Some Streets in Lagos’ Ebute-Metta in Darkness for 6 Months Over Faulty Transformer
Around 3 pm on Saturday, the national grid collapsed, making it the fourth time in 2024. This news made headlines, but the residents of Jones Street, Jebba Street and Odaliki…
After FIJ’s Story, Festus Basil Makes N500,000 Partial Refund to Customer
Festus Basil, a self-acclaimed entrepreneur and CEO of Bas Wealth World Ltd., has made a N500,000 partial refund to Uchechi Ewiwilem, an Ebonyi State-based businesswoman. This came five months after…
Oyomesi Chiefs to EFCC: Lukman Gbadegesin Offered Us N15m Each to Become Alaafin
Lamidi Oyewale and Asimiyu Atanda, Oyomesi chiefs, have told the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that Lukman Gbadegesin offered each of the five kingmakers N15 million during the Alaafin…
Why LASTMA Officers Made a Scene in Ikeja on Friday
Some officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) caused public apprehension when they descended on some transporters in the Ikeja area of Lagos State on Friday afternoon. A…
ALERT: Budget Office Website Not Letting Visitors View, Download Documents
Visitors can neither view nor download documents on the Budget Office website, FIJ has found. On Saturday, FIJ checked the website and attempted to download the 2024 Appropriation Act, but…
After FIJ’s Story, FRSC Pays N12m in Deceased Official’s Entitlements to Her Son
Justus Obasi, an Anambra-based man, can now breathe a sigh of relief after his family received some of the entitlements of his deceased mother, a former staffer of the Federal…
Finding Afam: Lagos Police Took Him in 2019 but Can’t Produce Him Now
This is a developing story… A man traveled from Anambra State to Lagos in February 2019 to seek employment opportunities and promises of a life better than the one he…
International Funders Threaten to Withdraw as Nigeria Fails to Meet Digital ID Project Deadline
The French Development Agency (AFD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have threatened to withdraw their funding from Nigeria’s Digital Identification for Development (ID4D) project if the World Bank ceases…
Surajudeen Odunewu Won’t Return N5m to Friend He Duped Before Relocating to Canada
Despite promising a refund in April, Surajudeen Odunewu has not returned the N5 million he took from Ayeni Olusakin (not his real name), a friend and business partner, after selling…
IKEDC Asks Customer to Pay Strange N335,981 Debt After Mismatching His Details
In January 2023, Godstime Agho, a Lagos-based resident, paid Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) N63,378 for a new single-phase prepaid meter. Agho, speaking with FIJ, said that on February 17,…