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24.10.2026 Accountability and Governance Women Affairs Ministry Breaches Financial Regulations by Sending N71.219m to Individuals for ‘Electoral Conference’
The Women Affairs Ministry has, in one day, paid a total sum of N71,219,000 into the personal accounts of two people for a ‘2027 electoral conference on women’s political participation’. These payments, made in seven tranches to Shaba Abayomi Olawole (four payments) and Dibor Ugochukwu C. (three payments), are listed on BudgIT’s Govspend Portal as advance payments for mobilisation of staff for the conferences in Lagos, Kwara, Kano and Bauchi.
23.10.2026 Featured Ogun Psychiatric Nursing Students Demand Investigation Into Asthmatic Colleague’s Death in Hospital
The School of Psychiatric Nursing, Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Ogun State, has been plunged into a state of chaos as the student body clashes with management over the death of Godwin Taiwo Ayodeji, a registered nurse who was pursuing his post-basic to become a psychiatric nurse. Ayodeji passed away on October 16 following an asthma attack he suffered while playing football with his colleagues.
22.10.2026 Featured NCDC’s Toll-Free Line Leads Callers, Who Could Have Ebola Updates, to Unusable Voicemail
Nigerians may find it difficult to report symptoms or new information about the spread of the Ebola virus to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) because its toll-free number now leads to voicemail and its listed WhatsApp number is not on the WhatsApp application. On Wednesday, FIJ published a story detailing how calls to the toll-free number (6232) were not connecting.
21.10.2026 Featured NCDC’s Toll Free Number Unresponsive Hours After Ebola Confirmation
The toll-free number of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), ‘6232’, is not taking calls hours after Nigeria recorded its first confirmed case of the Ebola virus disease in Abuja. NCDC announced on Tuesday that a woman who arrived in the capital city from Uganda tested positive for the disease and was in isolation. The centre also said that 44 contacts were identified in a bid to determine their status and curb a potential spread of the virus.
20.10.2026 EndSARS Watch INTERVIEW: ‘Soldiers Shot at Us Like We Were Boko Haram’, #EndSARS Gunshot Survivor
Matthew Ifeanyi Agbeze is a content creator and actor who goes by the stage name ‘Precious Stone’. Online, he publishes content via Precious Stone TV and Precious Ifeanyi Entertainment. That was his life before October 2020. In 2026 he is known as a survivor of a massacre. On October 20, 2020, Agbeze and his crew were at the toll gate in their orange vests.
20.10.2026 EndSARS Watch VIDEO: Police Teargas Rhodes-Vivour, Doherty, #EndSARS Memorial Protesters at Lekki Tollgate
Policemen have fired tear gas as they confronted protesters who gathered at the Lekki toll plaza in Lagos State on Tuesday to mark the sixth anniversary of the 2020 killing of #EndSARS protesters at the same location. Footage published live from the scene of the incident captures journalists, candidates of the 2027 Lagos governorship election, rights activists and protesters fleeing to safety.
18.10.2026 Featured Family Writes Lagos, Rejects 21-Year Sentence Plan for Lintex Ogale Who Stabbed Daughter 22 Times
The family of Deborah Okwori, an interior decorator who was killed in her Lagos home on September 3, 2025, is demanding a full-scale murder trial of Lintex Ogale, the self-confessed killer. Ogale has been in custody since the police arrested him at the scene of the crime in Dele Adedugbe Estate.
18.10.2026 Featured After FIJ’s Story, LAWMA Clears 6-Month-Old Waste From Neighbourhood
Relief has come for residents of Oluwole Street in the Oshodi area of Lagos State after officials of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) arrived on Thursday to evacuate rubbish that had defined the street for about six months. FIJ obtained pictures of the exercise, which residents described as a welcome development following repeated calls for LAWMA to act. Before Thursday, they had been paying their waste bills judiciously, despite receiving poor services.
