IGP Describes FG’s Pardon of Minors as ‘Gesture of Magnanimity’
Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector General of Police, has described the freeing of some minors who joined the #EndBadGovernance protest from detention by the federal government as “a gesture of magnanimity”…
NLC’s Indefinite Strike Hits 5 States Over New Minimum Wage Implementation
The National Labour Congress (NLC) has embarked on an indefinite strike action in at least five states over the failure of state governments to implement the N70,000 minimum wage approved…
GIGM, Police Silent on Number of Abductees, Driver’s Status 2 Days After Kidnappers Attacked Bus in Kogi
The police and God is Good Motors (GIGM) are yet to confirm the number of abducted passengers and the status of a driver two days after kidnappers attacked their bus…
Bureaucracy Between Marine Ministry, NIWA Frustrates Firm Awarded 2023 Shipwreck Removal Contract
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has plunged a company it duly awarded a multi-million shipwreck removal contract to into debt after illegally stopping it from executing the contract. Following…
FLASHBACK: How Soldiers Detained, Held Another Journalist for 2 Weeks
Last week, the 6th Amphibious Division of the Nigerian Army based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, detained and held ‘Fisayo Soyombo, FIJ’s founder and editor-in-chief, incommunicado for three days. Soyombo…
NAFDAC Rejects Lagos Commissioner Tokunbo Wahab’s Misinformation on Viral Sachet Water Clip
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has rejected a claim from Tokunbo Wahab, Lagos State’s commissioner for environment and water resources, about its involvement in…
Text Exposes Another Yabatech Lecturer’s N500-per-Student Extortion Attempt
New evidence has come to light implicating Michael Gbelela, a Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech) lecturer, for his attempt to extort N500 from students. FIJ earlier published audio evidence of…
HYPPADEC Shortchanges Beneficiaries Who Should’ve Got Millions, Printers After 2-Year Wait
After conducting a youth transformation skill acquisition programme in 2022, the National Hydro Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) promised the participants a starter pack disbursement to kickstart their businesses.…
Defence Chief Admits Soldiers’ Involvement in Drugs, Arms Trafficking
Christopher Musa, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), has admitted that some personnel of the Nigerian Armed Forces have been involved in trafficking arms and illicit drugs. Musa made this…
Yabatech Lecturer Akindele Omotosho Extorts ‘Ordinary N500’ From Students ‘for Dockets’
Akindele Omotosho, a lecturer in the Mass Communication Department of Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech), has been extorting N500 from students, FIJ has gathered. Omotosho, a course adviser to National…