Edo Catholic Priest Regains Freedom 10 Days After Abduction
Thomas Oyode, a Catholic priest and rector of the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary, Ivhianokpodi, Agenebode, Edo State, has been released from captivity 10 days after gunmen abducted him. According to…
‘DSS Officials Who Invaded SERAP’s Office Used Fake Names’
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a civil society organisation, told an Abuja high court on Thursday that the Department of State Services (DSS) officials who invaded its office…
Ikeja Electric Fails to Refund Overbilled Customer’s N89,712 Despite NERC Ruling
Ikeja Electric (IE), one of the electricity distribution companies in Nigeria, has failed to comply with a ruling by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) asking that it refund N89,712…
Cleric Alani Rafiu Gets Life Imprisonment for Raping 14-Year-Old Girl Inside Mosque
Alani Rafiu, a cleric and religious instructor, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 14-year-old girl inside a mosque in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. On Thursday,…
Lagos Police Seize Resident’s Private Motorcycle, Tell Him to ‘Go Buy Another One’
Great Okikiola, a Lagos State resident, has told FIJ that policemen attached to the Isheri Police Station in the Berger area of Lagos impounded his private scooter while they were…
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…