16.10.2026 Featured After FIJ’s Story, Abia Police Return Illegally Seized iPhone to Salesman
The Abia State Police Command has returned an iPhone 16 belonging to Ebuka Bernard, an online fabrics salesman living in the Aba area of the state. FIJ previously published stories that detailed how the police arrested Bernard for speaking to the press about his business dispute with Esther Ogudo, his former boss who, according to him, failed to pay him for work he did for seven years. Policemen arrested Bernard on July 1 and held him in custody for three days before releasing him on July 4.
16.10.2026 Featured ‘Cultists’ Renovated Rivers Police Outpost, Filmed Unveiling. Authorities Reacted Only After Videos Became Public
The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Abuloma Police Station, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has lost his position following the circulation of videos showing what is believed to be the Viking cult celebrating renovating a police post on Thursday. Blessing Agabe, spokesperson for the police command in Rivers, confirmed the DPO’s removal to FIJ on Friday over a telephone conversation. “Yes, I issued a statement to that effect,” she told FIJ.
13.10.2026 Featured I Was Behind It… I Ensured ‘Good Candidate’ Failed in Edo Election, Says Wike
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has claimed that he and other politicians conspired to ensure that “a very good candidate” did not win the 2024 governorship election in Edo State because they did not want the incumbent, Godwin Obaseki, to select his successor. The September 2024 election was marred by electoral violence and results manipulation.
11.10.2026 Featured After FIJ’s Story, Viral Lagos Life Game Updates Access Policy for Adult Content
The famous Lagos Life simulation game has updated its access policy to allow only users who are at least 18 years old to access the platform. This comes a few days after an FIJ story exposed how an illegal sex worker platform had gained advertising space and put up several posters for the game’s users to click and access them. Less than 24 hours after that story was published, the Shalom Rayhamen-led game took down the ads and left the space blank.
10.10.2026 Accountability and Governance Lagos Police Protects Policeman Salami Lateef Who Extorted N100,000 From Victim
Lagos State Police Command and the Area H Command have continued to threaten prosecution against Safiyanu Labbo, a resident of Oshodi, who innocently bought a phone, which turned out to be stolen. On October 1, FIJ published a story detailing how police officer Salami Lateef arrested Labbo after tracing the phone to him and threatened to prosecute him along with the seller if he did not pay N100,000.
07.10.2026 Featured After FIJ’s Story, Lagos Life Game Scrubs Off Illegal Pimping Website Ad
Less than 24 hours after FIJ revealed that the viral ‘Lagos Life’ game was hosting adverts of an illegal website that pimps sex workers to customers, the creators have now scrubbed the ads off the platform. On Tuesday, FIJ found that the six-day-old simulation game, created by Ijeoma Shalom Rayhamen, had begun to host adverts on in-game billboards and on the surface of what it describes as the ‘Lagos lagoon’.
06.10.2026 ALERT SPOTTED: Viral ‘Lagos Life’ Game Hosts Illegal Website Pimping Sex Workers
Over the past few days, Nigerians from across the world have caught the infectious Lagos Life bug that has kept them glued to their screens. The online simulation game has people living out their fantasies and interacting in what mirrors everyday life in Lagos. However, FIJ spotted on Tuesday that the online platform lagoslife.app now hosts an illegal website that pimps sex workers to willing customers.
06.10.2026 Featured After Confessing to Fraud, Godwin Onuh Offers FIJ N1m to Delete Story for Political Ambition Sake
Godwin Ugbedeojo Onuh, a self-confessed fraudster, has attempted to bribe FIJ with N1 million to delete a report detailing how he admitted committing financial crime. On September 29, FIJ published a story following Onuh’s attempts to expose how policemen attached to the CP Tactical Squad in Elemoro, Lagos State, were demanding N10 million from Emmanuel Abubakar, his friend.
06.10.2026 Featured Ex-Employees Accuse Founder Stephen Akintayo, GText Homes of ‘Unfair Practices’, but Company Labels Them All Liars
Former staff of GText Homes, a real estate company, have taken to social media to call out what they described as unfair practices by the company and Stephen Akintayo, its founder. On TikTok and X, the ex-staff have claimed that the company owed them salaries, terminated their contracts arbitrarily, treated them poorly, and often made publications that painted them in bad light.
