under the deal, the Water Resources Ministry in collaboration with the Lower Benue River Basin Development Authority is …
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A road awarded and supervised by Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Water Resources has begun wearing off less than one month after it was completed, as observed during project tracking. Under the deal, Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Water Resources awarded the construction of a 1.3km Road and drainage in the Angwan Soso community of Gwagwalada Area …
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The Federal College of Horticulture has allegedly abandoned N42 million renovation of two classrooms blocks in Wukari community of Taraba State. Under the deal, Nigerian Government 2022 approved N42 million for the renovation of two classrooms blocks at Government Day Secondary School Wukari in Taraba state. The deal was struck by Federal College of Horticulture …
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One of the greatest challenges facing climate change understanding that will encourage mitigation and adaptation is a huge lack of awareness among rural communities’ inhabitants and urban dwellers. If we must address climate change and encourage citizens to take mitigation actions, investments in public awareness are fundamental and must be done. Climate Change appears to …
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Residents of Gwantu in the Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna, have continued to suffer a lack of healthcare delivery as a General Hospital in the area is in a deplorable condition. This is the terrible condition of Gwantu General hospital, even as the Kaduna state government in her 2021 budget approved N39.3 billion for …
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The search for Rosewood, popularly known as Madrid among the locals by the Chinese Nationals has continued to fuel deforestation, leading to biodiversity loss and climate change in the Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State. MAWA-Foundation learned that Madrid is highly valuable and has become the most expensive wood in China as it is …
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Media Advocacy West Africa (MAWA-Foundation) has uncovered how the National Institute of Construction Technology and Management (NICTM) awarded N23.58 million contract for the supply of furniture to schools in Burutu Federal Constituency of Delta state to Spatruck Integrated Company Limited, a fake company that never existed. Worse still, NICTM in pretense to legitimize this kind …
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