Nothing seems to have changed. Old habits die hard. In 2021, an investigation into extortion and systemic corruption at the Federal Marriage Registry, Ikoyi, Lagos, caused a frenzy online and elicited reactions from citizens, with many sharing unpleasant experiences at the public facility which is the country’s first marriage registry. Affected persons detailed the frustration, […]
CONTINUE READINGThe band of men levying road users on the Lagos-Badagry expressway have been cleared off the corridor after TheCable report exposed their activities. The investigation revealed how a group of men identified as “barrack boys” extorted and abetted commuters flouting Lagos state ban on commercial motorcycles along the highway. The report established that the men […]
CONTINUE READINGThis report was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. When medical personnel in Africa’s most populous country flee overseas, there is a big problem. Who caters to Nigeria’s over 200 million population when less than half of registered doctors practise in the country and the larger percentage have migrated to greener pastures? Worse still, […]
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