Biobag Designer Wins The Destiny Trust’s 2024 Kids Innovation Challenge
The Kids Innovation Hub, an initiative of The Destiny Trust, a child well-being foundation, has held the 2024 edition of its Kids Innovation Challenge, a competition designed to reward young…
REPORT: Despite Easing Inflation Rate, Rent, Health and Transport Costs on Upward Trend
The inflation rate in Nigeria eased for the second consecutive month to 32.15% in August, but the cost of rent, medical services and transportation remain on an upward trend, FIJ…
Chief of Defence Staff Tells 26 Soldiers to Share N1m for Killing Terrorist With N5m Bounty
Christopher Musa, Nigeria’s chief of defence staff, announced a gift of N1 million to a team of 26 soldiers on Thursday. These troops, the military said, had raided some terrorist…
MRA Kicks As DSS Harasses Community Leader Who Demanded Details of Dangote’s $100m Payment to Lagos Govt
Media Rights Agenda (MRA), a non-governmental organisation promoting press freedom, has condemned the Department of State Services (DSS) for intimidating and harassing Jamiu Olayinka, a leader of the Ibeju-Lekki Peoples…
River Basin Authorities Burn N2.98b on Sewing Machines, Streetlights While Floods Hit States Hard
Despite Nigeria’s worsening flood crisis, some River Basin Development Authorities (RBDAs) have spent more than N2.98 billion on projects outside their core mandate in 2024, an FIJ analysis has shown.…
NCoS Mute on Efforts to Retrieve 281 Inmates Who Escaped Borno Prison After Flooding
The Nigerian Correction Service (NCoS), on Sunday, could not state its efforts to recover the 281 prisoners who fled the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Maiduguri after Flood overtook the…
NCoS Is Mute on Efforts to Retrieve 281 Inmates Who Escaped Borno Prison
The Nigerian Correction Service (NCoS), on Sunday, could not state its efforts to recover the 281 prisoners who fled the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Maiduguri after Flood overtook the…
Asari Dokubo ‘Led Boys’ to Disrupt IYC Election in Rivers. At Least 7 Died
Asari Dokubo, a former leader of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), has been fingered in the shooting that led to the deaths of at least seven people in Abuloma Community…
FACT-CHECK: Did Terrorists Linked to Al-Qaeda Take Over Kainji Forest?
A recirculating video across social media platforms has claimed that Jihadists linked to Al-Qaeda have arrived in Nigeria and taken over the Kainji Forest. This video was first shared within…
Hit-and-Run Cases Spark Fear Along Bad Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway Lanes
The rising cases of hit-and-run accidents, particularly with drivers moving against traffic, have alarmed residents near U-Turn and Salolo bus stops on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. They fear that, without government…