Inclusion or Exclusion? Vignettes of Students With Disabilities in Nigerian Higher Institutions
This disability is ruining me in terms of my physical state. If I let it ruin my emotional state, that means I am losing on both sides. So, I tell…
DATA: 4 in 10 Nigerian Children Under 5 Have Stunted Growth
Four out of every 10 Nigerian children under five years are stunted due to malnutrition and the economy could put many more at risk, FIJ can report. This malnutrition trend…
No Water, N32,500 Fuel Daily… How Bayelsans Are Enduring 3-Month-Old Blackout
For three months, residents of Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State, have not seen a bulb lit up in their homes due to the vandalisation of the Ahoada-Yenagoa transmission towers…
FLASHBACK: Justice Obiora Egwuatu Granted Yoruba Nation Agitators N5m Bail in 2021
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja presided over the case of some Yoruba Nation militants in 2021, granting them N5 million bail with one surety each.…
$13.89, $23.70 Vanish From Lagos Entrepreneur’s Access Bank Account 3 Weeks Apart
Babalola Martins, a Lagos State-based entrepreneur, has narrated how $23.70 was debited from his company’s Access Bank domiciliary account without his authorisation. This came after FIJ had reported how $13.89…
Niger Speaker Knocks Defence HQ, Insists Terrorists Operate in Barracks
Following a response by the Defence Headquarters that its training camp in Niger State has not been taken over by bandits, Speaker Abdulmalik Sarkin-Daji has insisted that the military’s claim…
Minors Deliberately Slumped in Court for Attention, Says IGP Egbetokun
Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector General of the Nigeria Police Force, has said that the #EndBadGovernance minors who slumped in court on Friday did so deliberately to draw the attention of…
REPORT: Nigeria Records Lowest Business Activity in 19 Months
In October, the Nigerian business environment recorded the least activity in the past 19 months due to the high input cost and the weakness of the naira, FIJ has learnt.…
Attorney General Takes Over #EndBadGovernance Protesters’ Case File
Lateef Fagbemi, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, has directed the police to transfer the #EndBadGovernance protesters’ case file to his office. The protesters, including minors,…
Atiku, Obi, CSOs Condemn Inhumane Treatment of Detained Minors, Demand Release
Prominent Nigerians and institutions have called for the immediate release of minors detained over August’s #EndBadGovernance protest after they were arraigned in very poor health on Friday. FIJ earlier reported…