N’Assembly Received N172b in 6 Months — More Than Transportation, Land, Power, Communication, Water Resources Ministries Combined
The National Assembly received N172 billion of its budgetary allocation in the first half of 2024, a figure significantly more than the amounts disbursed to the ministries of power, works…
Access Bank Told Canada-Based Nigerian To Come Home to Unblock His Account. Now Fixed After FIJ’s Story
Access Bank has lifted the restriction on the travel account of Ade Yusuf (real name withheld), a Canada-based Nigerian, that had been in place since April. Yusuf’s account was unblocked…
‘Expect Killings if Soldiers Get Involved in #EndBadGovernance Protests’
There will be bloodshed if soldiers get involved in the #EndBadGovernance protests scheduled to begin on August 1, a protester who survived a gunshot wound on the chest during the…
Kaduna Electric Keeps Resident in Darkness After Withholding His N14,500 Token
Gabriel Iduh, a Kaduna State resident, has narrated how Kaduna Electricity Distribution Plc., also known as Kaduna Electric, deprived him of power supply by not sending him the N14,500 prepaid…
5 Hours After FIJ’s Publication, GT Bank Refunds Woman’s Withheld N100,000
Guaranty Trust Bank (GT Bank) has refunded Blessing Eziaghiagala, a Lagos-based woman, the sum of N100,000 after withholding it for over three weeks. This new development came five hours after…
Kingstine-JO Foods Withholds Ex-Staff’s 2-Month Salary
Godwin Okolie, a former supervisor at Kingstine-JO Foods in Lagos State, has shared how the company suspended him indefinitely despite owing him two months’ salaries. FIJ learned that Okolie’s duties…
Glo Abruptly Blocked Akure Businessman’s Line. He Lost ‘Lots of Clients’
Joseph Ajayi, an Akure-based businessman who deals in general printing, has ‘lost lots of customers’ after Globacom, a telecommunication operator, rendered his business line inactive in June. In response to…
Business Booms for Black Marketers as Fuel Queues Return to Lagos
Fuel queues are back on the streets of Lagos, with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd announcing over the weekend that the low supply of the commodity was due to…
INTERVIEW: How Lagos Gov’t Stole My Copyrighted Traffic Management Solution — Oladapo Olawale
In April 2022, Lagos State Government launched Traffic Management Solutions (TMS) to digitally process traffic violations and enforce compliance. At the time, only the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA)…
PHOTOS: Angry Subscribers Vandalise MTN Office Over Deactivated Sim Cards
Angry subscribers have vandalised one of the Lagos offices of MTN, a mobile telecommunication company, to express frustration over their deactivated sim cards. FIJ gathered that the subscribers had stormed…