This investigation takes a deep dive into the unresolved killing of three Nigerian journalists while on assignments between 2019 and 2020. For six months, Nigerian investigative journalist, PATRICK EGWU, looked into these murders, those behind them, and the growing calls for justice by families of victims and press freedom groups. This is the third instalment of a […]
CONTINUE READINGThis investigation takes a deep dive into the unresolved killing of three Nigerian journalists while on assignments between 2019 and 2020. For six months, Nigerian investigative journalist, PATRICK EGWU, looked into these murders, those behind them, and the growing calls for justice by families of victims and press freedom groups. This is the second instalment of […]
CONTINUE READINGThis investigation takes a deep dive into the unresolved killing of three Nigerian journalists while on assignments between 2019 and 2020. For six months, Nigerian investigative journalist, PATRICK EGWU, looked into these murders, those behind them, and the growing calls for justice by families of victims and press freedom groups. This is the first part […]
CONTINUE READINGAfolabi Damilola Iyanuoluwa is a fictitious child’s name but today, the imaginary four-year-old boy has four different birth certificates from four primary healthcare centres (PHC). The birth certificates were obtained during an undercover investigation which revealed a rampant lack of due diligence, open corruption and the indiscriminate issuance of the important document in Osun, […]
CONTINUE READINGIn the middle of the night when Halimat Abbas, a 33-year-old mother of three, gets pressed, she would get up and make for the dumpsite behind her house in the Gambari area of Ilorin East LGA, Kwara state. For her children, the eldest just six years old, there is a small-sized paint bucket that […]
CONTINUE READINGThe road to Igbokofi, a border community in Yewa North LGA of Ogun state, is not for the weak, especially during the rainy season. The narrow and dusty road has since given way to swamps and streams. The only means of transportation through the dangerous smuggling paths leading to the community is a motorcycle. […]
CONTINUE READINGThe stretch of road linking Iseyin town with Ikere community in Oke-Ogun area of Oyo state is a beehive of activities; there are fish traders who ply the route multiple times weekly, farmers whose farmlands are located along the road, villagers whose huts are scattered around the area, and people who visit the Ikere […]
CONTINUE READINGOn October 12, 2020, Ikechukwu Iloamuzor, a 55-year-old driver, was killed by a stray bullet during the #EndSARS protest at Surulere area of Lagos state. On the day of the incident, the deceased was stuck in traffic with Sam Okafor, his employer, around stadium bus-stop, Ojuelegba, where protesters had gathered. He had […]
CONTINUE READINGThe family of late Abdulkareem Adeyemi, who presented a video documentary by TheCable to the Lagos judicial panel, has been awarded N10 million as compensation. TheCable had reported that Adeyemi, a 32-year-old okada rider, died on August 8, 2020 — on his birthday — after he was said to have been arrested by […]
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