04.10.2026 Featured Policemen Threaten to Frame Lagos Car Dealer as Kidnapper Before Executing N200,000 Extortion
A team of policemen is facing accusations of abuse of power and extortion following a September 25 incident in the Berger area of Lagos State. Pamilerin Adedeji, a lady residing in the UK, claimed on Saturday that the police accosted Akinsola Akinade, whom she refers to as her brother, and threatened to arrest him as a kidnapping suspect if he did not pay them for his freedom.
02.10.2026 Featured VIDEO: Edo APC Chairman Tenebe Threatens ‘AK-47 Fire’ If Opposition Hinder Votes for Tinubu
Jarrett Tenebe, the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Edo State Chapter, has issued a threat to people he describes as opponents to the party’s plan to secure 2.5 million votes for President Bola Tinubu during the 2027 presidential election. In a video shared on X on Friday by Leadership Newspaper, Tenebe can be seen addressing a crowd while holding a microphone.
01.10.2026 Featured Lagos Police Extort N100,000 From Detained Phone Buyer Despite Confirming His Innocence
Area H Police Command, Ogudu, Lagos State, has detained and insisted on charging Safiyanu Labbo, a resident of Oshodi, for alleged conspiracy to steal a phone, a crime the officers believe he did not commit. Labbo purchased a mobile phone from a man in his neighbourhood, and was using it until Tuesday when policemen traced the phone to him. It had been reported stolen. Upon reaching Labbo, they arrested and kept him behind bars, where he told them the story of his purchase.
30.09.2026 Featured After FIJ’s Story, UK Resident Adaku Asinobi-Metu Returns N5m of N35.5m to Nigerian Couple, Proposes Monthly N1m Refund
Adaku Asinobi-Metu, a woman who resides in the United Kingdom and has taken money from Nigerians to facilitate jobs for them in foreign countries, has now returned N5 million to Ifeanyi Asagwara (not his real name), a businessman who paid her N35.5 million for a job placement that never came. On September 10, FIJ reported on how Asinobi-Metu pledged to get a visa and certificate of sponsorship to work with the Nigerian High Commission in the UK for Asagwara’s wife but failed to get either.
29.09.2026 Extra ‘Dear FIJ, We Are Fraudsters, but Lagos Police Wants N10m to Keep Us From EFCC’
“At this point, I need to be open and very honest. He does fraud. Yes.” These were the words of Godwin Ugbedeojo Onuh, a resident of the Ajah area in Lagos State. On Friday, Onuh sent an SOS to FIJ following the arrest of Emmanuel Abubakar, his friend. He was agitated and had got this reporter’s phone number from another friend of his.
26.09.2026 Featured Lagos Task Force Injure Motorcyclist, Seize Bike Just to Get Him to Part With N52,000
Operatives of the Lagos State Task Force in Oshodi have inflicted bodily harm on Usman Garba, a commercial motorcyclist (Okada rider), and extorted N52,000 from him to return his motorcycle, which they seized on Sunday. Garba told FIJ that he had retired for the day on Saturday when he got a call that jolted him out of bed. This call came at about 1 am from a resident of the area, who patronises him often.
19.09.2026 Featured Sterling Bank Makes Month-Old N50 Stamp Duty Refund Only After Customer Threatens Legal Action
Sterling Bank withheld a N50 stamp duty refund from Lagos businessman Abdulrauf Kazeem for a month. The moment Kazeem threatened to take legal action, the bank returned the N50 immediately. On August 2, Kazeem made a N25,000 transfer from his Sterling Bank account to Khadijah Bello, his friend. Unfortunately, the money never got to the recipient. Failed transfers happen often, but this case was peculiar.
13.09.2026 Accountability and Governance UCH Pharm Director Adeyinka Ishola Sold Donated Tricycle. Not Getting Sacked Divided Hospital Staff
General hospitals in Nigeria may boast expertise and cost-friendly care, which is within the reach of the average Nigerian, but they often face funding shortfalls and lack in several departments that hinder better service delivery. Donations from private and public entities, as well as government interventions, are crucial to the functioning of these facilities.
