‘We Should Clap for Police for Not Using Their AK47 on Sowore’ — Rep Yusuf Gagdi
Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, the House of Representatives member from the Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam Federal Constituency in Plateau State, said on Thursday that people should “clap” for the police for not using their…
Middleman Idris Musa Hijacks App Developer’s N215,000, Tells Him to Wait 3 Months for Refund
Moses Babajide, an Ondo-based app developer specialising in digital assets, needed to buy a Google Play Console Developer account in December. When he came across a Facebook user based in…
REPORT: For FG’s N2.4bn Projects, No Contractor Showed Up on Site
The Federal Government shelled out over N2.4 billion on fifteen projects across nine states in 2023, yet not a single contractor has shown up to work. This was documented by…
Lagos Security Guard Vincent Kekong Takes Friend’s N21m, Goes Silent
Opeyemi, an entrepreneur in Lagos State, has narrated how Vincent Kekong, a former security guard in Surulere, took his customer’s N21 million and became unreachable since September. Opeyemi told FIJ…
ALERT: Fake Navy, Air Force ‘Official Accounts’ Misleading Thousands on TikTok
Multiple TikTok accounts are impersonating the Nigerian Navy and Air Force, misleading Nigerians and potentially setting up recruitment scams. FIJ found that pages like the NigerianNavyHQ and HQNigerianAirforce posed as…
‘APC Threatening Our Witnesses’, PDP Tells Edo Gov Election Tribunal
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of threatening its witnesses billed to testify before the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday. Ken…
Dana Air Yet to Refund Passenger’s N224,170 for Flight Cancelled 30 Months Ago
Dana Air is yet to refund N224,170 to Emeka Obilor, a Lagos State resident whose Lagos to Enugu flight was cancelled by the airline in July 2022. FIJ had first…
FIJ Launches Incident Reporting Desk to Counter-Attack Journalistic Persecution
The Foundation for Investigative Journalism and Social Justice (FIJ) has launched an Incident Reporting Platform designed to assist journalists under attack in the course of discharging their professional duties. The…
JUST IN: Court Grants Sowore Bail
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted Omoyele Sowore, Publisher of Sahara Reporters and former presidential candidate, bail in a cybercrime case instituted against him by Inspector General of…
‘Congrats, You Won. Sorry, You Didn’t’. The Story of EFCC’s Vehicle Auction
On January 20, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) announced it was electronically auctioning some vehicles it had recovered from crimes and secured their forfeiture. It said the exercise…