UK-Based Nigerian Paid BDC Operator N1.98m for £1,000. He Failed to Deliver, Stopped Communicating
Fatimah Abolade (not real name), a UK-based student from Nigeria, should have settled an outstanding £1,000 transaction in the city of Manchester on February 7, but a failed naira-to-pounds trade…
Lagos Lecturer Bags Life Sentence for Rape
A Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja, Lagos State, has convicted and sentenced Kolawole Muyiwa, a part-time lecturer at Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, to life imprisonment for…
Akpoti Accuses Akpabio of Making Repeated Suggestive Remarks to Her
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the lawmaker representing Kogi Central, has accused Godswill Akpabio, the senate president, of directing suggestive remarks at her on different occasions. Akpoti-Uduaghan, who appeared on Arise TV on…
Another Nigerian Wants £9,000 Back from ‘Oluomo of Derby’ Over Failed CoS Deal
Akin Smith (pseudonym), a Nigerian resident in the United Kingdom, has told FIJ he still wants the £9,000 Benjamin Kuti, popularly known as Oluomo of Derby, took from him in…
Passengers Stranded as Air Peace Moves Abuja–Lagos Flight 3 Times in 24 Hours
Passengers bound for an Abuja–Lagos flight of Air Peace are currently stranded at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport due to a delay caused by the airline. FIJ understands that these passengers…
Lagos Lawmaker Confirms APC Leadership’s Involvement in Speaker Tussle
Ogundipe Stephen Olukayode, the lawmaker representing Oshodi-Isolo Constituency 1 in the Lagos State House of Assembly, confirmed All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership’s involvement in an ongoing power tussle between ex-speaker…
Lagos Customer’s N53,000 Missing Between GTB, Wema, Baxi for 5 Months
For many Nigerians, a failed bank transaction can mean days, weeks or even months of frustration and moving from one financial institution to another in search of answers. When Lagos…
Ireland Names Fifth Suspect in Asylum-Seeking Nigerian’s Murder Case
Bakuani Diavisi, a 25-year-old resident of Cardy Rock, Balbriggan, in Dublin, Ireland, has been announced as the fifth suspect in an ongoing Gardai investigation to bring the killers of Quam…
FUOYE Panel Gets Additional 3 Weeks to Present Sexual Harassment Report on VC Fasina
The Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) panel investigating Vice Chancellor Abayomi Fasina over sexual harassment accusations has got a additional three weeks to present its report. On February 20, Victor Ndoma-Egba,…
NAFDAC Silent 7 Weeks After ‘Inviting’ Chinese Supermarket That Sold Expired, Unwholesome Products to Nigerians
More than seven weeks since the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it invited the management of Oriental Supermarket, Abuja, for selling expired and unwholesome…