Category: TNG investigations
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Investigation: Real reasons for protracted fuel scarcity and economic implications
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…
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TNG Discovery: Nigerian genius designs helicopter, says he got inspiration studying dragonfly [Videos/Photos] Part 1
By Emman Ovuakporie Mr Emmanuel Elisha Anthony in a chat with TNG Discovery recently in Abuja narrated how he painstakingly designed a helicopter which was tested at the Nigerian Airforce base in Kaduna. The 39years old Anthony who hails from Benue and a product of Kaura Namoda Polytechnic in Zamfara state had the opportunity of…
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TNG SPECIAL REPORT: Housing deficits bite low-income earners in Abuja
‘Several residents clinging on to life in FCT villages, satellite towns…’ The scarcity of affordable housing in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is silently forcing a larger number of people into housing insecurity and the crisis if unchecked by the government will continue to increase the growth of slums and squatter homes which may…
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(Investigation) NSITF : Govt employee trust fund where pensioner earns N7k, MD gets N3.3m monthly [UPDATED]
…union demands immediate upward review of pension …demand release of members NHS passbooks By Emman Ovuakporie If truly the rewards of teachers are situated in heaven, for pensioners at the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), their reward seems to be in hell as a pensioner is only entitled to N7,000.00 monthly while the serving…
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TNG Exclusive: ABU Alumni rescues classmate from kidnappers den, sends reunion funds as ransom
…. Kaduna govt now battling with bandits after solving sectarian crisis …. 2 schools in session invaded, staff and Students abducted By Emmanuel Bagudu After adopting effective measures that brought to an end the hostilities of intermittent sectarian and ethnic violence, authorities in Kaduna State are still up for yet another great security task. Kidnapping…
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TNG INVESTIGATION: How Almajiri system is abetting Child Labour in Northern Nigeria
Emmanuel Bagudu, Abuja Despite efforts by the previous administration to tame the excesses of the Almajiri system in Nigeria, the Almajiri child has not been saved yet from the exploitation of the society. In a typical northern Nigerian society, access to cheap and fast labour is gotten from the Almajirai (plural). This piece explores how…
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[TNG Special Report] Abuja: Seat of power, den of kidnappers
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja is not only known as a resident to top echelons of government but headquarters to various federal security agencies in the country. Little wonder the general perception that its approximately 7,315 km2 landmass would be the safest in the country. Formed in 1976 from parts of the states of…