Investigations

How DSS Spyware acquisition enables illegal wiretaps and detentions

FIRST, the phones pinged. Then the knocks came. For suspects apprehended by operatives of the Department of State Services...

Suspicious fronts, procurement breaches taint Ebonyi’s Billion-Naira school contracts

This ICIR investigation uncovers troubling irregularities in Ebonyi State’s 2024 contract awards for the construction of 12‑classroom storey buildings...

Inside Kogi’s alleged spyware crackdown on critics

This ICIR investigation reveals how the Kogi State government uses security operatives and surveillance equipment that it acquired from...

Bauchi guber candidate Yakubu Adamu holds a PhD from a university that says it awards none

Cameroon's regulators say no private institution may train students at the doctoral level. The man Adamu names as his...
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How fear and bloodshed are emptying Niger’s Shiroro communities

A wave of coordinated bandit attacks has devastated communities in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, leaving deep...

Without warrants: Illegal surveillance chokes Nigeria’s civic space

By Chijioke ARINZE IN this investigation, Arinze Chijioke tells the story of how civic organisations have come under repeated digital attacks,...

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