Tinubu Faces Lawsuit After Petitions Showed 7-Month-Old ‘Unlawful’ NiMet DG Appointment
President Bola Tinubu is about to face a lawsuit in August for retaining Charles Anosike, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet)’s director general, after petitions and letters showed that his appointment…
How Payfarmer’s Bamidele Alimi Vanished With Investors’ N400m After Police Freed Him and Told Them to ‘Go to Court’
Nnamdi Chukwu (not real name), a Lagos-based businessman, invested N15 million belonging to him and his cousin into Payfarmer in 2020, but when he did not get his yield on…
UPDATED: How ‘Rapist’ Police Were Looking for Chatted With Them Before Escaping
Akeem Akewe, man who raped 14-year-old in Alakuko on Monday night is now on the run, FIJ can report. FIJ learned that Akewe escaped when the police attempted to arrest…
Parents of Full-Grown Man Who ‘Raped’ 14-Year-old Girl in Lagos ‘Trying to Bury the Case’
The police have failed to arrest Akeem Akewe, a resident of Akewe Street, Opeloyeru bus stop, Alakuko in Lagos, who has been accused of raping a 14-year-old girl. A neighbour,…
Kogi Engineer Was Debited for Wema Bank Loan He Didn’t Take. Eight Months After, No Refund
In need of financial backup in 2023, Abu Opeyemi (not real name), a Kogi based engineer, approached a Wema Bank Branch in Lokoja for a loan. Opeyemi had learned that…
After FIJ’s Intervention, SAHCO Pays N100,000 for Bag Damaged During Overland Airways Flight
Skyway Aviation Handling Company PLC (SAHCO) has paid a N100,000 compensation to Tolulope Adeniran, an Abuja resident whose bag got damaged during a flight from Abuja to Kwara State. Adeniran…
BREAKING: EFCC Disappears From X
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s official X handle has disappeared from the microblogging platform. FIJ noticed on Tuesday afternoon that the account had ceased to exist online for…
First Bank Restricted Company’s Account Because of SCUML. 3 Years Later, SCUML Is Ready but Account Isn’t Reactivated
Tunde Oyeniran, the chief executive officer of Ekini White Tulip Consulting Limited, has expressed his frustration over the failure of First Bank to lift a restriction placed on his company’s…
Costs of Child Immunisation Vaccines Are Rising. More Children Will Contract Deadly Diseases
Before Eyinnaya‘s child clocked one, she was immunised for free at the National Hospital Abuja. But the gates of free immunisation were shut on father and daughter after she clocked…
Immigration Service Hasn’t Paid First 6 Months of Salaries to Staff Hired in 2023
A staff of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has told FIJ that he survived on loans in order to transport himself to work and pay his bills during the first…