06.09.2026 Featured 2 Months After FIJ’s Story, Lagos Police Nab Suspects in 21-Year-Old’s Murder Probe
Two months after the gruesome murder of Samuel Akala, a 21-year-old student and resident of Oshodi in Lagos State, the police have nabbed suspects who have confessed to the crime, FIJ has gathered. On Friday, residents told FIJ that the Akinpelu station got a tip-off on August 26 and arrested a man known as Toheeb, alias OBJ, for public disturbance and breach of peace, but at the station, more allegations surfaced, leading to a transfer to the Lagos State Police Command.
06.09.2026 Featured Lagos Police Removes Bode Thomas DPO Arit Abang Following Multiple Cameos in Extortion Stories
The Lagos State Police Command has removed and replaced Arit Abang as Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the Bode Thomas police division following multiple reports of abuse of office, extortions and questionable arrests. On Friday, Abimbola Adebisi, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the command, shared a post on X captioned ‘Here is the updated telephone directory of all Area Commanders and DPOs’.
04.09.2026 Featured After FIJ’s Intervention, Lagos Anti-Cultism Police Release Wrongfully Arrested Driver
The police anti-cultism squad in Daleko, Isolo, Lagos State, has released Benjamin Iyanam, an Uber driver whom they arrested at about 2:30 am on Friday. This follows Iyanam’s SOS to FIJ at 6:37 am. Upon receiving his message, this reporter approached the police to enquire about the reason for the detention. Iyanam’s message read, “I am at anti-cult by Iyana-Isolo, please help me out. They carried me at NNPC by 4 am. They asked me to make some calls so I can leave here.
04.09.2026 Featured DISPLACED FROM BALLOTS: As Election Nears, Insecurity Suppresses IDPs’ Right to Vote
The 2027 general election is a couple of days away. Weeks if you like. One may say in less than six months, but when January and February come around in the new year, the biggest talking point for Nigerians would be, “Who governs the country and 28 states for the next four years?” It is campaign season already, and every registered political party fielding a candidate is allowed to communicate their ideas and messages to win over as many registered voters as they can.
03.09.2026 Featured ‘Submit to Us’: Another APC Politician Threatens, Warns Opposition to Stay Away From Electorate
On Wednesday, a video clip emerged with Eze Paul Ituma, the newly sworn-in Chairman of Ohaukwu LGA, Ebonyi State, telling opposition to stay away from the LGA and submit to the All Progressives Congress (APC), his party.
02.09.2026 Featured Random Nigerian Men Board Public Transport Only to Sexually Harass Women, Masturbate Openly
Over the past two days, videos of Nigerian women detailing how men sexually harass them in commercial transport systems across the country have dominated the social media space. They describe how men either touch them inappropriately or indecently expose themselves and, in some instances, masturbate to a point where they leave stains on the women or until they are confronted.
31.08.2026 Featured After FIJ’s Story, Police Withdraw, Lagos CDAs Agree to Resolve Communal Issues
Stakeholders in Adebola Community, Bode Thomas, Lagos State, have met and pledged to resolve their differences without any further hostilities. Following the publication of a story by FIJ on Tuesday, political actors stepped in and called for a meeting. This follows months of aggression between the Community Development Associations (CDAs) in the area and some residents.
31.08.2026 Featured Doctor Nathan Nekabari Collected N13m, Failed to Secure Canada Job for UK-Based Nigerian. It Wasn’t His First Time
Ifedayo Doko, a Nigerian doctor based in the UK, has accused Nathan Nekabari, another doctor working in Nigeria, of taking his N13 million and failing to facilitate an advertised job in Canada. Doko told FIJ that between September 2024 and April 2025, he paid two tranches of N9 million and N4 million to the Globus Bank account of Global Horizons Academy Limited, a company Nekabari owns. One year later, he hasn’t received the promised job offer or got a refund.
29.08.2026 Featured Police Portal Took Applicant’s N30,000 Twice Without Producing PC Certificate. It Offered No Refund
Victor Unachukwu, a Lagos State resident, opened the Police Specialised Services Automation Project (POSSAP) portal on Monday to apply for a police character certificate (PCC). A service downtime soon led to the loss of his N30,000 application fee twice and his need to visit a physical station, where he had to pay an extra N50,000 to get it done. Unachukwu told FIJ that he had undergone the process smoothly in the past. The document he acquired earlier had expired.
