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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) is shopping for contractors within the next 42 days to maintain two of its transmission lines spanning Odukpani near Calabar in Cross River State, and Alaoji in Abia State. Daily Trust…

Nigerian Government, between 1999 and 2010, reportedly spent over N4.7 trillion on power, but the country remained in darkness. Eight years later, Jonathan and Buhari administrations invested another N1.164 trillion into the sinkhole…

Oilfields across the resource-abundant Niger Delta spew flames day and night, fired by gas associated with oil production. Daily, Nigeria flares some 700 million standard cubic feet of such gas at over 170 sites. Nigeria’s proven reserve…

The decision of a few yesterday’s men is today jeopardizing the future of over 9,000 children of school age when the plots of land allocated for the siting of public primary and secondary schools were sold off in two Lagos communities. This…

After twelve months of living in darkness without any intervention from government, the people of Nkangbe community in Bosso Local Government Area of Niger State are now have electricity thanks to two transformers installed in their…

No fewer than fifteen journalists took part in an investigative story pitch meeting held by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) on Thursday, 20th June 2019, at Amber Residence, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos. The meeting was…

Obiageli Ezekwesili, Senior Economic Advisor, Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI) along with other speakers at the 11th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series, held on Saturday, 13 July 2019 at MUSON Centre, Onikan,…

The opening of the Oyan River Dam in Ogun state in October 2010 rendered a number of communities in Lagos state into flood crises. Nine years later, memories of the floods linger as parents and the new generation of students in Ajegunle…

Nigeria currently has 13.2 million out-of-school children, the highest rate anywhere on earth, according to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). The rate — about 47 per cent — means that one in every five…

The Discos kept up with the old practice and failed to enumerate its customers to enable it bill them according to their consumption.

Low-fee schools are springing up practically on every street in densely populated areas of Nigeria to cater for the emerging mass market of parents whose income will not allow access to high end basic education market. STEPHEN ONYEKWELU…

An examination of public schools in Nasarawa State has shown some of the facilities to be unsuitable for learning despite the huge amount of money the state says it has spent in the sector in recent years. Fifteen schools examined by…

Application deadline: 30th May 2019 The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) invites Nigerian professional investigative reporters (full-time or freelance) from the print, online, broadcast and photography specialties…