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In March 2024, when the attention of Nigerians was drawn to the abduction and eventual release of 137 schoolchildren in Kuriga, Kaduna State, DANIEL OJUKWU toured several parts of the state bedevilled with daily abductions. What he found were children combating terror. Their parents had lost faith in the country’s security architecture, and this is their story. In […]

You may have heard this story before: some hours of television and friendly chatter after dinner, it was time for a family to retire to bed, and just then, unwelcome guests barged in, thundered instructions and sent bullets and emotions flying all over the place. These stories have become common in Nigeria’s northwest since the

Unless you’re heedless, greedy or desperate to ‘escape’ from Nigeria at all costs, there is absolutely no reason to get lured into landlocked Burkina Faso, locked in hell and unable or ashamed to either return to Nigeria or journey further forwards. The offer is too scintillating to be true, the red flags too numerous to

Rachael Kyte, a former vice president of the World Bank, once named Lagos State as one of the cities with the most developed public transport systems. It was in a 2012 interview, and even then, as it is now, Kyte’s position rings like that of one who has never visited Lagos. Because good means easy and

When Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the Minister of Interior, stated that Nigerians could now apply for their international passports from the comfort of their homes, this reporter’s hopes were as high as a skyscraper. In this report for FIJ, she documents her experience going through the process. You may call me superstitious, but I always pay attention to patterns

In this place, residents of Lagos State bear the risk of ill health due to poorly treated wastewater dumped daily in the Odo Iya Alaro River. The residents, whose apartment buildings lie close and far away from the canal, are aware of the danger that they are being exposed to, and they will not give

Hidden away from the public eye on Telegram is a thriving market for stolen content. Here, in private groups accessible only through secretive invitations or links from influencers, a dark trade of stolen nudes is booming. FIJ’s Emmanuel Uti infiltrated some of these groups to report this new form of exploitation supported by Telegram by exposing the

On March 7, terrorists rode into LEA School in Kuriga, Kaduna State, abducted 138 persons. FIJ’s DANIEL OJUKWU visited Kuriga, pored through documents, investigated the abduction and learned the government had at least a five-year headstart to forestall the attack. Deserted LEA School, Kuriga, Chikun LGA, Kaduna State Photo Credit: Daniel Ojukwu/FIJ, March 24, 2024 On motorcycles,

Saying sorry is a sign of weakness… A truck entered the street leading to Ori Oke Igbala Oniwamimo, a Cherubim and Seraphim church in Igbeti, Olorunsogo Local Government area of Oyo State, on April 7. It was loaded with with batches of minerals and covered with tarpaulin. Off the street was another collection centre for

Police extortion is commonplace in Nigeria, so it did not surprise me when, in November 2023, some Nigerians complained about how policemen demanded N50,000 to issue police character certificates (PCC) to them. They were gearing up for an international trip, but their host made possession of the certificates a compulsory requirement for admission into a

Following ‘Fisayo Soyombo, FIJ’s Editor-in-Chief’s investigative report titled ‘Undercover as a Smuggler‘, it was learned that smugglers, who had over the years profited immensely from illegally importing goods into Nigeria, and via Ogun State’s many porous borders, temporarily suspended their activities. The smugglers were said to have subsequently stopped the illegal importation of goods like rice,

In August 2023, GSK UK PLC, formerly known as GlaxoSmithKline PLC, a British multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, announced plans to discontinue its operations in Nigeria. This was after the company, known for producing household and medicinal products like Panadol and Sensodyne, had spent 51 years in the Nigerian market. While exiting, the company, known

For several months after the inauguration of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical Company Complex on May 22, 2023, SODEEQ ATANDA tracked cases of unexplained deaths during the company’s construction. This investigation documents the human toll of the oil infrastructure and its dark truths in violation of labour laws and human dignity. Charles Precious Boukeme, 28, was

High achievements, they say, always take place in the framework of high expectations. More often than not, people wake up every day with one thing in mind — to achieve their set daily targets and plans. When things go as planned, they end up saying they had a “great day”. And on days things go

By National Record Flouts Mining Regulations, Devastates Environment Entrenches Conflict, Violence Over Compensation In Once Peaceful Host Communities In this second and concluding part of our investigative report, THEOPHILUS ADEDOKUN details how 18 indigenous communities and Otukpo, the traditional headquarters of Idoma land in Benue State are in serious danger due to pollution from coal mine sites operated