Written by Michael Ijandir lives in Shuwa, a border community in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State that has Cameroon to the east of it. His eyes have seen nearly three decades of peace, insecurity, displacement and hunger that have come to define the evolution of his community and people. When the Boko Haram sect began … Continue reading “SPECIAL REPORT: Madagali LGA Residents ‘Pay’ Army With Labour, Money for Peace”
Students of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) have spoken to FIJ about the dangers and fears they faced after Deborah Atanda, a fellow student, was found dead on campus. The corpse of Atanda, the FUOYE student earlier reported missing, was found on the university campus on Wednesday. Before her death, Atanda was a 200-level stream … Continue reading “‘Not the First Time’: FUOYE Students Speak of Fears After Nursing Student’s Death on Campus”
After FIJ’s Opeyemi Lawal got kicked out of Newedge Finance Limited (Palmcredit) for missing a day of training, she applied to work at two more loan agencies — Mayshack and Rock Financials. At Rock Financials, where she worked for three days as a collection specialist, she found that the rot of loan agencies ran deeper … Continue reading “UNDERCOVER: Inside Rock Financials, a Madhouse Worse than Palmcredit, Where I Recovered Loans With ‘Tears’”
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Members of the Nigerian Armed Forces (NAF) paid their last respects to 22 of their fallen troops at the National cemetery in Abuja on Friday. On August 13, 14 troops were killed in a terrorist ambush in Niger State’s Zungeru-Kagara area. Airforce, naval, and military troops sent to evacuate them were also killed in a … Continue reading “TABLE: Names, Profiles of Soldiers Killed in Niger Terrorist Attack”
On August 17, Yusuf Lawal was asked by his employer, Cedric Masters Autos, a Lagos State-based auto dealership company, to help deliver a brand new Toyota Corolla to an Abuja-based client. Since the company planned on delivering two cars to two separate clients in the same Abuja on the same day, Lawal was mandated to … Continue reading “‘Soldiers’ Killed Driver of 2022 Toyota Corolla and Stole the Car. A WhatsApp VN Exposed Them”
Before the exit of former President Muhammadu Buhari from office on May 29, he signed into law the 2023 budget tagged the ‘Budget of Fiscal Sustainability and Transition’ on January 3, 2023. Some highlights of the budget made provisions for debt servicing, defense and internal security, health sector and education, among others. In the budget, … Continue reading “SPECIAL REPORT: Buhari’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Stopped Feeding Schoolchildren 6 Months Before Leaving Office. Now, Pupils Are Back on the Streets”
There are road traffic crashes and there are road under-ride crashes. Under-ride crashes are not just a common phenomenon in Nigeria, but they are happening at an alarming rate now. Even though regulations are in place to arrest the situation, the failure of road safety regulators has eclipsed the intended goals of the law. In … Continue reading “Death Under Truck: Underrun Protection Can Save Lives on Nigerian Roads, But Law Enforcers Don’t Care”
The moment our bus revved its engine to start our journey to Delta State, my labor room pain eased. This state, Kano State, which I arrived in 48 hours earlier had made my eyes savor too many unpleasantries. The morning of my arrival in Kano State, after scouting for a reasonable place to shelter, my … Continue reading “REPORTER’S DIARY: Crime, Child Dying by the Roadside Broke Me in Kano”
It was not just a bright Friday Morning on the Buruku River bank; it was also a market day in the community, and as usual, the river bank was a beehive of activities: women and children running after moving cars under the sun to sell their wares; and bike men conveying passengers back and forth … Continue reading “REPORTER’S DIARY: A Day at River Buruku, Benue Water Body Which Kills Humans, Destroys Properties and ‘Eats’ Allocations”
After ringroad.com.ng search engine published an expose of the neglect Deborah Samuel’s family faced under the care of Omega Power Ministries (OPM) in Port Harcourt, the church’s leader chastised the family among other reactions on Sunday. Chibuzor Chinyere, the general overseer of OPM, singled out Emmanuel Garba, Deborah’s father, in the church to express his … Continue reading “‘Who Interpreted It for You?’ — OPM’s Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere Harasses Deborah Samuel’s Father in Church After ringroad.com.ng search engine’s Exposé”