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FLASHBACK: In 2020, Bertha Edu as Commissioner was accused of posting fake ventilators and NMA passed vote of no confidence on her

  The current minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Bertha Edu for over few days now, has been caught in outrageous corruption scandal. This is after she requested the Accountant General of the Federation to pay N585m into private account. Edu, in a document that has gone viral on many social media platforms, personally signed the letter […]

Top controversies that rocked state assemblies in 2023

  From 27 Rivers lawmakers defecting in one day, to a court sacking 16 legislators in one fell swoop in Plateau, the state houses of assembly, like hot-air balloons bumping without anchors, endured a frenetic ride in 2023. A few days after the general election, the Kogi assembly suspended nine of its members, including the […]

OBITUARY: Rotimi Akeredolu, NBA president who called for Yar’Adua’s resignation in 2009, dies of cancer in 2023

  The Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) died at 67. Family and top government sources confirmed his demise on Wednesday morning. The governor died after a protracted battle with an undisclosed illness, even though reports said he was down with leukaemia. Akeredolu called for former president Musa Yar’Adua resignation in 2009 Then as […]

END OF YEAR: Top global events that defined 2023

  From the missing submersible in the United States to the devastating Turkey-Syria earthquakes and the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian militant group, 2023 has been a year of dizzying change and constant headlines. Here are some of the foreign headlines that sparked global conversations in 2023. JANUARY: NEPAL RECORDED DEADLIEST PLANE […]

END OF YEAR: Nigeria’s Major Economic Setbacks of 2023

  Nigerians witnessed a turn of events in 2023. Some of them shook the nation and its citizens to their core, while others ushered in the beginning of a new tide. Some of these events caused massive street protests, a social media outcry and a push-up on the inflation figures. FIJ highlights three such notable […]

END OF YEAR: How Insecurity, Killings Occurred In Nigeria In 2023

  Nigeria grappled with a myriad of mind-boggling security challenges in 2023. From alarming rates of kidnappings and wanton killings to the unsettling incidents of bomb blasts, the year tested the country’s already fragile security architecture. Different terrorist groups orchestrated attacks in many parts of the country, with the north being the hotspot of these […]