One Year After Christmas Eve Massacres, Plateau Suffers More Bloodshed
Christmas Eve in 2023 was a day to forget for the people of Bokkos, Mangu and Barkin Ladi local government areas (LGAs) of Plateau State. The locals had let their…
5 Days After FIJ’s Story, Air Peace Refunds Activist’s N310,000 Withheld for 3 Months
Air Peace, a Nigerian commercial airline, has paid N310,000 to Kehinde Adegboyega, a human rights activist and journalist whose refund was withheld for three months. Adegboyega informed FIJ of the…
LPDC Rejects Afe Babalola’s Petition Seeking Farotimi’s Disbarment
The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has rejected petition seeking the disbarment of Dele Farotimi, a human rights lawyer, by Emmanuel Chambers, Afe Babalola’s law firm. While rejecting the petition,…
Security Operatives Harass, Manhandle Channels TV Crew at UniAbuja Protest
Security operatives harassed Channels Television’s crew covering a protest at the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) on Tuesday morning. The crew members were manhandled and their car was vandalised by security…
JUST IN: Ooni’s Ex-Wife Silekunola Naomi, Agidigbo FM CEO Remanded in Prison
Silekunola Moronke Naomi, the ex-wife of the Ooni of Ife who organised the event that led to the deadly Oyo stampede, has been remanded in Agodi Correctional Centre in Oyo…
UPDATED: Dele Farotimi Released From Ekiti Prison
Dele Farotimi, the Nigerian human rights lawyer persecuted for weeks by senior lawyer Afe Babalola, has been released from prison in Ekiti. Omoyele Sowore, a former presidential candidate of the…
EXPLAINER: Scope of Sharia Courts, Laws in Nigeria
The public discourse on Sharia Law adoption and courts’ establishment started on Friday when X user AbdulQowiyy Olalekan Imam-Onide shared that a Sharia Court would be launched in Oyo Town…
Banker’s N2.8m Still Hanging 4 Years After She Invested in Emadia Oghale’s Emerald Farms
Oluebube Okoro (pseudonym), a banker in Lagos State, invested N3.2 million with Emerald Farms, owned by Emadia Oghale, in 2021 hoping it would proceed as smoothly as her first investment…
Lagospedia Makes Comeback on X With Anti-Igbo Posts From Sanwo-Olu’s Aide
Lagospedia, the pro-Lagos handle that vanished in August after it was blasted for spreading anti-Igbo hate on X, has returned under a new name — Lagospidia. FIJ has confirmed that…
Jumia Delays Web Developer’s N165,000 Refund as 9-Day Quality Check Exceeds One Month
Wesley Stephen, a web developer resident in Benin, has narrated how Jumia, an online shop in Nigeria, failed to issue him a N165,000 refund after he returned a product that…