REPORT: AfDB Deems Nigeria’s First Phase Performance in $210m Agro-Industrial Project ‘Problematic’
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has described the overall performance of the first phase of Nigeria’s $210 million special agro-industrial processing zone (SAPZ) programme as “problematic”. The lender’s assessment was…
Reported Contract Fraud in Finance Ministry Prompts Reps’ Call for Investigation
The House of Representatives plans to investigate claims of fraudulent practices in the payment of contractors by officials of the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Office of the Accountant…
Afriex Denies Receiving Customer’s N220,000 for 29 Days but Access Bank Disagrees
Mabel Yakubu (pseudonym), a Lagos resident, has narrated how Afriex, a money transfer platform, continues to deny receiving a N220,000 sum meant to be credited into her wallet four weeks…
Despite FRC’s Stance, Companies Continue to Violate IFRS, Underreport Claims
Some publicly traded companies, listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), continue to underreport the claims and litigation section of their annual reports, FIJ has gathered. This is despite the…
VIDEO: Police, Air Force Officers Exchange Blows Over Drug Suspect in Delta
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Delta Command, has said that its officers and operatives of the Nigerian Air Force who were caught fighting on tape engaged in a physical scuffle…
UI Students Protest Halls’ Exemption From Restored UCH Power
Students of the University of Ibadan (UI) at the undergraduate Alexander Brown Hall and postgraduate Ayodele Falase Hall have taken to the main roads of the University College Hospital (UCH)…
‘We Have a New Website’ — NHIA Responds to Report of Website With Expired SSL Certificate
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has clarified that its previously known website, www.nhis.gov.ng, run by the defunct National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), is currently being decommissioned three months after…
Abuja Private Hospitals’ Underpaid, Overworked Doctors Struggle to Live
It feels like there is no reward… It naturally kills one’s passion… Medical doctors in private hospitals across Abuja have raised concerns over poor remuneration and unfavourable working conditions. While…
‘I Am Done Fighting’, Says Ogun Marketer Who Lost Fuel, N1.45m to Customs
Adeboye Sowale, the Ogun State-based petroleum marketer some customs officers took N1.45 million from and “accused of smuggling fuel”, has told FIJ that he was done fighting them. Sowale made…
Ghana-Based Nigerian Loses Job Because African Eagle Multi Transport Failed to Deliver Her Shipment
Agbona Omowumi, a Nigerian based in Ghana, lost her job after Okoro Chinedu Joseph, a storekeeper at Young Shall Grow Motors, and African Eagle Multi Transport Services Ltd. failed to…