INVESTIGATION: Nigeria’s home-grown rice supported by smuggling from Benin Republic, Niger
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Nigeria has taken several steps to drive a sustainable agricultural sector, including the decision to close its land borders for two years,…
FACTCHECK: Chief of Defense Staff’s misleading claims on Owo church attack 'suspect'
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The Chief of Defence Staff Lucky Irabor, announced during a media parley that joint operation between the Nigerian Army, Department of State…
INVESTIGATION: How ‘Omo-oniles’, real-estate firms defraud Lagos residents
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Owning a house of any size and in any location has become one of the most important success factors, given the high cost of purchasing a land, bureaucratic land registration process, devaluation of the naira which leads to high cost of building materials and the menace of land grabbers, popularly called ‘omo-oniles’ in Lagos state.
The term ‘omo-Onile’ traditionally means indigenous landowners, but is now also used to describe land grabbers and scammers who defraud unsuspecting Nigerians by either selling a single landed property to multiple buyers, selling of houses under litigation or collection of taxes or fees on already sold lands.
Analysis: Unending reign of terror in Nigeria: Where is next?
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Insecurity in Nigeria has reached an alarming proportion, manifesting in the form of banditry, kidnapping, mass shootings and political violence, forcing many in the country to now live in the throes of fear as ransoms paid since this year have already exceeded N1 billion.
The country’s North-central and Northwest regions continue to experience communal militia activities, while the southeast has witnessed multiple clashes between the separatist Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), the Eastern Security Network (ESN) and security outfits.
FACT CHECK: Claim Turkey delisted Nigeria from countries eligible for e-visa after Kuje jailbreak false
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Reports emerged Thursday that Nigerian visa applicants to the Republic of Turkey have been barred from accessing the e-visa provision and have instead been advised to apply through any Turkish Consulate.
FACT CHECK: Did power outage result in death of 14 babies at UPTH?
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Over the weekend, social media was awash with a report that fourteen (14) babies in the neonatal unit of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), Rivers State died as a result of an epileptic power supply.
Findings by TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) revealed that the report titled: “Doctors suspend surgery procedures as 14 babies die at UPTH’s incubator due to power outages” was first published by an online news platform called Standard Observers on July 1.
INVESTIGATION: How persistent blood shortages, poverty drive blood black-market in Nigeria
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Nigeria needs at least two million pints of blood annually, a far cry from the 25,…
How gruesome murder of Bamise raises fresh concerns in Nigeria ranked 16th most dangerous country to live in
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The gruesome murder of 22-year-old Oluwabamise Ayanwole inside a commercial bus operated by Primero Transport Services Limited under the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Lagos State has raised fresh security concerns about the spate of disappearances and killings in Nigeria, ranked as the 16th most dangerous country in the world based on 23 different indicators, including political terror, deaths from internal conflict, and murder rate.
Investigation: Real reasons for protracted fuel scarcity and economic implications
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TNG’s investigation has revealed that the latest fuel scarcity which was initially thought to be caused by the importation of off-spec gasoline and then panic buying, is now being sustained by a raise in the ex-depot rate from the official N148.77 per litre, to as much as N185 by some private depot owners due to prevailing circumstances, including the recent Ship-to-Ship Coordination Charge introduced by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) last month.
How Buhari's posture of silence is endorsing NDDC’s financial recklessness
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President Muhammadu Buhari’s posture of silence might be him endorsing the gross financial recklessness happening in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), a benefit transfer mechanism for the people of the Niger Delta that has become a conduit pipe for a majority few.