Foundation for Investigative Journalism

Dotun Usman (real name withheld), a Lagos resident, paid N52,280 via his OPay account on June 29 to offset a loan he took from Ease Cash, but neither financial institution can account for the whereabouts of the money. Usman told FIJ on Friday that he took a loan of N80,000 from Ease Cash on June 17, and he was to repay a total of N106,680 in two instalments. So, he decided to pay the first instalment on June 29, a day before the initial repayment was due.

Following FIJ’s report on the delayed construction of a community road in Odomola, Eredo Local Council Development Area, Lagos State, council chairman Ismail Monsuru Akinloye has attributed the delay to directives from the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources and the impact of the rainy season.

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for failing to probe claims that All Progressives Congress (APC) governors diverted N800 billion of public funds for campaign purposes. SERAP announced this on Sunday. The advocacy organisation said it filed the lawsuit against the electoral body at the Federal High Court in Abuja.

Policemen attached to the Zone D anti-cultism unit in Daleko, Mushin, Lagos State, have assaulted Salako Olayinka, a businessman who runs Sabii Chow & Grill. Olayinka was driving from Surulere to Fola Agoro on Saturday afternoon when a team of policemen in black jackets stopped him at Bishop Road en route Mushin. He remembers they had an unmarked Sienna vehicle and wielded guns. He was only able to tell they were policemen because they said so and had the word ‘Police’ written on their jackets.

Published 11th Jul, 2026 By Edem Udofia Temitope Olatoyese, an OPay customer is yet to return the erroneous N50,000 credit he received from Lagos resident Margaret Yakubu in May. Yakubu intended to send the sum to another person as payment for a thrift contribution. She told FIJ on May 21 that she was to receive a text message from the thrift contribution contact on May 1, stating her bank details.

Dennis Etiwe, a Lagos State resident, has told FIJ that Aslem Umogbai, a staff member of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has failed to refund N1.2 million which Alero Aina, his sister, paid him to renew her children’s passports. He explained that Aina, who is based in the UK, told him she was having issues renewing the passports where she was and hoped to get a waiver in Nigeria so it could be done in the country and sent to her family.

Car hire drivers operating at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos State, have accused the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) of introducing a policy that could force them out of business. In video clips circulating on social media on Friday, the drivers claimed FAAN had directed that only 2020 model vehicles and newer models would henceforth be approved for car hire operations at the airport.

Zainab Sodiq, the journalist detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) at its headquarters in Abuja, regained freedom on Friday. The DSS released her two days after detaining her when she reported to its office on Wednesday. Omoyele Sowore, a human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), who revealed that the DSS intended to frustrate his efforts to post bail by detaining the journalist, confirmed her release on Friday night.

It’s only 10 days into July and three journalists have been subjected to harassment by the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). These incidents have renewed concerns over press freedom and the treatment of journalists.

The website of the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Nigeria’s oldest psychiatric hospital, established in 1907, is back online. This development comes after FIJ’s story showed that the website was offline. Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital’s website In May, FIJ reported that the website was not functioning.