Governance

By Wilfred Okiche ENUGU State, capital of the South East geopolitical zone, has 99 problems but a shoddy intra-state road network isn’t one of them. The reason for this? The 'Visit Every Community (VEC) Programme' which, for ten years now,…
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By Daniel Adugbo IT is the second time in two years that Mr. Adewumi Alabi, a federal civil servant in Abuja, would cough out over N200,000 to replace the damaged engine of his Acura MDX 2008 model car. The Acura is his second car in the…
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By Justina ASISHANA RUSTY iron works, overgrown bushes and massive presence of an idle crane are the discomforting features of the supposed ultra-modern edifice called the Minna City Centre project. Located in the centre of Minna, the…
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THE use of electronic mails for the swift exchange of information has been in vogue for about five decades. Accompanying the invention of the internet, emails have no doubt transformed how people communicate. Across the world, people — and…
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THE Office of the Chief Economic Adviser to the President (OCEAP), headed by Adeyemi Dipeolu, received a sum of N34 million in 2017 to fund research studies on the economy but fails to make this research available, The ICIR has learnt. In…
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By Abdulaziz Abdulaziz ANOTHER minister serving in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet has been found to have skipped the mandatory national youth service scheme, an offence that may see him lose his position and earn him jail term. The…
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Efforts of the Nigerian government to ensure food security is going to waste as poor implementation, corruption and flagrant disregard for relevant laws in the award of contract for the construction of dams and provision of irrigation…
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ALL things being equal, the distance between Apete and Akufo — roughly 12 kilometres — ought to be covered within fifteen minutes. Things have however not been equal for the people of these towns and those sandwiched between them. So, what…
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In early April, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) decried low rate of Permanent Voters’ Cards' (PVC) collection, especially in the South West.  Lagos, which was among the affected states, was found to have the highest number…
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THE Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved 732 million to develop an interactive online portal for solid minerals in Nigeria. But after almost one year that the portal was launched, it is still static and unresponsive. Checks by The ICIR…
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