September 19, 2024
Investigations

Investigation: Gunmen continue to operate freely in Imo communities — but police say it’s a propaganda

  …Locals: We’re under siege, help us before they overrun our homes* Following the destruction of terror camps in Orsu council area and other parts of the state and the dislodging of terror suspects across the state, acts of banditry seem to have moved to Ezioha, a community in Mbaitoli council area of Imo state.

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Investigations

INVESTIGATION: In desperate quest to become VC, IMSU employs serving Alvan Ikoku Varsity DVC, promotes her to Professor after six months

  When the Federal Ministry of Education, on the 2nd of June 2023, announced that the hold placed on the University status of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration had been lifted, a proxy war began. It was a secret scramble for the position of the Vice Chancellor of

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Investigations

TB Joshua’s synagogue breaks silence on BBC documentary

  The Synagogue Church of all Nations (SCOAN) on Tuesday, countered the BBC documentary on the late Temitope Babatunde Joshua, known as TB Joshua, Founder of SCOAN. SCOAN described the documentary as unfounded, noting that the characters interviewed in the report were unknown to the church. The church in a statement signed by its Public

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Investigations

WATCH: BBC investigation exposes TB Joshua’s atrocities

  The BBC, on Monday, released the first segment of a three-part investigative documentary outlining the alleged atrocities and sexual crimes committed by the late Pastor Temitope Balogun Joshua, widely known as TB Joshua. Joshua passed away on June 5, 2021. As part of the investigation, the BBC interviewed more than 25 former members and

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Investigations

My Cotonou Varsity Degree Delivered Like Pizza – Undercover Reporter

  An undercover journalist, Umar Audu, on Wednesday, shed more light on how easy it was to get a certificate from Cotonou-based University in Benin Republic within six weeks. Audu in his investigative report titled, “How Daily Nigerian reporter bagged Cotonou varsity degree in 6 weeks,” exposed a booming certificate racketeering syndicate in neighbouring African

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2023 General Elections Investigations

EXPOSED: In Ogbaru, APGA buys votes with wrappers, others in place of cash

  The ruling All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA in Anambra State has replaced cash with wrappers and other items in order to buy votes during the ongoing State House of Assembly elections held on Saturday. It was learnt from a voter that due to cash scarcity, the party shared wrappers, phones etc to buy votes.

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Investigations News

THE INSIDER: How Builder seized employer’s phone for refusing to pay him, police allege suspect mobilized siblings to beat officers in Imo

.…. Resident says it’s a lie … Police arrest suspect, 5 siblings ….Charge matter to court By Ibe Pascal Ohadoma, a builder has been arrested, detained by police in Ihiagwa, Imo State, on Thursday. According to an online newspaper, FIJ reported that Solomon was attempting to recover the ₦7,800 he was owed after laying blocks

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Investigations

Tinubu Strikes Deal With G-5 Govs In London

  Indication emerged on Thursday that the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has struck a deal with the members of the G-5, the five aggrieved governors who are members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Daily Trust had exclusively reported on Wednesday that Tinubu and the five governors

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Investigations

Report: How Nigerian soldiers massacred children fathered by insurgents

  The Nigerian Army has been accused of killing children fathered by insurgents. In the investigation published on Monday, Reuters reported that top army commanders allegedly ordered soldiers to “delete” children born to insurgents. According to the report, the directive was issued “because the children were assumed to be collaborating with militants in Boko Haram

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Investigations News

How Nigerian prophets gave 15 fake prophecies – Report

  Online news platform, Foundation for Investigative Journalism, has revealed how fake prophesies were allegedly given by clerics of the Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim on Pearse Street, Yaba, Lagos. Disguising as someone in need of ‘divine help’, the FIJ journalist had approached the branch of the church in February 2022 and sought

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