INTERVIEW: ‘It’s Like a Hot Iron Being Dropped Over Your Bones Repeatedly’ — A Sickle Cell Warrior Explains a Crisis
World Sickle Cell Awareness Day is observed annually on June 19. Countries worldwide use this day to increase public knowledge about sickle cell disease and the challenges faced by patients,…
Inmate Exposes Dire Conditions and Corruption at Ikoyi Correctional Centre Under Deputy Controller Julius Ogueri
Inmates at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre are raising serious complaints about the dire conditions and exploitative practices overseen by Julius Ogueri, the deputy controller of the facility. An inmate who…
Doctors Worry for Their Safety Over Recent Attacks by Patients’ Relatives
Many Nigerian doctors are worried for their safety over the recent attacks on their colleagues while attending to patients in hospitals. FIJ learned that there were three different incidents of…
Via a Website, IG User Steals N7m From Doctor in 2 Weeks
An unknown fraudster has managed to defraud Abigail Chukwu (not real name), a medical doctor, of about N7 million in two weeks. Chukwu found a sponsored ad calling for online…
PHOTOS: Contractor Removes Equipment, Leaves Lagos Road in Worse Condition After Weeks of Work
An abandoned road has plunged residents of Irawo, Agboyi Ketu Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Kosofe Local Government Area, Lagos, into despair. A resident of the community, who spoke anonymously…
In a Kaduna LGA, Some Teachers Have Not Been Paid Since 2020 Because of a ‘Verification Exercise’
Nataba Bulus, a teacher in the Kubau Local Government Area of Kaduna, was dealt his first major blow on the job in the thick of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.…
N14b on the Vice President’s Residence? Architect Says It Shouldn’t Cost a Billion
An architect and civil engineer has told FIJ that it shouldn’t cost a billion naira to finish the newly inaugurated vice president’s residence in Abuja. While speaking with FIJ on…
N14b on Nearly Completed Building? Architect Says It Shouldn’t Cost a Billion to Finish VP House
An architect and civil engineer has told FIJ that it shouldn’t cost a billion naira to finish the newly inaugurated vice president’s residence in Abuja. While speaking with FIJ on…
Final Year Student Arrested for Raping a Male in FUOYE Wants to Be First Youth Governor of Ondo State
Olalekan Oni, a 400-level student in the criminology department at the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Ekiti State, was arrested on Monday for rape. Findings revealed that the final-year student…
‘This Is Not Right’, Lagos Motorists Kept in Traffic by Tinubu’s Convoy Groan
On Tuesday morning, some motorists were stuck in a traffic holdup along the Murtala Mohammed Local Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, while the convoy of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was moving…