27.08.2026 Featured INEC’s Website in Disarray Shortly After Whistleblower Exposes Third-Party Gambling on Its Webpages
Some sections of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s website contain broken links and uncategorised content hours after Martin Uwakwe, an AI governance professional, revealed that some pages led to gambling articles. On Wednesday, Uwakwe took to X to disclose that during his tour of the inecnigeria.org website, he found up to 28 casino and gambling articles.
25.08.2026 Featured Lagos CDA Chairmen Signed Petition for Police to Probe Residents. One Evades Questions, Threatens to Call DSS on FIJ
Adebola Community in the Bode Thomas area of Lagos State has endured more than its fair share of political and human rights attention in recent weeks following reports of arbitrary police arrests and extortions. These incidents, documented in isolation, have opened a window into claims of abuse of power and violation of human rights amid claims of insecurity.
24.08.2026 Featured After FIJ’s Story, Lagos Police Release 60-Year-Old Father They Unlawfully Detained for 7 Days
The State Intelligence Department (SID) of the Lagos State Police Command has released 60-year-old Kazeem Raji, a resident of the state whom they arrested and detained since August 17 in lieu of Zainab Raji, his daughter. They released him on Sunday after FIJ published a story earlier in the day about how the Festac police arrested Kazeem and handed him over to the SID when he visited the station to explain Zainab’s absence due to illness.
23.08.2026 Featured EFCC Announced Release of Detained BUK Final-Year Student. It Still Held Her Until She Missed Exam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has come under fire for its 35-day detention of Maryam Isah Shehu, a final-year student of the Bayero University Kano (BUK), who is accused of defaming an EFCC official. Shehu, according to Headfort, a law firm which provides pro bono legal services, was supposed to write an examination on Saturday but could not do so because she was holed up in the Suleja correctional facility in Abuja.
23.08.2026 Featured Lagos Police Unlawfully Detain 60-Year-Old Father for Days in Daughter’s ‘Fraud’ Probe
The State Intelligence Department (SID) of the Lagos State Police Command is detaining 60-year-old Kazeem Raji, a resident of the state, in lieu of Zainab Raji, his daughter, who is a person of interest in a fraud investigation the Festac police station launched in May. FIJ learnt of Kazeem’s detention on Saturday when Cadmus Roberts, his lawyer, took to X to call out the police for failing to grant a bail application he filed on Friday.
21.08.2026 Featured Lagos Trader Confessed on Game Show That She Set Up Friend’s Rape. ‘Appropriate Authorities’ Said Evidence ‘Insufficient’
No action was taken after Cruise TV, a platform that hosts game shows on YouTube, brought together five female traders from Lagos to compete for the chance to win or split N1 million and one of the contestants confessed to arranging her friend’s rape over seven months ago. On January 24, the episode in which Ogechi Chimeka, Angel Chinenye, Nengi Oyobolo, Success Stephen and an older Mrs Adenuga all competed for the prize aired.
20.08.2026 Featured YABATECH Lecturer Lawal Lateef Was Arrested in Hotel Amid Sex-for-Grade Plot. He Got Bail, No Charge Yet
The management of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) has set up an investigative panel to probe the actions of 53-year-old Lawal Olaitan Lateef, a lecturer in the Computer Technology department, who is accused of trying to sexually exploit one of his students. Despite ongoing police probe, no charge has been brought against him. On Wednesday, Adekunle Adams, YABATECH’s head of public relations, told FIJ that a panel was looking into the matter but was wary of preempting an ongoing police probe.
18.08.2026 Featured After FIJ’s Intervention, Lagos Police Return N200,000 to Surulere Resident They Extorted
The Bode Thomas police division has returned N200,000, which they extorted on July 26 from Courage Agburum, a resident of Adebola Street, off Adeniran Ogunsanya, Surulere, Lagos State. Agburum visited the station on Monday after FIJ called Olawale Agoro, the policeman who arrested and detained him for two days. Agoro said that he had invited the victim to see Arit Abang, the DPO of the station.
