Second Strike in 3 Days, Bandits’ Explosives Cause Deaths on Zamfara Road
For the second time in three days, an explosion on the Dansadau-Gusau Road in Zamfara State has claimed lives, FIJ has gathered. The latest incident occurred on Wednesday morning near…
Parents Paid N8m Ransom for Kidnapped Kaduna Children. They Reunited in Ribadu’s Office
The four children who were kidnapped from their home in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA), Kaduna State, on November 26 were reunited with their parents on Monday.FIJ earlier reported how…
FLASHBACK: Afe Babalola Once Criticised DSS for Disregarding Due Process in Judges’ Arrests
On Tuesday, Dele Farotimi, a human rights lawyer, was arrested by a group of policemen attached to the Ekiti State Police Command.In the process of arresting Farotimi, some lawyers and…
FAAN MD Admits Airport Security Agents Give Returns of Corporate Begging to Supervisors
Olubunmi Oluwaseun Kuku, the managing director of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has disclosed that security officials at Nigerian airports remit a certain percentage of the proceeds of…
EXPLAINED: Proposed Tax Bills, What They Would Mean for Nigerians
In August 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu inaugurated the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms in Abuja. As nominally suggested, the committee has been working on reforming how…
Dele Farotimi Hurriedly Prosecuted, Sent to Prison in Ekiti
Dele Farotimi, a human rights lawyer and social critic, has been prosecuted and remanded in prison in Ekiti State after policemen detained him on Tuesday. Omoyele Sowore, the 2023 African…
Customs Names Officers Who Tortured Suspected Smuggling Whistleblowers but Army Conceals Soldiers’ Identities
Thompson Inemugha and Gmira Aboribo, superintendent of customs and assistant superintendent of customs II respectively, have been identified by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) as the officers whipping and dehumanising…
EFCC Silent but Court Papers Show 753 Duplexes Belonged to Emefiele
Idi Musa, an investigating officer at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has described how Ifeanyi Okeke who was a deputy general manager at the Zenith Bank fronted for…
FLASHBACK: Just 24 Hours Ago, Dele Farotimi Said They Wanted To Silence Him
Dele Farotimi, a human rights lawyer and activist, was arrested in Lagos State on Tuesday. FIJ learnt that Farotimi was detained by the police at Zone 2 in Lagos. However,…
JUST IN: Police Arrest Dele Farotimi
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested Dele Farotimi, a human rights lawyer. On Tuesday, Omoyele Sowore, a 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) and a good governance…