…No GeneXpert machines in Nigerian prisons, inmates referred outside for tests, NCoS confirms By Muslim Muhammad Yusuf Kala Daniel, found himself trapped in a waiting trial for six long months in a…
Category: Investigation Desk
Abandoned and Unprotected: Kano Border Communities Battling Terror Alone
By Aminu Abdullahi Ibrahim Residents of border villages in Tsanyawa Local Government Area of Kano State have been left in fear and despair following recent attacks by armed bandits, with no visible…
Investigation: How Nigeria’s Kano State Hisbah Rounded Up Street Children for a Rehabilitation Centre—Left Them in Limbo
By Mariya Shuaibu Suleiman Abubakar remembers the night everything changed. The corridor where he slept was quiet, the kind of silence only street children learn to trust. Then a hand tapped him…
Deadly Gold Rush: Bandits and the Mining Fields of Northwest Nigeria
By Sani Saidu Muhammad Introduction: Blood Gold The Pits of Desperation Across Nigeria’s northwest, Gold no longer means fortune. It means fear, blood, and silence. In the forests of Birnin Gwari and…
How gold-for-arms trade is fuelling terror in Nigeria’s Northwest
Nigeria loses over $9 billion annually to illegal mining, with a substantial portion tied to the gold sector. This investigation reveals how a significant share of gold extracted from the northwest is…
Trump revokes Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris
By Yamiche Alcindor, Gabe Gutierrez, Kelly O’Donnell and Rebecca Shabad WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has revoked U.S. Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris, a senior adviser to Harris…
When It Rains, Healthcare Stops: How a Collapsing Ceiling Endangers Lives at Sabon Garin Yanchibi’s Only PHC
By Mariya Shuaibu Suleiman Each time the skies darken over Sabon Garin Yanchibi, a small rural community in Tsanyawa Local Government Area of Kano State, fear settles in. Not the ordinary fear…
Addicts Rot As Drug Business Thrives In Abuja
By Muslim Muhammad Yusuf Cynthia once had a promising life, but things changed in 2018 when a friend introduced her to drugs while in her final year studying Accounting at a university…
No Help at Hand: How Kano’s Failing PHCs Leave Families, Children, and Pregnant Women to Fight for Their Lives
Across Kano State, vulnerable communities are facing a growing healthcare crisis: broken-down clinics, critical shortages of staff, and essential medical equipment that simply does not exist. By Mariya Shuaibu Suleiman, May 2025…
Kano’s Forgotten Clinics: A story of Neglect and Resilience
By Hauwa Sani, Kano Across Kano State, primary health centers (PHCs)—the backbone of the healthcare system—are crumbling under the weight of years of neglect, chronic underfunding, and decaying infrastructure. From Gwarzo to…
No Help at Hand: How Kano’s Failing PHCs Leave Families, Children, and Pregnant Women to Fight for Their Lives
By Mariya Shuaibu Suleiman In Bichi, Kano State, the first scream tore through the night around 1:00 a.m. in Kwamarawa village. Khadija Ismail, just 22 and nine months pregnant, was in labor….
Taraba: Opposition Mounts Over Plans To Borrow N500bn
…Demand to know why negotiations with DFIs were abandoned These are not the best of times for the governor of Taraba state, Lt. Col. Agbu Kefas. His decision to take the sum…
Ejire: When children with disabilities beg to live
By Saheed Ibrahim A heart-wrenching discovery awaited me as I uncovered a tragedy hidden behind closed doors in Akure, Ondo State. I found a child on January 6 2025, in a state…
How lack of Education Sector Plan hinders inclusive education in Kano
Quality education for all remains an elusive goal in many regions, particularly for students with disabilities. In Kano, despite the state’s education budget surpassing UNESCO’s recommended 26% benchmark, the absence of an…
Inside Raya, a Kano primary school where pupils learn under trees for over 20 years
By Salisu Hamisu Ali The once beautiful, serene and standard learning environment in Raya village, Tudunwada Local Government has become a shadow of its former self. Since inception more than five decades…
Kano Education Emergency Improves Pupils’ Attendance – Investigation
By Abdullahi Yusuf The State of Emergency declared in the education sector by the Kano State Government has boosted attendance among primary school pupils in the state. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf had…
A decade of darkness: How failed rural electrification projects left Kano communities paralised
By Hafsat Bello Bahara Thirty-seven-year-old Yahuza Salmanu has spent more than 10 years out of his life living in Ungwar Yusi in Kabo LGA of Kano state without seeing electricity. Four years…
Poor construction, neglect leave Kano’s health centers in poor state
In 2023, several health project aimed at improving healthcare delivery were commissioned across Kano State. However, this investigation reveals that poor constructions by contractors and lax oversight by government agencies have undermined…
Kano: Education faces mass retirement as advocates call for gender balance in new recruitment
By Hadiza Musa Yusuf Nearly a million children are out-of-school in Kano due to inadequate funding, infrastructure, teacher shortages and other social norms. This is disproportionately impacting vulnerable girls, hence highlighting the…
Clean Kano, Healthy Lives: A Public Health Revolution in Waste Management
By Mariya Shuaibu Suleiman Aisha, a 12 year old, gazes out from her humble home in Fagge Local Government Area (LGA), Kano, her eyes fixed on the bustling street below. The rainy…
Kano women battle for bed spaces at major hospitals, leaving many stranded or worse – Dead
By Aisha Ahmad It was a dark day for Malama Khadija, who despite heavy bleeding with no pads on has been on the road for almost 8 hours, seeking help for a…
Despite Gov’t Policy, Multiple Taxes Are Hurting the Informal Sector in Kano State
By Mustapha Salisu In Kano State, despite the presence of the ‘Kano State & Local Government Revenue Administration (Consolidation & Codification Law, 2021) which seeks to harmonize all revenue laws, including Local…
Kano school project lay in waste as students bear the brunt
By Hadiza Musa Yusuf A 2019 Constituency Project in Dawakaji Primary School of Dawakin Kudu community in Kano State has been left to rot away. This is after those in charge of…
In Kano, absence of legal frameworks leaves rape victims crying for justice
By Mariya Shuaibu Suleiman Despite the establishment of Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act (VAPP) on May 25, 2015, in Nigeria to prevent and criminalize various forms of violence against persons, rape continues…
How Climate Change Leaves Women and Children Anguished as Victims of Flooding in Anguwan Rogo and Rikkos Communities in Jos
By: Mariya Shuaibu Suleiman In the heart of Nigeria, the communities of Anguwan Rogo and Rikkos in Jos have faced an increasing and devastating threat from the consequences of climate change. As…