No Nigerians! This 42-Year-Old Lagos School Admits Indians Only: The Indian school in Ilupeju only admits Indians. You need an Indian passport or proof of having ...
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Homeless Man Charged With Murder of British Nigerian: The incident happened hours before the North London-based football club’s English Premier League home game ...
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In Cuba, Afro Hair Care Opens Conversations About Blackness: Rizo Libre, a local venture that provides information, workshops, and debates ...
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Part of Ogun Community Road Washed Off by Rain Few Weeks After Completion: Some other parts of the road have started peeling off. All these bring into question ...
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Passengers Jump Out on the Grass As Dana Airplane Skids off Runway (Video): The flight skidded off the runway after landing, with passengers seen exiting the ...
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Data: Buhari, Tinubu Took Nigeria’s Economy 18 Steps Backward in 9 Years: While Buhari was president, the Nigerian economy slipped twice into recession ...
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REPORT: Police Second Most Inefficient Public Institution in Nigeria: With 38th position under transparency metric, the NPF scored an abysmal 31.88 percent ...
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Lead British Int’l School Student Bullies, Disgraces Fellow Student Over Boyfriend
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FCCPC Seals Abuja Chinese Supermarket for Refusing Entry to Nigerians: On Saturday, Nigerians on X complained about being denied entry to the premises of the ...
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NAFDAC Nabs Lagos Man Producing Fake Cosmetics: NAFDAC narrated how it accosted Eyoh who was producing fake cosmetics at the Trade Fair Complex in Lagos on ...
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2 Teenage Boko Haram Terrorists Surrender to Task Force in Borno: Two teenage Boko Haram terrorists surrendered to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in ...
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Kenyan Police to Extradite Fleeing Binance Executive to Nigeria ‘This Week’: “As we had said before that Anjarwalla would be extradited, he has been arrested in ...
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APC Members Storm Ondo Party Secretariat, Demand Cancellation of Primary Election
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REPORT: Nestle Adds Sugar to Baby Food Sold in Nigeria, Other Poor Countries Against WHO Guidelines
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Quick Glance: Nestlé adds sugar to infant milk sold in poorer countries
- Nestlé adds sugar and honey to infant milk and cereal products in poorer countries, contradicting international guidelines.
- Public Eye's investigation revealed that products like Nido and Cerelac contain added sugar in many countries, while this is not the case in European markets.
- The World Health Organization warns of rising childhood obesity in poorer countries and emphasizes no added sugars for children under three years old.
- Nestlé defends the quality of its products but states that recipes vary based on regulation and local ingredient availability.
In Q1 2024, Over 1000 Civilians Killed in Nigeria: Of the 2,371 within this period, 613 were bandits, 213 Boko Haram members, 75 soldiers and 76 cultists ...
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Nigerians Roast JAMB Over ‘Moronic Response’ on X: Others questioned the level of professionalism of those who work at the Joint Admissions and Matriculations ...
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Ganduje Gets Fresh Suspension From Kano APC Faction: He said this fresh suspension was because Ganduje was promoting internal conflict and getting involved in ...
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FACT-CHECK: Did Cardoso Say CBN Isn’t Defending Naira?: Cardoso sidestepped questions by not admitting or denying how much was spent on defending the naira in ...
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2 Years After Receiving N4.6m, Afialink Yet to Deliver Woman’s Car: In October 2023, she began requesting a refund, and the company asked for her account details ...
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Rise of Chess Master Tunde Onakoya: From Ikorodu to Guinness World Records: "Your support means the world to us, so please come out, cheer us on ...
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Quick Glance: Nigerian Chess Champion Sets New Record in New York
- Nigerian chess champion Tunde Onakoya has surpassed the previous record for the longest chess marathon by playing an impressive 60 hours nonstop.
- Onakoya aims to raise $1 million for a charity supporting education for children across Africa.
- He competed against US chess champion Shawn Martinez and received support from celebrities like Davido and Adekunle Gold.
- The match garnered significant attention in Nigeria and was broadcast in multiple locations, including Lagos, with watch parties and digital billboards.
Traditional Ruler ‘Who Dealt With Bandits’ Shot Dead in Taraba: FIJ learned that some yet-to-be-identified gunmen killed the traditional ruler in his palace and ...
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Over Tariff Hike, FUTA Can No Longer Give Students Enough Power: Malomo and other students have gone from enjoying a stable power and water supply to power ...
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Air Peace Passenger Stuck in Abuja Over Unending Flight Delay: "As a matter of fact, the flight was scheduled to depart Abuja at exactly 4:30 pm and arrive ...
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Chronicles of Kidnap Survivors (I): In Captivity, Terrorists Ordered Pastor to Hit Fellow Captive to Death
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IGP Withdraws Police Aides ‘Who Could Have Arrested Yahaya Bello’: Chidi Odinkalu, former Chairman of Nigeria's National Human Rights Commission ...
