Court Denies Police’s Wish to Detain TikToker ‘Sea King’ for Treason, Cybercrime
A magistrate court in Lagos State denied the police its wish to remand Olumide Ogunsanwo, a TikToker known as “Sea King“, for 30 days ahead of the conclusion of its…
Brother Says Slain Timothy Adegoke’s Family Still Needs Help
Olugbade Adegoke, elder brother of Timothy Adegoke, the MBA student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), who died under mysterious circumstances in Osun State in November 2021, has said the…
Info Minister Idris Claims Similar Stampedes Occurred ‘in the Past’ to Absolve Tinubu of Blame
Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, claimed “similar unfortunate occurrences have been recorded in the past, before the current administration” when describing the deadly stampedes in Ibadan,…
Nigeria’s Hostages in Law
In 1991, Nigeria was in the full throes of the interminable transition to civil rule programme of General Ibrahim Babangida. The effort by the regime in 1991 to relocate their…
Osun Man on Death Row for Fowl Theft Shares How Police Tortured 17-Year-Old Self
Segun Olowookere, a man who was sentenced to death for stealing fowls in Osun State when he was 17, has recounted how the police tortured and gave him a cutlass…
9 Months After Failed Qatari Visa Application, Kaduna Agent Hajia Ubedatu Tajudeen Yet to Refund Customer’s N4.5m
Hajia Ubedatu Tajudeen, a Kaduna State resident, has failed to obtain a Qatari visa for Bello Sodiq (not real name), a Nigerian traveller, from whom she had collected N4.5 million…
TIMELINE: For Food, 84 Nigerians Have Been Crushed to Death in 2024
In 2024, at least 84 Nigerian lives have been lost at events and programmes that were originally meant to help the poor and put smiles, temporary or not, on people’s…
After FIJ’s Story, ACP Refunds N30,000 to Photographers Extorted by the Police
The Acting Commissioner of Police at the NRC Police Station in Kajola, Lagos, has refunded N30,000 to Francis Alagbe and his friend, two street photographers whose money policemen attached to…
After FIJ’s Story, ACP Refunds N30,000 to Photographers Who Police Extorted, FPRO Summons Officers to Abuja
The Acting Commissioner of Police at the NRC Police Station in Kajola, Lagos, has refunded N30,000 to Francis Alagbe and his friend, two street photographers, whose money policemen attached to…
Lagos Distributor Paid Korede Adeboyejo N9.7m for Canadian Visa in 2023. Nothing Came, He Went Quiet
A beverage distributor based in Festac, Lagos State, has accused Korede Adeboyejo, a visa agent, of absconding after collecting N9.7 million for a visa processing arrangement. The distributor, who wished…