Dying for Want: How Equipment Shortages Turn Abuja PHCs into Danger Zones
Ebere Esther Nwaniago, a resident of Saburi in Gwagwa Ward, got injured after falling on a big stone along the road while heading to a shop, which caused her to…
No Staff, No Drugs, No Ambulance: Inside Abuja’s Failing Rural Health Centres
On a sunny afternoon in the month of March, my bike man and I were travelling to Chorin Boso, a high-burden rural community in Abuja, to visit a Primary Healthcare…
Period Poverty: How Oyo School Girls Struggle in the Absence of Menstrual Hygiene Policy
Menstrual hygiene among women has been a global issue, with 1.8 billion women menstruating each month. However, 500 million of these women lack facilities for menstrual hygiene management according to…
Despite Receiving N16m, Contractor Delivers Incomplete Water Project To Osun Schools
Agboola Barakah and Oyebamiji Taiwo were among the pupils who were assigned to fetch water from wells near the school during break time – a period for playing, eating, and…
Lack of Gender-Responsive Teacher Training: An Assessment of the Oyo State Teachers Workshop
The Oyo State Government in their roadmap for sustainable development designed for 2023 to 2027, promised to strengthen the workforce by organizing training and upskilling programmes, especially for teachers in…
Botched PHC project dashes Osun community’s hope of quality healthcare
Residents of Adedeji community of Ifelodun Local Government Area (LGA) in Osun State were full of hope of accessing quality healthcare which has long eluded them when the contract for…
Fiscal transparency: Despite ICT advancement, Nigerian states’ open contracting portals inaccessible
Open Contracting Portals in Nigeria are online platforms designed to provide transparent and accessible information regarding public procurement processes and contracts. The objective is to promote open contracting practices, enhance…
UBEC Fails to account for millions paid for Osun education projects
To reduce the burden of illiteracy and out-of-school children in the country, the government at different levels allocate funds to education annually to upgrade facilities. In this report, investigations by…
A year after commissioning, multibillion-naira SDGs Projects rot away in Osun State
In a bid to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Nigerian government, through the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs (OSSAP-SDGs), awarded contracts for…
How vested interests ruined Sokoto schools with shady contracts (4)
BY ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD At a school named GSS Tureta, located in a rural community in Sokoto, Vice Principal in charge of administration, Mallam Balla, and some teachers were seen using…