UAE Denies Knowledge of Suspicious Visa Requirements Announced by FG
The government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has denied knowledge of the conditions announced by the federal government for obtaining the country’s visas. According to TheCable, the UAE denied…
Tinubu Wants National Assembly to Increase 2024 Budget by N6.2 Trillion
Bola Ahmed Tinubu has written to the National Assembly to amend the 2024 Appropriation Act and the 2023 Finance Act to accommodate an extra N6.2 trillion, FIJ can report. Senate…
JUST IN: Ndume Removed as Senate Whip After Scathing Gov’t Criticism
Ali Ndume, the senator representing Borno South, has been removed as the Majority Whip of the Nigerian Senate and replaced with Tahir Manguno. This followed his recent scathing criticism of…
UI Students Protest Management’s Attempt to Cap Daily Power Supply at 10 Hours
Students of the University of Ibadan (UI) have taken to the major streets and administrative facilities on campus to protest the management’s attempt to ration power supply and limit it…
UI Students Protest Management’s Attempt to Cap Power Supply at 10 Hours Daily
Students of the University of Ibadan (UI) have taken to the major streets and administrative facilities on campus to protest the management’s attempt to ration power supply and limit it…
Dangote to Limit Phone Use in Refinery Over Fire Incident Videos
Following viral videos of a fire incident inside the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical Complex on June 26, the company is attempting to prevent certain classes of workers from using…
UNDERCOVER: With N45,000, I Got Valid Police Character Certificate for Prisoner ‘Going to Ghana’
Police extortion is commonplace in Nigeria, so it did not surprise me when, in November 2023, some Nigerians complained about how policemen demanded N50,000 to issue police character certificates (PCC)…
Florida-Based Man Fingered in Decade-Long Auto Scams Against West Africans
It starts as a cold email from an unknown car dealer in the United States, appearing repeatedly in the inbox until the enticing offers hook the recipient. These emails advertise…
Humanists UK Tables Mubarak Bala’s Blasphemy Imprisonment at UN
Humanists UK, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has tabled the incarceration of Mubarak Bala, a Nigerian accused of blasphemy, at the 56th Session of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. The…
After FIJ’s Story, Arik Air Refunds Customer’s N326,000
Arik Air has refunded Abraham Oresanya’s N326,000 withheld since June. This refund came on Saturday, a day after FIJ published a report detailing how Oresanya’s money got stuck between Arik…