NCC Tells Press to ‘Ignore’ Its Starlink Sanction Statement
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) told journalists to ignore an initial statement on an internet service provider sanction as an error. On Tuesday, the NCC had stated that it would…
After ‘Social Media Suspension’ Comment, NCoS Replaces DCP Who ‘Beat Inmates Like Goats’
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has replaced Michael Anugwa, the Deputy Controller of Prisons (DCP) at the Kirikiri Medium Security Prison in Lagos State. Daniel Ogu replaced Anugwa last week…
Corps Members Voice Disappointment at N33,000 September Allowance
Corps members in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme across Nigeria are groaning under expenses as their monthly allowances fail to foot the bill. More NYSC members have voiced…
Jude Ilo’s ‘imPossible’ Book Set for Launch in Lagos, Abuja
Jude Ilo’s book on social change titled ‘It is imPOSSIBLE: Influencing Change in Nigeria’ is set to be launched in two major cities in Nigeria – Lagos and Abuja –…
VIDEO: ‘Rivers LG Chairman Retakes Council’ With Guns
A video has surfaced on X, the microblogging platform, showing gunmen shooting as the purported Ikwerre Local Government Chairman moved to the council’s premises in Rivers State. @Topboychriss, the poster,…
Are Ministerial Candidates Unqualified Without NYSC Certificate?
The spotlight has returned on the controversy revolving around Hannatu Musawa, the Minister of Creative Economy, concerning her National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC) certificate. The minister claimed to have done…
NPHCDA Paid Contractors N380m in a Day. It Did Not Disclose What for
On September 14, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) paid about N380 million to various contractors, without disclosing the specific projects the payments were meant for, FIJ can…
Lagos Police Collect N500 From Ojo Bikers Daily Like Birthright
Police officers extorting money from motorcyclists in Lagos is nothing new, but the brazenness displayed by officers from Iyana-Iba to Mile 2 might make a first-time visitor believe it is…
Welsh Clinic Boss Gets 18-Month Suspension for Racially Abusing Nigerian Sonographer
Jeanette Clewes, the former clinical lead at the Window to the Womb, a leading private baby scan clinic franchise in Wales, has been handed an 18-month interim suspension for racially…
High Court Slashes #EndBadGovernance Protesters’ Bail to N5m
Five #EndBadGovernance protesters arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja will now pay N5 million bail instead of the initial N10 million. This development comes after Justice Emeka Nwite…