67% Nigerian Households Burn Firewood Despite Billion-Naira Clean Cooking Targets
About 67% of Nigerian households still use fuelwood to cook, FIJ has gathered. This was reported in the maiden edition of the Nigeria Residential Energy Demand Survey Report published by…
Lagos Police Abduct Shop Owner, Negotiate N200,000 Ransom for His Release
Policemen attached to the Ilogbo Elegba station in the Ojo area of Lagos State abducted Peter Oriyomi, a resident of Shibiri, a neighbouring community in Ojo, on Thursday. The police…
FLASHBACK: In 2018, Tinubu’s Minister-Designate Was Impeached as Kano Speaker for ‘Incompetency’
On Wednesday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu nominated Yusuf Abdullahi Ata as the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development at a Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. Ata’s appointment came…
Two Days After FIJ’s Story, UBA Refunds Edo Tiler’s N632,000
United Bank for Africa (UBA) has refunded N632,000 to Funsho Elemo (not real name), an Edo tiler, who mistakenly transferred the money to the wrong bank account in September. The…
JUST IN: 3 Dead, 5 Missing in Port Harcourt Helicopter ‘Accident’
Three bodies have been recovered, and five passengers are missing, in an incident described as a helicopter accident in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday. Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation…
Nigeria Among 11 African Countries With Worsening Governance Since 2014
Nigeria has been ranked one of the eleven African countries with worsening governance performance since 2014. This was revealed in the 2024 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG). According to…
UNESCO: Countries Weaponising Financial Laws to Silence Journalists
All over the world, countries are creating and taking advantage of financial laws to intimidate and silence journalists, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has found. In…
VIDEO: One Week After Jigawa, Residents Scoop Fuel From Fallen Tanker in Cross River
A video of residents scooping fuel from a fallen tanker in Cross River State is circulating on social media. According to Agba Jalingo, the publisher of CrossRiverWatch, a tanker loaded…
African Alliance Fails to Pay Engineer’s N556,660 Five Months After Contribution Reached Maturity
Nkemjika Okeke, a Lagos resident, subscribed to a policy contribution with African Alliance Insurance Limited in 2015. The policy was meant to mature in 2023, but when Okeke requested his…
EXPOSED: Kuje Prison’s DCC Kelvin Ikechukwu Used Threats of Disease Exposure To Extort Abdulrasheed Maina
Kelvin Ikechukwu, a recently suspended Deputy Controller of Corrections (DCC) at the Kuje Custodial Centre in Abuja, extorted money from the imprisoned Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reform…