HYPPADEC Shortchanges Beneficiaries Who Should’ve Got Millions, Printers After 2-Year Wait
After conducting a youth transformation skill acquisition programme in 2022, the National Hydro Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) promised the participants a starter pack disbursement to kickstart their businesses.…
Defence Chief Admits Soldiers’ Involvement in Drugs, Arms Trafficking
Christopher Musa, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), has admitted that some personnel of the Nigerian Armed Forces have been involved in trafficking arms and illicit drugs. Musa made this…
Yabatech Lecturer Akindele Omotosho Extorts ‘Ordinary N500’ From Students ‘for Dockets’
Akindele Omotosho, a lecturer in the Mass Communication Department of Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech), has been extorting N500 from students, FIJ has gathered. Omotosho, a course adviser to National…
Anthony Okocha Becomes APC Chairman in Rivers Despite Confessing He Rigged Elections
Anthony Okocha, former chief of staff to ex-Governor Rotimi Amaechi who recently boasted of election rigging, has become the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman in Rivers State. Before he was…
Armed Criminals Ambush El-Kanemi Football Team in Bauchi, Police Unaware
Players and officials of El-Kanemi Warriors Football Club of Borno have been ambushed and attacked by armed robbers, but the police said they were unaware of the incident. The Nigeria…
Esther Fadipe of ‘Slay With Funmi’ Blocks Osun Resident Who Paid N173,100 for Fashion Items
Mercy Chionumah, a resident of Ile-Ife, Osun State, has accused Esther Fadipe, an online fashion vendor, of defrauding her of N173,850. Chionumah told FIJ she paid the N173,850 in separate…
Fisayo Soyombo’s Words on How, Why Army Held Him Incommunicado for 3 Days
For three days, the 6th Amphibious Division of the Nigerian Army based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, detained and held ‘Fisayo Soyombo, FIJ’s founder and editor-in-chief, incommunicado. Soyombo was investigating…
Dismissed Edo Cop Edith Uduma Claims N1m Bribe Demand Was ‘Sarcastic’ Following Audio Evidence
Edith Uduma, a policewoman in Edo State who was recently dismissed by the force for her role in a sexual assault incident involving Abraham Uzuobor, her colleague, has described her…
Dana Air Withholds Lagos Resident’s N518,200 Refund for 7 Months
Titilayo McDonald*, a Lagos State resident, has narrated how Dana Air continued to hold on to her N518,200 after the Lagos–Abuja flight she booked for her entire family was cancelled…
Zulum Said Minors Should Have Been Punished for Protesting. He Pardoned ‘Repentant’ Terrorists
A video of Babagana Zulum, Borno State Governor, commenting on the release of minors detained and charged over the #EndBadGovernance protest in August surfaced on X on Friday. Zulum, who…