12-Year-Old Was Stuck in Prison. He Feared Dying of Hunger or Beating for 10 Years
July 11 was supposed to be a routine prison visit for Alex Umuchioke Ogoke, a lawyer with the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria and Leeds Legal Firm. Ogoke had walked…
Saki East Led Oyo in 2024 WASSCE. But There Were ‘Miracle Centres’, ‘Babalawos’, and ‘Special Permissions’
In 2024, Saki East, a rural local government area in Oyo State’s Oke-Ogun region, recorded the highest percentage of WASSCE candidates with five credits, including English and Mathematics, outperforming 17…
The World Has Moved on From Us, Says Missing Anambra LP Candidate’s Wife
Eucharia Agbasimalo, the wife of Obiora Agbasimalo, the Labour Party (LP) candidate in the 2021 Anambra State governorship election, has said the entire world has moved on from the missing…
4 Days On, Kidnapped Law School Students Yet to Regain Freedom
Five students of the Nigerian Law School (NLS), Yola Campus, remain in captivity, four days after their abduction along the Wukari-Benue Expressway. FIJ gathered that six of them were kidnapped…
SPOTTED: Ogun LG Signs $250m MoU With 2-Month-Old Firm Linked to Expired UK Company
Odogbolu Local Government in Ogun State has signed a $250 million Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Skillicorn Nigeria Limited, a company that was registered in Nigeria only two months ago.…
After FIJ’s Story, Pastor Sunday Benson Refunds N1m to Lagos Resident
Sunday Benson, a pastor and house agent, has refunded N1 million to Adekola Ademboni, a Lagos State resident, from whom he had collected a N1.3 million deposit on November 12,…
INSIDER: Wike Leases Out Popular Riverplate Park Area, Unsuspecting Tenants Risk Huge Losses
Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike has approved a 99-year lease that may have consumed Riverplate Park, a green recreational garden located in the heart of Abuja’s Cadastral Zone in…
Greedy FID Policemen Extort N750,000 From ‘Falsely Accused’ Kaduna Businessman, Ask for More
Three policemen attached to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF)’s Force Intelligence Department (FID) have extorted N750,000 from Aliyu Abba, a Kaduna State-based businessman. Abba told FIJ that the policemen, identified…
How Elaborate Facebook Marketplace Scam Claimed LAUTECH Graduate’s N80,000
Folorunsho Emmanuel Blessing, a recent graduate of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), was scammed of N80,000 by Ismaila Oyeniran on Facebook after he contacted him to purchase a fridge…
VIDEO: Trafficker Admits Selling Nigerian Lady in Libya for N900,000
A yet-to-be-identified man has confessed to trafficking one of two Nigerian ladies to Libya for N900,000. In a viral video circulating on X, the man admits that he sold one…