Dele Farotimi: What Determines Bail Conditions?
On Monday, when the Federal High Court in Ekiti State currently prosecuting Afe Babalola’s defamation case against Dele Farotimi, granted him a N50 million bail, many Nigerians on X opined…
Soyombo Urges Media Counterattacks Through Evidence-Based Reports
‘Fisayo Soyombo, the founder and editor-in-chief of the Foundation for Investigative (FIJ), has charged media organisations in the country to use evidence-based reports as counterattacks against attacks from government agencies…
Nigerian Singer Udoh Ebaide Captures Extortion, Harassment at Benin-Togo Border
Udoh Ebaide, a Nigerian Afrobeats singer attempting to visit all 54 African countries on a bike, has lamented the corruption and harassment she experienced at the Republic of Benin border.…
IKEDC Wants Extra N2,904,000 After Customer Paid N51,500 Fine for ‘Bypassing Meter’
In August, Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC), an electricity distribution company serving customers in Lagos State, fined resident Nkechinyere James N51,500 for bypassing charges on her prepaid meter, an offence…
‘It Is Confusing Me’ — Okpebholo Fails to Spell Out 2025 Edo Budget Figures in Words
There was mild drama at the Edo State House of Assembly as Monday Okpebholo, the state governor, was unable to spell out the state’s budget figures for 2025. Okpebholo struggled…
UDUS — Nigerian University Locked in a Spell of Open Defecation
Whenever 26-year-old Ibrahim Kasir felt the urge to excrete or urinate, the thought of the possible tendency of contracting diseases from using the public toilets in his school — Usmanu…
Canada’s IRCC Denies Grieving Nigerian Family Visas to Bury Siblings
Eight members of the Aloysius household, a Nigeria-based family who just lost two of their children in an auto crash in Manitoba, Canada, have been denied emergency visitor visas to…
REPORT: More Than Half of Nigeria’s IDPs Are Minors
More than half of Nigeria’s Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are children, a new report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed. The report, titled ‘Report of Internally Displaced…
UPDATED: Court Denies Yahaya Bello Bail
A Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to grant bail to Yahaya Bello, the former governor of Kogi State, in his ongoing money laundering case involving over N100 billion.…
22 Days to Year End, 7 States Hide Q3 Budget Performance Despite Binding Laws
Less than 22 days to the end of 2024, seven states — Rivers, Gombe, Kano, Kebbi, Ogun, Sokoto and Borno — have yet to publish their Budget Implementation Reports (BIRs)…