[1] FIJ reports on social justice, human rights abuse, and corruption in Nigeria.
20, 2021 with the publication of the extrajudicial killing of End SARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate area on October 20, 2020.
[6] On August 31, 2023, Damilola Ayeni, a Nigerian journalist and editor of the FIJ was arrested and falsely tagged a Jihadist by the police in Benin Republic while he was investigating a story around the Pendjari National Park.
[9] Similarly, on instruction of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun, men of the NPF National Cybercrime Center (NCCC) abducted[10] Daniel Ojukwu, a reporter with the FIJ.
The police detained Daniel at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) from May 1 to May 5, 2024, before transferring him to a cell in Abuja where he stayed until May 10.