Lagos Police Collect N500 From Ojo Bikers Daily Like Birthright
Police officers extorting money from motorcyclists in Lagos is nothing new, but the brazenness displayed by officers from Iyana-Iba to Mile 2 might make a first-time visitor believe it is…
Welsh Clinic Boss Gets 18-Month Suspension for Racially Abusing Nigerian Sonographer
Jeanette Clewes, the former clinical lead at the Window to the Womb, a leading private baby scan clinic franchise in Wales, has been handed an 18-month interim suspension for racially…
High Court Slashes #EndBadGovernance Protesters’ Bail to N5m
Five #EndBadGovernance protesters arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja will now pay N5 million bail instead of the initial N10 million. This development comes after Justice Emeka Nwite…
Thugs Set Rivers LG Secretariats Ablaze After Police Withdrawal
Hoodlums in Rivers State have set fire to no fewer than two local government secretariats in Rivers State, FIJ has gathered. This comes hours after Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector-General of…
Jude Ilo Thinks ‘It Is imPOSSIBLE’. I Disagree
It is imPOSSIBLE? That was a slogan that gained momentum in the lead-up to the 2023 presidential election that was defined by the emergence of Peter Obi (PO), candidate of…
Tunji-Ojo Set April 2025 Deadline for ‘Contactless Passport Renewal’. He Promised, Failed 3 Times Before
On Friday, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the Minister of Interior, said a ‘contactless’ process to renewing the Nigerian passport within and outside the country would commence in April 2025. Tunji-Ojo made the…
‘No Funds Yet’ — NYSC DG on Why Corps Members Haven’t Got N77,000 Allowance
Yushau Ahmed, the director-general of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has revealed that the federal government was yet to release the funds to pay corps members the new minimum…
Nigerians Trapped in War-torn Lebanon Speak Out
Nigerians in Lebanon may temporarily be relieved after learning that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made plans to evacuate them but, until they return home, many of them continue…
‘Old Scam With New Name’ Taking Millions From Nigerians Via X, WhatsApp
Nigerians are losing thousands and millions of naira to scammers posing as investment and earning platforms, FIJ has learnt. On Monday, Fabian, an X user with the handle @_Shylad, shared…
NDLEA Arrests Canadian in Lagos for Trafficking Synthetic Cannabis
Adrienne Munju, a 41-year-old Canadian citizen, has been arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, for importing 35.2kg of synthetic cannabis, popularly known as “Canadian Loud”. The…