After FIJ’s Story, DIG Okolo’s Thieving PA Gadzama Threatens Businessman He Extorted N750,000 From
M. M. Gadzama, the personal assistant to Benjamin Okolo, the Deputy Inspector-General (DIG) of Police in charge of the Force Intelligence Department (FID), has called to threaten Aliyu Abba, a…
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…
Tinubu Extends Customs Chief Adeniyi’s Tenure Beyond Legal Limit
President Bola Tinubu has extended Comptroller General of Customs Adewale Adeniyi’s tenure in office by one year. The 59-year-old Adeniyi, having joined the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) as a cadet…
After FIJ’s Story, Quickteller Refunds N45,163 to IKEDC Customer
Quickteller has finally refunded Yomi Ayantunde (pseudonym), a customer of Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, whose electricity payment it failed to disburse to the DisCo. After Ayantunde obtained his prepaid meter,…
VIDEO: 5 Pieces of Fish, Spoilt Potatoes, No Spices… What Army’s N540,000 Foodstuff Allowance Got 9 Soldiers
A Nigerian soldier made a video showing the small quantity and poor quality of foodstuffs nine soldiers were given to survive on for one month, with each soldier’s allowance at…
NOUN Said Students Could Print Course Materials. It Used DSS, Copyright Commission to Prosecute Vendor for Doing Just That
The Department of State Services (DSS) has detained Ben Akpan (pseudonym), a printing vendor, and prevented him from communicating with his loved ones for three days after the National Open…
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…
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…
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.…
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…