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REPORT: 14 Million Nigerian Children Do Hazardous Work to Earn Daily Living: Across the six geopolitical zones in the country, the north-west has the highest ...
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How Soldiers’ Attempt to Stop Protesting Students Caused Violence at Plateau State University
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Gov’t Starts Sanding Landmark Beach: The federal government has started the sand filling of Landmark Beach ahead of the proposed Lagos-Calabar coastal road.
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3 Weeks After Receiving FOI Request, NIPOST Has Not Responded: He glanced at it again and passed it to the other man in the office. This man was older and passed ...
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5 Years After Woman Invested N1.6m in Wale Jana’s Sapphire Scents, No Capital, No Profit
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After FIJ’s Story, LAGESC Cleans Iyana-Ipaja Pedestrian Bridge: The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) has cleaned the pedestrian bridge at ...
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EFCC Declares Yahaya Bello Wanted Over N80b Fraud: Bello's running battle with the agency became public on Wednesday, when dozens of EFCC operatives laid ...
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Bag of Rice Still Selling for Up to N84,000 in Lagos: To verify if a bag of rice indeed sells for N60,000, FIJ took to two food markets in Lagos to ask the ...
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Lagos Gov’t Commences Demolition of Estate Buildings in Maryland: More than a dozen officials of the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources drove into the ...
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7 Years After, Ondo Governorship Aspirant Jimoh Ibrahim Yet to Pay Ex-Employees: FIJ obtained a copy of his employment letter, which showed that his monthly ...
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DJ Switch Stops Arrest Rumour as Lagos PPRO Admits Misinformation: Reacting via a tweet on X (formerly Twitter), Switch said she woke up to the news and was ...
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SPOTLIGHT: Hezekiah Toyinbo, Okada Rider and Labourer Who Graduated With First-Class Honours
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Nick Travel and Tours Took Man’s N485,000 But Failed to Deliver South African E-Visa
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Fulani Herders Return to Plateau Communities, Kill Over 30: He said the attackers also killed one person in Wumat and extended their destruction to places like ...
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2 Years After Removal From Watchlist, Veteran Journalist Lanre Arogundade Still Harassed by DSS
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Texas Man Fraudulently Moves $12m Electronics From America to Nigeria: Omole pleaded guilty before Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker in a court in the ...
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ICIR Announces 20 New Fellows for Open Contract Reporting Project: We achieve this by building the Investigative/Data Journalism capacity for journalists in ...
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EYEWITNESS: Dosunmu Market Fire, Which Destroyed Goods Worth ‘Trillions of Naira’, Was Started by a Generator
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After FIJ’s Story, Libmot Express Pays Restitution to Man Whose Water Closet Was Damaged in Transit
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4 Months After Bridge Collapse, Lagos Pedestrians Risk Their Lives to Cross Alapere Expressway
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CONFIRMED: 8 Months After, Lagos Gov’t Yet to Fix Elevator That Killed Doctor in Odan General Hospital
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Quick Glance: Unrepaired Elevator That Killed Doctor 8 Months Later
- It has been eight months since a doctor was killed by a faulty elevator in Odan General Hospital, Lagos State, with no repairs made.
- Workers in the 10-story building have been using stairs since the elevator was sealed off in August 2023.
- The sign at the sealed elevator door indicated Julius Berger as the construction company for the rehabilitation works.
- Despite assurances of ongoing construction by the Information Commissioner, no visible signs of repairs were observed.
In Switzerland, a Counterintuitive Method Is Helping Schools Tackle Bullying: The country with the highest bullying rates is trying out an unorthodox approach to ...
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The Hidden Truth That Led to Killing of 17 Soldiers in Okuama Community: The military’s involvement in the dispute has elicited great suspicion from the people ...
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Economic Crisis Renders PWDs Jobless in Niger: “Those of us at home are not happy seeing those going out to beg; it is disheartening to see them begging daily.
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FACT-CHECK: Testifier Called Liar by Dunamis Pastor Is Truly a NOUN Law Graduate: Her law degree is also recognised by the Nigerian Law School, which has been ...
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‘I May Have to Say Goodbye to Education’ — UI Students Lament 450–750% Fee Hike: Seun (not real name), one of the affected students, told FIJ the development ...
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JUST IN: Kano APC Suspends Ganduje Over Corruption Allegation: On Monday, executive members of the Ganduje ward in the Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano ...
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ANALYSIS: 90 of 285 Ekiti Governor Advisers Unnecessary, Cost Extra N410m: As a result, FIJ arrived at a conservative figure of 14 advisers rather than the 66 ...
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Surajudeen Abdulrahman Needed Funds To Relocate to Canada. He Sold a Fake Land to His Friend for N5m
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Lagos BRT, 5 Other Vehicles Involved in Road Crash: Vehicular traffic built up on the Ogudu axis of the Lagos-Ibadan highway on Sunday as a result of the crash.
