For one month, CHINEDU ASADU went undercover in different hospitals in Akwa Ibom state, disguising as either a secondary school leaver seeking admission or a patient. In this two-part report, The post INVESTIGATION: Inside hospitals where quack nurses are certified in Akwa Ibom appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGTheCable has identified some of the students abducted from Government Science Secondary School in Kankara local government area of Katsina state. A team of TheCable reporters on the ground in The post EXCLUSIVE: Names, photos of some abducted Katsina schoolboys appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGThe progress of the Qua Iboe Power Plant (QIPP), which is expected to generate 540 megawatts of electricity when completed, has been stalled because the federal government is unable to The post EXCLUSIVE: Qua Iboe power project stalls as FG weighs liabilities appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGAfter initial delays, the federal government and promoters of the Qua Iboe Power Plant (QIPP), a private generating company, have commenced negotiations over a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the The post EXCLUSIVE: FG, QIPP begin negotiations on ‘take or pay’ power deal appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGAbandoned homes, deserted compounds and desolate communities are, nowadays, common scenes in parts of southern Kaduna. Insecurity-fuelled fear has forced many residents — mostly women and children — to find The post Conflict in a Pandemic (II): The deserted villages of Southern Kaduna where only the brave dare reside appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGThe echoes of conflict tend to reverberate long after the drums of war are beat and have faded. The victims of strife are often the weak, disenfranchised and powerless. In The post Conflict in a Pandemic (I): The Southern Kaduna children and women devastated by a wave of killings appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGTolu Olufunlayo, a senior lecturer at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, says breastfeeding mothers may not have to worry about transmitting the coronavirus to their children. Speaking on The post No evidence coronavirus can be transmitted through breast milk, says breastfeeding expert appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGFederal government has settled N13.6 billion of outstanding invoices Accugas Ltd for gas supply to the Calabar Generation Company Limited, TheCable can report. But the company has immediately given a The post EXCLUSIVE: Accugas issues new deadline to FG — after receiving N13.6bn arrears appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGSimon Lalong, governor of Plateau, and other members of the state executive council, have gone into self-isolation after Abe Aku, commissioner for commerce and industry, tested positive for COVID-19. Dan The post Lalong goes into isolation as commissioner tests positive for COVID-19 appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGWhen the next managing director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) assumes office, one of the knotty issues he will have to crack is the N13.5 billion claim The post INSIDE STORY: The N13.5bn civil war between Adeleke’s power plants, NERC and NBET appeared first on TheCable.
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