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Street Media Solutions, a creative agency, has made a partial payment of N120,000 to ex-employee Boluwatife Akintola, a motion designer, months after FIJ reported on the delayed disbursement. The agency also sent pre-action letters to both Akintola and FIJ, demanding an apology and retraction of the earlier publication. FIJ reported in April that the agency […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has commenced the display of the preliminary voters’ register ahead of the 2027 general elections. But, at press time, the commission’s website had no preliminary registers available to display. Through announcements by Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in states including Plateau, Sokoto and Taraba, INEC said the exercise […]

A recent check at Abuja outlets of the state-owned petroleum firm revealed that drivers using traditional payment methods parted with N1,405 per litre on October 9, whereas those transacting via its proprietary mobile application paid N1,339. This N66 price gap immediately prompts a vital consideration: against a backdrop of crushing economic hardship, how much genuine […]

Sixteen days to the October 31 deadline for publishing their third-quarter budget implementation reports, only one of Nigeria’s 36 states has made its report publicly available. When FIJ checked the state governments’ official websites and budget portals on Thursday, it found that all the states except Delta have budget reports from the second quarter, which […]

Federal government payment records show that the National Space Research and Development Agency (NSRDA) disbursed a total of N746.7 million for projects with no apparent connection to space science all in one day. FIJ found that in 14 separate payments to 13 distinct companies, NSRDA released over N700 million on June 15 for projects ranging […]

Iortyom Bemgba, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Mata (Ushongo I) constituency in Benue State, is 957 years old according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Bemgba is one of three candidates INEC has listed as being over 100 years old in its final list for the 2027 State House of Assembly elections. […]

On Sunday, officers of the Kano State Police Command prevented opposition members rejecting the second-term bid of President Bola Tinubu from accessing the venue of a meeting planned within the state. The group, called the Tinubu-Must-Go (TMG) movement, have openly criticised Tinubu’s administration and had planned to meet to exchange ideas on how to prevent […]

On August 13, graduate of Olabisi Onabanjo University Abdulmujeeb Busari applied for a job via job search platform Indeed. It was a remote transcription role under the ‘Opencipher Tech’ listing. Six days later, Busari received an official shortlisting notification via email. Although Busari had applied to Opencipher Tech, he received the shortlisting notification from Worknesta. […]

In an escalating push to tighten domestic immigration controls, American authorities have publicly disclosed the identities of 24 Nigerian nationals taken into custody on suspicion of various criminal infractions. The public disclosure aligns with the Donald Trump administration’s broader interior enforcement campaign, which has seen Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) execute apprehension operations across several […]

Despite my personal dread of air travel, I never tire of listening to aviators recount their experiences aloft. Hearing them describe the handling of colossal machines sailing tens of thousands of feet overhead—sustained entirely by aerodynamic forces—fills me with childlike fascination. Aviation is generally safe, yet whenever catastrophic failures happen, the devastation is profound unless […]

Regulators have granted Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE permission to prolong its initial public offering, giving prospective buyers an extra fortnight to purchase shares in the mega-facility. The subscription exercise, which kicked off on September 14, 2026, was initially slated to conclude on October 13. Following clearance from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), […]

National health sovereignty must not become the currency used to pay for international assistance. Prior to moving billions in funding and exporting indigenous biological specimens across oceans, the administration of President Bola Tinubu must clearly articulate the tangible benefits, inherent liabilities, and ultimate ownership mechanisms embedded within this arrangement. Attempting to revitalize a fragile medical […]