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FRSC, NSCDC, other federal agencies  inflate prices of face-masks, liquid soap in COVID-19 projects

By Aderemi OJEKUNLE THE Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), an agency of the federal government, has spent N5,600 per unit...

Nigerian embassies in China, UK, USA, others don’t reply citizens’ email enquiries

FINDINGS by The ICIR have shown that most of Nigeria's diplomatic missions and embassies abroad have a poor culture...

COVID-19: Insecurity, lack of government support may trigger famine in Niger

As the COVID-19 pandemic ravages Nigeria and the rest of the world, the effect on food security may have to be properly addressed by all the three tiers of government to reduce the hardship associated with food scarcity.

Women farmers helpless as COVID-19 deepens poverty in Nasarawa

By Vincent A. YUSUF MRS Jumai Yohana, 52, stood in front of the camera in the middle of her melon...
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Covid-19: Weak laws, poverty worsen gender-based violence in Bauchi during lockdown (PART 2)

The application of western and Islamic laws concurrently in Bauchi State has given room for suspected rapists and paedophiles to evade justice, aided by a seemingly overzealous governmental agency which the perpetrators always run to for cover.

COVID-19: Weak laws, poverty worsen gender-based violence in Bauchi during lockdown (PART 1)

MONDAY June 15 was a dark day for Habiba Auwalu (not real name) who hawks awara (a local cake produced from soya beans) at the Staff Quarters of the Federal Medical Centre Azare, in the North Eastern State of Bauchi. Habiba, 13, abandoned school for hawking in order to help...

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