17.08.2026 Featured Lagos Police Detained Resident, Car With Dealer Number Plate. They Extort N10,000 From Him
Oluyemi Olaosebikan, a car dealer living in Lagos State, was returning home from the Igando area on Thursday night after dropping off his girlfriend, who lives there. Moments later, he would be forced to empty his bank account to appease policemen who threatened to charge him for driving without a number plate. The vehicle he was driving had a dealer number plate because it was for sale, but when he reached a checkpoint, the police officers there told him he had broken the law.
15.08.2026 Featured ‘MSC Container World’ Drew Nigerian Investors in by Mimicking Shipping Giant. It Traps Their Millions
MSC Container World, a suspicious scheme mimicking Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), is ripping Nigerians off millions of naira by getting them to invest their money in the hopes of reaping profits that several investors complain about not receiving. Available on the Google Play Store but not on the Apple App Store, the application has over 10,000 downloads and mixed reviews at press time.
15.08.2026 Featured After FIJ’s Story, Lagos Demolishes Comatose PHC in Community With Failing Health
Lagos State Government and the Agboyi-Ketu Local Council Development Area (LCDA) have demolished the primary health centre in Agboyi ahead of construction efforts to install a better health facility in the area. This comes two weeks after FIJ reported on how unsanitary practices, poverty, and a failing primary health centre were contributing to the poor healthcare of children in the area.
12.08.2026 Featured After FIJ’s Story, Lagos Policemen Return N40,000, Bag Sanctions for Extortion
Two policemen attached to the Bode Thomas police station in Lagos State have returned the N40,000 they extorted on July 25 from Kemi Sijuade, a 52-year-old woman who sells alcoholic drinks in the area. The men, identified simply as Agoro and Fawaz, appeared before the state police command’s Complaint Response Unit (CRU) on Monday following two FIJ stories (here and here) which detailed the event and their attempts to suppress evidence.
10.08.2026 Featured YABATECH Student Accused Lecturer Lawal Lateef of Sex-for-Grade Plot. Her Father, Police Corner Him in Hotel
Lawal Olaitan Lateef is a 53-year-old lecturer in Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH)‘s Computer Technology department. He is being accused of abusing his office by trying to have sexual intercourse with one of his students. On Thursday, Lateef started his day by going to the institution as usual. From the conversations he had the previous day, he was preparing to meet a female student in a hotel in the Oyingbo area of Lagos State, where he planned to have sex with her.
08.08.2026 Featured ‘What Is It That You Want’: Lagos Policeman Visits House of Victim to Kill Extortion Case
Policemen attached to the Bode Thomas police division in Lagos State have begun to panic and attempt to suppress evidence after the Lagos State Police Command summoned them to appear on Monday. The summons follows an FIJ story which detailed how policemen Agoro and Fawaz assaulted and extorted money from a POS operator and Kemi Sijuade, a saleswoman, on July 25. From Sijuade, the policemen took N40,000 and cans of Black Bullet energy drink, after first demanding N100,000.
06.08.2026 Featured NAPTIP Acknowledged FIJ’s Findings on Pimping in Massage Businesses. It Says ‘We Only Probe Petitions’
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has claimed that it cannot act on findings that FIJ submitted to it on the activities of pimps operating mobile massage services. On Thursday, NAPTIP’s Lagos office told FIJ that it only probes matters that members of the public submit to it in the form of petitions. This is despite promising on July 15 to look into the findings.
05.08.2026 Featured Police Were Called to Combat Criminality in Lagos Community. They Extort N40,000 From Trader on the Side
The CDA leaders in the Opeoluwa Sanya community of Bode Thomas, Lagos State, petitioned the Bode Thomas police division to stop criminal activities plaguing their neighbourhoods in recent months. However, the policemen extorted others along the way. The police’s intervention has led to the detention and extortion of N40,000 and market wares from Kemi Sijuade, a 52-year-old saleswoman, and an unnamed POS operator.
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