‘Despite Allocation Increase After Subsidy Cut, Welfare of Nigerians Remains Stagnant’, SERAP to FG
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has told the federal government to address Nigerians’ stagnant security and welfare situation despite the surge in allocations to states following the 2023…
NIS Shuns National Industrial Court Order to Promote, Compensate Victimised Staff
What is the worst possible thing that could happen to a public servant who refused to break protocol or do what is unlawful because a superior requested it? For Yemi…
‘Akwa Ibom Gov Appointing Daughter as Acting First Lady Is Legal Yet Abuse’, Lawyers Explain
Umo Eno, the governor of Akwa Ibom, has appointed his daughter as the acting first lady of the state. Lawyers told FIJ that the governor was empowered to do so,…
Sokoto Budgeted N48.5m for Business Reforms Through Websites. They Went Down
In 2023, Sokoto State Government budgeted N48.5 million for business reform through four website projects but, less than a year after the project end dates, most of these websites are…
Shepherdhill Security Pays Guards N10,000 Monthly, Violates Minimum Wage Act
Shepherdhill Security Limited, an international security company, has been paying N10,000 monthly wages to permanent staff it hired to secure an internet mast in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, in…
How Young Liberians Are Trafficked Into Nigeria for Fake Australian Scholarship
Young Liberians are leaving their homes in droves to travel abroad. They are excited about the prospect of a scholarship outside Africa. They pay anything between $300 and $3000 to…
UNIZIK Medical Students Miss Classes as Governing Council Tussles With Lecturers
The medical students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) are caught in the middle of a tussle between medical and clinical lecturers at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) and…
‘Tinubu Made Historical Error’ — Presidency on Speaker Abbas’ CFR Award
The Presidency said President Bola Tinubu made a historical and oversight by awarding Speaker Tajudeen Abbas a Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) award instead of a…
FACT-CHECK: VP Shettima Made False Claims About Nigeria’s Oil Revenue, Global Talent Deficit
On Thursday, Vice President Kashim Shettima visited Enugu State to commission the Enugu State Fashion Hub and launch the 5th Expanded National Micro, Small, and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSME) Clinics…
4 Years on, Lagos Govt Yet to Release Slain Journalist Pelumi Onifade’s Body to Mother
October 23, 2020, was the last day 20-year-old journalist Pelumi Onifade returned home to Bose Onifade, his mother. The young man went out to the Abule Egba area of Lagos…