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At least 11 journalists have been killed in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (Hamas), a Palestinian armed group. According to The New York Times, nine out…
The Kano State government has spent over N1.6 billion on mass weddings in the last four years. It has become a policy for the government of the state to undertake…
The community development association (CDA) chairman of Sokeye Estate in Ogun State has condemned Dapo Abiodun, the state governor, over a 25 kg bag of rice sent to him as…
Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) comptroller general, has ordered a probe into the violation of ministerial directives on the new timeframe of passport issuance. Adepoju disclosed this…
Trolls supporting Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the minister of interior, have launched an attack on FIJ’s story that revealed that passport processing time still takes as long as six months, despite the…
On Thursday, some members of the 10th Senate accused Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, of hastily passing certain bills without properly informing them. During a session, Ali Ndume, the senator…
Emmanuel Okhuelegbe, the Lagos-based filmmaker who owns Signature Film Studio, is yet to pay wages of actors he hired in February 2023. Days before the February 25 presidential election, Okhuelegbe…
Changing passwords on suspecting intrusion into one’s bank accounts and contacting the bank to inform them of suspicious activities are usually the right steps to prevent fraud, but all this…
Access Bank Plc has refunded N700,000 to one of its customers, a Lagos-based businesswoman whose money was wrongly debited in June. The Access Bank customer got the refund at 7:15…
Part-time lecturers at Wesley University, Ondo State, have bemoaned months-long delay in the payment of their salaries. Musa Yisa (not real name), who worked at the school as a part-time…
The federal government of Nigeria has said that it plans to use a $617 million fund it received from the Africa Development Bank (AFDB), the French Development Agency (AFD) and…
Nigerians were paying about N1,034 to get a dollar on Thursday. On Tuesday, the naira slipped to 1,025 USD. Wednesday maintained the same suboptimal slip. All reports, and Nigerians by…
Maureen Abarugu, a Lagos-based entrepreneur, has accused Emmanuel Elue of Emmalich Ventures of misappropriating the funds she collected while working with the firm and leaving her to bear the financial…
Since assuming office, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the minister of interior, has made multiple commitments, especially as it concerns passport issuance and the operations of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). One of…
The appointment of Ola Olukoyede, a former secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), as the chairman of the anti-graft agency has sparked some controversies. FIJ observed that…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has ignored multiple calls for the release of Chike Ibezim, an Anambra State indigene, as ordered by the Federal High Court, Abuja. FIJ called Muyiwa…
Ibrahim Bello, a customer of Azman Air, has narrated how the airline failed to refund his N130,000 after cancelling his flight in January. Bello told FIJ that he paid the…
A fraudulent online vendor is targeting Facebook users, FIJ can report. The vendor blocked Rita Idu (not real name), an Akwa Ibom State resident, after failing to deliver the pairs…
Sarafa Toheeb (not real name), a resident of Osun State, has narrated how some phone marketers deceived his sister and several other people into buying low-quality phones in Ile-Ife. Toheeb…
More than a week after the questionable arrest of Samira Sabou in her home in Niamey, Niger Republic, the journalist is yet to regain freedom. On September 30, Sabou was…
