Benue Massacre Survivors Share What Survival Cost Them
After the June 13–14 attacks on Yelewata, an agrarian community in Guma Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State, by armed men the villagers described as Fulani herdsmen, survivors tell…
EFCC Arrest Suspects at Obasanjo’s Library in Outlawed Night Raid
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) raided Green Legacy Guest House, a hotel located within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State, and arrested persons they…
DATA FOR CASH: For N1,000 or Less, NIMC Agents Can Give Your Data to Strangers
Agents of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in Lagos have been selling individuals’ personal information to others for a fee, in violation of Nigerian data laws. FIJ confirmed this…
Christian Chukwu: A Legacy Larger than Sport
On December 6, 1977, Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s military Head of State, received a group of young men from the southeast. The young men had come to present him with a…
SERAP Asks Court to Stop Bago, NBC From Shutting Down Badeggi FM
The Social Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Umar Bago, the governor of Niger State, and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for the ongoing harassment…
Hostile NYSC Withholds Corps Member Raye’s Discharge Certificate
Ushie Rita Uguamaye, the corps member who became an Internet sensation after she complained about economic hardship under the President Bola Tinubu-led administration, did not get her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)…
It’s Past Deadline, 5 States Fail to Publish 2024 Financial Statements
Six Nigerian states are yet to publish their audited financial statements for the 2024 fiscal year. Five of them are already past their statutorily implied deadlines, FIJ has found. The…
OurPass CEO Samuel Eze Withholds Customer’s N23m Deposit for 8 Months
Kaosarah Abdulrazaq, an agribusiness owner, was not a stranger to Samuel Eze. “He is an alumnus of my institution,” she said. A few years down the line, OurPass, a microfinance…
Reevaluation Confirms WAEC’s Error, Osun Students’ Better Grades
Israel Adebiyi, a student of Crowe Schools International in Iwo, Osun State, has passed his English Language subject with grade point C5 after the Nigerian office of the West African…
Ilorin Travellers Accuse Overland Airways of Exploiting Them With Costly Flight Tickets
Customers of Overland Airways, the sole commercial airline operating in and out of the General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport, Ilorin, have labelled the flight ticket pricing as outrageous and exploitative,…