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INVESTIGATION: How humanitarian affairs ministry allegedly diverted multi-million naira rural women grant to personal accounts

By Elijah Akoji This report reveals how the cash grant programme for rural women launched in 2020 was fraught with problems of corruption, irregularities, politicization, lack of transparency, and accountability in the implementation of the scheme in Jigawa, Kaduna, and Kano states. Between 22 and 29 December 2020, while the covid-19 pandemic was at its peak, the federal government through the…

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#Elijah Akoji #humanitarian ministry #ICIR #Jigawa #Kaduna #Kano #personal accounts #rural women grant

Twitter Yet To Register In Nigeria Regardless of Lifting Of Ban – ICIR

The Federal Government introduced on Thursday that it had lifted the ban on Twitter, however an investigation has proven that the social media app has not met some of the conditions listed by the Federal Government. A presidential committee comprising all related government agencies that engaged and labored instantly with Twitter had given some conditions to the social media platform earlier…

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ICIR launches Africa-wide fact-checking hub to tackle misinformation

In a bid to combat misinformation in Africa using technology, the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) on Friday, Aug. 14, 2020, officially launched the FactCheckHub – an independent, fact-checking platform.

A statement by the Executive Director of the centre, Dayo Aiyetan disclosed that the FactCheckHub was set up with the aim of combating misinformation, disinformation,…

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#fact-checking hub #ICIR #launches #Solacebase #tackle misinformation

Our Future

Looooooong time peeps! We never intended to take so long. But finally, here we are.

This day we celebrate children all over the world because they are the future of the world. But as we celebrate, we must also ruminate.

This week, The ICIR reported the sad reality of the legal profession in Nigeria. The story which was titled ‘Wigs Without Welfare’ reported that Nigerian Lawyers were paid…

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#&039;Kunle Adebajo #Children&039;s Day #ICIR #Lawyer #Legal profession #Our Future

Acting President Osinbajo To Withdraw ICPC Board Nominees

The Presidency has resolved to withdraw the nominations of Maimuna Aliyu and Sa’ad Alanmu, who were named to the board of the anti-graft agency, ICPC, after media exposure of the fact they are being investigated for corruption.

The development was disclosed to PT, Saturday evening,…

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#Acting President Yemi Osinbajo #ICIR #ICPC #Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission #International Centre for Investigative Reporting #Maimuna Aliyu #Sa’ad Alanmu