Tag Archives: COVID-19

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INVESTIGATION… Delay rocks Nigerian govt’s promise of N30,000 covid-19 relief for artisans, others

Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in February, 2020, Chukwudi Okoroigwe’s daily earnings as a bus driver was hardly enough to cater to the needs of his family. Apart from his wife and four children, Okoroigwe, 53, had the responsibility of taking care of his parents who were living with him.  His father was sick as age was beginning to weigh in on him. At the end of each day, Okoroigwe- a driver who plies the Nnewi […]

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INVESTIGATION…. Corrupt NIMC staff breach COVID-19 protocol to extort Nigerians registering for NIN

The process of procuring the new national identity card has been fraught with complaints, with many alleging extortion by staff of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). KELECHUKWU IRUOMA goes undercover to investigate these claims and files this report for Ripples Nigeria.   On a sunny Monday morning in mid-July, Fidelia Okonkwo (not real name) […]

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