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In 2 Nights, ‘Fulani Herders’ Kill 30 People in Plateau Villages: “Two people were killed at GSS Kopyal and four others at Baba Rafi in Bokkos ...
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‘Why Did I Leave Sambisa?’ — Chibok Girls Lament Degrading Treatment by Gov’t Officials
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Nigeria Police Website Taking Cybercrime Reports Is Unsafe, Violates NITDA Guidelines
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In Oja-Odan, Poor Roads, Power Outages Make Life Difficult for Residents: Oja-Odan is one of the communities bordering Nigeria and the Benin Republic ...
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Abducted Channels TV Reporter Regains Freedom: Charles Oporum, Rogers' colleague, told newsmen that the journalist came out unharmed at about 10 pm on ...
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US Resident Receives 3-Year Prison Sentence for Helping Nigerian Enterprise Launder $8m
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Obi Cubana, Folashade Tinubu… Popular Nigerians Who Went Scot-Free After Abusing Naira
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FG Finds Fleeing Binance Executive in Kenya: “While Gambaryan is currently in the commission’s net, the process of extraditing the fleeing Anjarwalla is revving ...
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Ogun Shepherd Narrates ‘Miraculous’ Escape From Fulani Gunmen, Says Orphan Still Held
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FLASHBACK: How Soldiers Killed 3 Policemen to Free Firearms Dealer Wadume: Investigations carried out by the police during the period revealed that Wadume and ...
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REPORTER’S DIARY: Pedestrian Bridge or Public Toilet? My Experience on Iyana-Ipaja Road
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Kingmakers Nominate 89-Year-Old Olakulehin as Olubadan: The Olubadan-In-Council members has on Friday nominated Oba Owolabi Olakulehin as the 43rd Olubadan of ...
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BREAKING: Abducted UNICAL Students Regain Freedom: "With the help of the police tracking system and the Department of State Security (DSS) ...
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Knocks for Youth Minister Over Rescue of Party Supporter From Police Harassment: They accused Olawande of ignoring the case of Chioma Okoli, a Lagos resident ...
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BREAKING: Bobrisky Handed 6-Month Jail Term Without Option of Fine: Justice Abimbola Awogboro issued the judgement on Friday morning. Awogboro denied Okuneye the ...
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Lagos Brothers Plead Guilty to Sextortion That Took US Teen’s Life: Nigeria extradited Samuel and Samson to the US to be arraigned in August 2023 ...
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REPUBLISHED: Gbajabiamila Corruption Story That Landed FirstNews Editor in Undeground Cell
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Quick Glance: Corruption Scandal: Gbajabiamila's Alleged Scheme Exposed
- President Bola Tinubu's Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, and the new cabal at Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja, allegedly tried to embezzle $30 billion and 66 valuable properties.
- The Presidency cabal is fighting the takeover of four erring banks seized by the Central Bank of Nigeria, allegedly arranging for their cronies to buy the affected banks surreptitiously.
- The cabal allegedly concocted lies to convince President Tinubu to stop the Special Investigator's investigations and shielded suspects from interrogation.
- Gbajabiamila attempted to control the funds himself and gave instructions on how they should be distributed. Civil society groups urge President Tinubu not to undermine the credibility of the investigations and to warn Gbajabiamila to stay out of the Special Investigator's affairs.
British-Nigerian Cosmetic Doctor Found Guilty of Having Improper Sex With Patient
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NAFDAC Says Benylin Syrup, Which Has Been on the Market for 3 Years, Is Poisonous
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Quick Glance: Safety Alert: NAFDAC recalls toxic cough syrup
- Following recent toxicity findings in the laboratory, the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control has initiated a recall of Benylin Paediatrics Syrup manufactured by Johnson & Johnson.
- Laboratory analysis revealed an unacceptably high level of Diethylene glycol in the product, causing acute oral toxicity in laboratory animals.
- Implementing product recalls is crucial in managing risks during safety events and emergencies.
- Importers, distributors, retailers, and consumers were urged to exercise caution within the supply chain to prevent the use of substandard regulated products.
‘I’ll Smoke and Go Mad’ — How a Frustrated Chef Wants to Handle Demolition of Landmark Beach Resort
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INSIDER: Can Illness Stop an Olubadan-Designate From Ascending the Throne?: "This then means if you are lucky to be alive all through the years of your ...
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Lagos Policemen Destroy Soldier’s Phone at Gunpoint: “It is important to note that all four of us were armed with sidearms, yet we never once drew our weapons.
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How Spain Became a Pioneer in the Fight Against Gender-Based Violence: Spain is a European pioneer in adopting comprehensive legislation or collecting data ...
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US Homeland Security Names Nigerian in $3m Mail Fraud Case: “The indictment also charges Akporugo with aggravated identity theft and fraud in connection with an ...
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‘I Thought the Bus Entered the Ocean’ — Survivor of Third Mainland Bridge Accident Narrates Experience
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