CBN, FIRS, Others Ignore Senate Invitation to Explain Missing Billions
Despite clear statutory provisions, key agencies including the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), the Nigeria Customs Service and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited…
Ikeja Electric Yet to Return Family’s Meter After 20 Months of ‘Troubleshooting’
In June 2023, Ikeja Electric (IE) personnel visited Olufunmi Aderinto (a pseudonym), a businesswoman living in Lagos, to fix her family’s prepaid meter. Aderinto, speaking with FIJ on Tuesday, said…
Ododo Gets Fresh N3bn for Kogi Govt House Renovation He Spent N2.29bn on in 2024
The Usman Ododo-led Kogi State government is set to spend N3 billion on renovating the state government house in 2025, FIJ has found. This is after the government spent N2,290,489,340.23…
Ogun Monarch Arraigned for Assaulting Elderly Chief in Viral Clip
Abdulsemiu Ogunjobi, a suspended traditional ruler of Orile Ifo, a town in Ogun State, has been arraigned in court for assaulting Abraham Arinola, an elderly man believed to be one…
Court Orders INEC to Pay N1.1bn Compensation to Family of Businessman Killed in 2019
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to pay N1.12 billion in compensation to the family of Mike Madu, a businessman killed in…
Locals Tense as Terrorists Kill 10 Within 5 Days in Plateau’s Mangu LGA
Armed men, suspected to be Fulani terrorists, killed at least 10 residents of Ward Two in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State between January 27 and Friday. Barry, a…
FACT-CHECK: TikTok Users Falsely Quote Trump on Nigerian Politicians’ Children, Property Roundup
Several accounts on TikTok, a social media platform for creating short videos, have claimed that Donald Trump, the president of the United States of America, has ordered the deportation of…
FLASHBACK: Jailed NHIS Ex-Boss Usman Yusuf Once Branded the Scheme’s Funds ‘Blood Money’
On Monday, a High Court in Abuja ordered the remand of Usman Yusuf, former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), at the Kuje Correctional Centre. Yusuf was…
91 Days Later, Nothing From Police on Investigating Minors’ Maltreatment in Detention
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is yet to conclude its investigation into the events that led to the detention, maltreatment and malnourishment of minors accused of participating in the August…
Evangelists on N30,000 Salary Resort to Begging as CAC Demands N350,000 Ordination Fee
Many among the 1,600 evangelists preparing for a pastoral ordination to be held in Osun State have resorted to begging to raise the N350,000 fee the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC)…