Loan apps still operating without CBN license
Clients sent loans despite not applying
Economic bases reason people patronise loan apps – PsychologistDespite unconventional methods loan firms deploy to collect their money, the country’s economic crisis is forcing Nigerians to use loan apps to get immediate emergency cash. The ICIR’s Shehu...
THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said it intercepted over 4,000 kilogrammes of illicit and controlled drugs in various states, including Lagos, Kogi, Jigawa, Kaduna, Sokoto, Edo and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The intercepted drugs include consignments of nitrous oxide, popularly known as laughing gas, skunk,...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that 7.6 million girls are out of school in Nigeria.
In primary and junior secondary schools, 3.9 million and 3.7 million are missing, respectively.
Education Manager at UNICEF, Jutaro Sakamoto, who stated this in Abuja at an education conference organised by...
More than 150 Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) do not actively respond to requests made through the Freedom of Information Act, checks by The ICIR have shown.
This analysis is according to a survey on ranking FOIA responses from 250 MDAs in three years, 2020 -2022.
The FOIA,...
THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Bola Tinubu to investigate the missing $15 billion and N200 billion from Nigeria’s oil revenues.
In a statement on Sunday, September 24, SERAP’s Deputy Director Kolawole Oluwadare called on Tinubu to “set up a presidential panel of enquiry to...
ZAMFARA State Government has banned all illegal mining activities in the state.
The government has consequently directed law enforcement officers to take stringent actions against violators, including shooting those involved on sight.
Issuing the order on Saturday, September 23, the state governor, Dauda Lawal,...
THE Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has said over 70 per cent of the 79,000 inmates in Nigeria are awaiting trial.
He also said over 4,000 inmates were held in custodial centres nationwide because they couldn’t pay fines imposed on them by judges and magistrates.
A statement by the minister’s...
THE Benue State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has declared Governor Hyacinth Alia of the All Progressive Congress (APC) the winner of the state gubernatorial election held in March 2023.
The tribunal, sitting in Makurdi, dismissed the petition of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Titus Uba,...
THE Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said it would arraign owners of 149 impounded vehicles, 100 tricycles and motorcycles in the FCT, before a mobile court for various traffic offences.
Director of the FCTA Directorate of Road Traffic Services, also known as Vehicles Inspection Officers (VIO), Abdulateef Bello,...
