Nigeria Loses Armoured Vehicles Worth N1.59b to Bandits in Viral Video
Nigerian troops, while engaging terrorists affiliated to Bello Turji, a notorious bandit kingpin, in a gun battle, have lost two Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles worth N1.59 billion. An MRAP…
Dana Air Still Holding Abuja Software Developer’s N231,000 Months After Cancelling Flights
Tim Koffi (not real name), a software developer living in Abuja, is still awaiting a N231,000 refund from Dana Air months after the Nigerian airline cancelled two flights he booked.…
Akpabio, Speaker Abbas Sued Over N2.3b Monthly Running Cost
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued Godswill Akpabio, Nigeria’s Senate President, and Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives, over N21 million monthly running cost payments…
Police CP Detains Officer for Trying to Protect Lagos Barracks, Children During #EndBadGovernance Protest
Fasuba Olabode, a commissioner of police in charge of the Lagos Police College, has ordered the detention and trial of Bright Idiare, an inspector of police, who planned to protect…
Former Youth Leader Phillip Oyibo Awani ‘Rapes’ 14-Year-Old in Delta, Invites Her to Shrine
Phillip Oyibo Awani, a former youth leader in Okere, a community in Warri, Delta State, has asked a 14-year-old to swear in his shrine to prove his innocence after her…
‘No Bath for 3 Months, Inmates Died’ — Graduate Recounts Prison Life Employer Wrongfully Gave Him
“By the time I came out of prison… Over four people died that week in my cell. We were 190 in the cell and the bunks were not up to…
Kano PPRO Says Police Are Clueless, State Govt ‘Used Court to Arrest’ Radio Journalist
Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the spokesperson of the Kano State Police Command, told FIJ on Saturday that the state government used a court to arrest radio journalist Muktar Dahiru, and that…
Moniepoint Told Student to Pay Before Unfreezing His Account. It Could Not Explain Why
Moniepoint, a fintech company operating in Nigeria, could not explain why it asked a customer to pay more money into his bank account to lift a restriction placed on said…
Taraba Civil Servant Awaits N73,080 Refund 3 Months After Dana Air Cancelled Flight
On April 2, Dahiru Sambo, a civil servant living in Taraba, paid N73,080 for an Abuja-Lagos ticket with Dana Air, a Nigerian airline. This was without knowledge that the same…
Under DIG Alabi’s Watch, FCID Policemen Still Hawk PCC, Negotiate Illegal N65,000 Fee
Policemen attached to the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) in Abuja continue to advertise police character certificates (PCCs) to passersby for illegal fees, FIJ has confirmed. Even with Abiodun Alabi,…