Registered, Unassigned, Invalid: Investigating FRSC’s Unreliable Number Plate Verification Portal
In April, a group of four men were stripped of their freedom after being arrested by the police in Lagos State. The men, Habeeb Azeez (29), Michael Adeyeye (26), Biodun…
Sanwo-Olu Suspends Media Aide Wale Ajetunmobi for Admitting #EndSars Protesters Were ‘Hunted Down and Executed’
On Tuesday, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos State, suspended Wale Ajetunmobi, his Senior Special Assistant on Print Media. The suspension, which was made public on Tuesday, followed a controversial…
Embezzlement Question Arises as NEPC Withholds Funding From 2023 Export Mentorship Programme Finalists
Finalists of the 2023 cohort of the Export Mentorship Programme (EMP), organised by the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), have accused the federal institution of abandoning them and reneging on…
Edo Police Insist on Bribery Claim as Dismissed Policewoman Cries Foul, Threatens Suicide
Edith Uduma, a dismissed policewoman who served in Edo State, has accused the police of witchhunting her but the command insists she was culpable in a bribery scheme. She also…
ANALYSIS: Devalued Naira, Inflation Undermine Reported 3.46% GDP Growth
Nigeria’s economy saw a 3.46% growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the third quarter of 2024, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The nominal value of goods…
Ogun Customs Yet to Return Petrol Marketer’s N1.45m After 4 Months of Probe
The Idiroko command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is yet to return the N1.45 million some of its officers obtained from Adeboye Sowale, an Ogun State-based petroleum marketer. This…
FACT-CHECK: Lagos Commissioner Tokunbo Wahab Shares Misleading Post on Athens Flood
On Sunday, Tokunbo Wahab, the Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, shared a 33-second video of a flooded restaurant on X. While captioning this video he shared at…
DETAILS: Ex-Editor, Family Paid N1m per Captive Before Kidnappers Released Them
It was either they paid ransom or they got killed… The kidnappers of the three family members of Ahmed Ajobe, a former editor with Daily Trust, received at least N3…
Ex-Editor’s Abducted Family Regain Freedom, Ransom Unknown
The three kidnapped family members of Ahmed Ajobe, a former editor with Daily Trust, have regained freedom, FIJ can confirm. A source told FIJ that they regained freedom on Sunday…
After FIJ’s Story, Air Peace Compensates Stranded Passengers With 50% Discount
Air Peace has approved a 50% one-way discount on any of its domestic routes to compensate passengers of Flight P47173, which was originally scheduled from Benin to Lagos on November…