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I feel so bad that my mum still hasnt received her pension yet. after paying so much, having to go through all the process of bribing her and all that, shes demanding so much from us, nothing. delays in getting your pension or having to pay to get it arent just problems in cross river state. they are national. we have heard stories of pension corruption at all levels and across nigeria, that pension funds are being emptied, leaving nothing to pay people with. and in fact, in 2019, 400 billion na...

Most of them look alike. that is actually one of boris johnsons big political assets. he doesnt look as much like the default politician as much of the rest of them do. most of them look alike. its hard to illustrate political stories. in the case i wrote, i wanted to write about the fact that it was maybe over sentimentalising the it was losing and had a slightly naive approach. it was slightly out of the usual narrative, that huge inflatable. the thing is lets imagine the conservatives had los...

There is an argument that journalists are just very fickle and have very short attention spans. how easy or difficult do you think it is to change the news agenda? i think one of the things that is interesting about politics is the advantage of the government party. whether are you the english conservative party, the welsh labour party or the scotish national party, the governing party can change the news agenda. it gets to get to do stuff, it passes legislation, changes peoples lives. i think p...

Have access to doses to start sharing those doses now. the countries are not being forthcoming with donating doses — data commissioned by unicef suggests that the rich g7 nations, as well as the eu could make a big dent in the vaccine deficit in poorer countries by donating 20% of their supplies injune, july and august. this would free up around 153 million doses. so far, france the only country to have already shipped vaccines in view of the crisis in india, pledging half a million doses by m...

Not many politicians are willing to speak out against their pay. how are you? but senator shehu sani is openly critical. what a typical state governor takes home, as a pension, can settle the wages of over 3,000—4,000 teachers. so, why should the state dedicate such kind of money to former governors? back in calabar, where we started our investigation, mr gabriel, mrs ewa, mrs akpet, and mrs ngboro are finally receiving their pensions, though not all have been paid the thousands and thousands ...

We will sit down and wait for her. once the protest has quietened down, mrs ewa says she was taken into a room full of people, including the auditor—general.

He was forced to attend election training. by voting day, he was gasping for breath. that night, he was dead. it was the very picture of a superspreader event, an election in a pandemic in uttar pradesh, a state with more than 100 million voters. critics say for prime minister narendra modi, votes count more than lives. this 21—year—old says her family lost its guiding light. my father was like the god of us. he was everything for us. i cant forget him in my entire life.

Comes with a high level of scrutiny. fans are always looking for ways to get under a players skin, but clearly there is a line and that is crossed when it is about the colour of that skin. youre telling me im a poor player, you are telling me i am having a rubbish game, youre telling me im not good enough to play for your club, all of these things are obviously hurtful in a footballing way, but when you bring my colour into it, it goes way beyond football, because before i am a footballer, befor...

Now on bbc news, our world. you work hard, behave responsibly, save into a pension scheme and have a happy retirement, right? wrong. after decades of saving into government pension schemes, when its time to collect, many nigerians across the country get nothing, unless they pay. but while some retired people sink into poverty waiting for their pension, others are raking it in. he is entitled to 300% of his basic pension. he is entitled to four cars, replaceable every four years. one man. im yemi...

Working for the state government, not only being denied her pension being then intimidated by the auditor—general and security personnel. fake or �*ghost�* pensioners are a real problem in nigeria. and the adding fictitious names to the payroll is one of the ways money is stolen from government funds. sometimes, there are more fake pensioners than real ones. the state that cannot have more than 3,000, 4,000 pensioners, have 10,000. jerry uwah is a finance and businessjournalist, familiar w...