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BDC Operators Implicate Kano Governor’s Aide In ₦6.5 Billion Corruption Scandal

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SOME bureau de change operators have implicated Abdullahi Rogo, Director-General of Protocol to the Kano State Governor, in a multi-billion-naira corruption scandal now under investigation by Nigeria’s anti-graft agencies: The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The operators, in detailed statements given to EFCC and ICPC, […]

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Why AfCFTA Can’t Simply Plug The US Trade Gap [Analysis]

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THERE’S a lot of hype right now about how intra-African trade through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could replace the considerable loss of African exports to the United States (US) precipitated by the Trump administration’s steep tariff hike. Intra-African trade – which, at about 15–16 per cent of all African trade, is relatively low – […]

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Portrait Of A Sham ‘Activist’: “Some Allegations Must Never Be Allowed To Slide”; Of Rogues And Roguery

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  By AMEDE ISAAC DEJI Adeyanju, you must admit, has been constituting nuisance in the public space without any shred of decency to his name and profession. Many times I have kept pondering how truly worthy he is of his university degree, vis-a-vis his law credentials that explicitly, if not majestically, declare him “…worthy in learning […]

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In Lagos, Police Extort Families Of Sexually Abused Children In Search Of Justice [Investigations 2]

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What data shows INVESTIGATIONS by DevReporting have revealed grim statistics of sexually abused children in Lagos, a city nicknamed Nigeria’s commercial capital and one of the largest and fastest-growing economies in Africa. In 2020 alone, the state recorded 4,302 cases of domestic and sexual violence, according to the Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT), […]

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Criminal Networks Exploit Nigerian Children In Illegal Oil Trade [Analysis]

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IN 2024, Nigeria’s Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, admitted that ‘children as young as 14 and 15’ are involved in illegal oil theft and refining in the country’s Rivers and Bayelsa States. Poverty, a lack of viable alternatives and normalised criminal enterprises in some communities have drawn children into these extremely hazardous illegal oil refining environments. A […]

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The 7,000 Nigerians Stranded In Libya, NiDCOM, And The Worth Of A Nigerian Life (1)

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By MAGNUS ONYIBE THE recent revelation by Hon. Abike Dabi­ri-Erewa, Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), that more than 7,000 Nigerians are cur­rently stranded in Libya, inspired this interven­tion. Her statement revived painful memories that moved me, eight years ago in March 2017, to publish an article lamenting the surge of il­legal migration […]

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Island In Peril: How Lagos’s Water Crisis Endangers Lives Despite Funding

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By EMMANUEL AGBO ON a mildly sunny morning in January, Blessing Bolaji squeezed into a packed Toyota Space Bus headed from Ogudu to Lagos Island. As the bus cut through traffic, a conversation among passengers stirred something painful in her. Ms. Bolaji joined in, recalling the long, exhausting commutes she once endured from Ogun State […]

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