Police Extend Cyberbullying Onslaught to Hope Behind Bars Founder
The police in Abuja have invited Funke Adeoye, the executive director of Hope Behind Bars Africa, a criminal justice reforms organisation, to their station. A post on the organisation’s X…
Moving Train Kills Man in Lagos Despite Student’s Effort to Save Him
An unnamed young man was killed by a train in the Jibowu area of Yaba, Lagos, on Friday morning. A resident in the area named Adura, who also witnessed the…
BREAKING: Finally, Court Grants Isaac Bristol Bail
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted Isaac Bristol a N5 million bail. Justice Emeka Nwite, presiding over Bristol’s bail hearing on Friday, ruled that the man accused of…
FLASHBACK: In April, Prisons Service Lied Bobrisky Was Serving Jail Term in a Shared Cell
In April, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, the Nigerian transgender woman better known as Bobrisky, was sentenced to six months imprisonment without the option of fine by a Lagos Federal High Court.…
FACT CHECK: X Influencer Recycles 5-Year-Old News of Police Rescuing 300 Torture Victims in Kaduna
An influencer on X with over 50,000 followers, @AndyjnrUmaru, on Friday morning posted that the Kaduna police had rescued over 300 people in a house located in Rigasa community, Igabi…
Naval Officer Illegally Detained on Army Brigadier’s Order in 2018 Regains Freedom
Abbas Haruna, a naval rating locked up in 2018 on a senior army officer’s order despite the Armed Forces Act (2004) limiting punishment for insubordination to two years imprisonment, has…
PICTURES: Isaac Bristol Arrives at High Court for Bail Hearing
Isaac Bristol has arrived at the Federal High Court in Abuja for his bail hearing, FIJ has gathered. Bristol, whom the police believe to be an anonymous whistleblower and leak…
EXCLUSIVE: Out of 6 Months, Bobrisky Spent Only 3 Weeks In Kirikiri Prison
Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, the Nigerian transgender woman better known as Bobrisky, spent only three weeks in prison after receiving a six-month sentencing for naira abuse in April, FIJ can report.…
Mike Uzua With ‘Sure Link’ Denies Abuja Freelancer Her 2019 Canada Trip, N1.5m Refund
When Grace Bala, a freelancer in Abuja, paid N1.5 million to Mike Brainz Uzua, a self-proclaimed travel agent, in 2019, she hoped to testify to how green the grass was…
JUST IN: FG Suspends 2 Prison Officials Over N15m Bobrisky Bribe Claims
The federal government has suspended two Nigerian Correctional Centre (NCoS) officials as it commences an investigation into claims of bribery involving Idris Okuneye, a crossdresser popularly referred to as Bobrisky.…