International Funders Threaten to Withdraw as Nigeria Fails to Meet Digital ID Project Deadline
The French Development Agency (AFD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have threatened to withdraw their funding from Nigeria’s Digital Identification for Development (ID4D) project if the World Bank ceases…
Surajudeen Odunewu Won’t Return N5m to Friend He Duped Before Relocating to Canada
Despite promising a refund in April, Surajudeen Odunewu has not returned the N5 million he took from Ayeni Olusakin (not his real name), a friend and business partner, after selling…
IKEDC Asks Customer to Pay Strange N335,981 Debt After Mismatching His Details
In January 2023, Godstime Agho, a Lagos-based resident, paid Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) N63,378 for a new single-phase prepaid meter. Agho, speaking with FIJ, said that on February 17,…
N761,900 Stolen From Elderly Ecobank Customer’s Account
Ajoke Ayodele, a Lagos State resident, has narrated how N761,900 was stolen from an Ecobank account belonging to Samson Ayodele, her elderly father. Ajoke told FIJ that the incident happened…
One Year After Ezenekwe Kosisochukwu Took Man’s N3m, No CoS, No Refund
Augustine Ogugua, a Logos-based man, has narrated to FIJ how he took a N3 million loan to pay Ben Ezenekwe Kosisochukwu, a travel agent, but got neither the document nor…
MRA Condemns FG’s Threat to Jail Officials Leaking Information
Media Rights Agenda (MRA), a non-government organisation working to protect media rights, has condemned the federal government’s threat to imprison government officials who act as whistleblowers. MRA on Thursday condemned…
OPay Partially Lifts Restriction on Student’s Account After FIJ’s Intervention
OPay has partially lifted the restriction it placed on an account belonging to a student at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Kaduna State. The partial removal, which followed…
INTERVIEW: ‘No Food, No Water’ — How Final-Year Student Spent 3 Years in Wawa Military Detention for Attending Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial
On June 21, Onyibe Emmanuel Chinonso, an undergraduate at Ebonyi State University, who was incarcerated by the Department of State Services (DSS), was released. When he was arrested, he was…
NSIPA CEO Akindele Egbuwalo Can’t Explain Why N-Power Beneficiaries Haven’t Received Owed N108b
Akindele Egbuwalo, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programmes Agency (NSIPA), has failed to explain why 400,000 N-Power beneficiaries still haven’t received 9 months’ worth of their…
After FIJ’s Story, Into Migration Refunds Customer’s £4,500
Into Migration, a travel agency, has refunded Ifeoluwa Ojedokun’s £4,500. This refund was made on Tuesday, a day after FIJ published a report detailing how the travel agency failed to…