TABLE: Imo Bottom As 25 States Fail to Meet Their 2023 Revenue Target
In the 2023 fiscal year, 25 states in Nigeria failed to meet their revenue targets, FIJ can report. This conclusion is based on a comparison of data from the Internally…
Several Months After, Force PRO Adejobi Continues to Lie About Ojukwu’s Abduction
Muyiwa Adejobi, the public relations officer of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has claimed that FIJ reporter Daniel Ojukwu was abducted by police officers in Lagos because he failed to…
Glo Has Lost 42m Subscribers in 8 Months — and You Might Be Affected
Globacom, an indigenous telecommunications service provider, has lost 42 million of its Nigerian active subscribers in the last eight months. This customer base decline between February and September occurred as…
FG Workers Using GTBank Yet to Get October Salaries
Federal Government workers whose salary accounts are domiciled with Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) have not been paid for the month of October, while their colleagues with accounts in other banks…
Court Grants Lawmaker Ikwechegh N500,000 Bail Over Assault Charge
The Magistrate Court in Kuje, Abuja, has granted bail to Alex Ikwechegh, a member of the House of Representatives. On Wednesday, Abubakar Umar Sai’id, the presiding magistrate, decided that Ikwechegh…
Lawmaker Ikwechegh to be Arraigned for Assaulting Bolt Driver
Alex Ikwechegh, a member of the House of Representatives representing Aba North and South Federal Constituency, is scheduled for arraignment at the Kuje Magistrate Court on Wednesday, FIJ has learnt.…
From N1,255 in August to N1,346 in September, Cost of Healthy Diet Rises by 7.3%
The Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) has increased by 7.3%, from N1,255 in August to N1,346 in September, a recently published report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)…
Businessman Invested N1.3m in Alice Ayeni’s Export Business. Now He Can’t Pay His Children’s School Fees
When Kayode Charles Popoola, a Suleja-based businessman, invested the sum of N1,300,000 into Alice Ayeni’s enterprise for the export of bitter kola from Nigeria to China and Hong Kong in…
Man Spends 13 Years Tossed Between Police and Military Detention Centres Despite Court Ordering His Release
Habibu Adamu, a resident of Bauchi State, has spent the better part of the last 13 years in illegal detention despite a Federal High Court (FHC) ordering his release in…
Livestock Trader Risks Heavy Loss as Police ‘Unlawfully’ Detain Truck With 37 Cows
Olayinka Ajayi, a Lagos-based livestock trader, may run into a heavy financial loss in the coming days if the police officers from the Intelligent Response Team at STS Abattoir in…