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Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ)

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Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ)

@fijnigeria

Journalism beyond press releases, truth beyond officialdom. Story Tips: +2349060368065, +2349069700174, +2349063875615, [email protected]

Nigeria

Joined January 2021

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Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ)
@fijnigeria
Aug 26, 2024
FIJ's @fisayosoyombo spent 9 days on the road and in Burkina Faso to take up a $1,800 monthly job at a 'gold-making company'. He ended up suffering and returned home empty-handed. From Nigeria to Burkina Faso: Undercover as a Trafficked Person
From Nigeria to Burkina Faso: Undercover as a Trafficked Person
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Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ)
@fijnigeria
Nov 29, 2024
The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt has been detaining our founder @fisayosoyombo 3 days running. Journalism is not a crime! #FreeFisayoNow
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Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ)
@fijnigeria
Nov 29, 2024
BREAKING We can confirm that our founder @fisayosoyombo has now been released by @HQNigerianArmy, following the intense media campaign you all mounted. FIJ acknowledges the Nigerian Army's deliberate mischaracterisation to suggest an involvement in "illegal oil bunkering". FIJ
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Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ)
@fijnigeria
Oct 24, 2022
. @fisayosoyombo turned up at the HQ of Celestial Church of Christ, pretending to be gay. They gave him 10 fake prophecies and took his money. #ProphetsOfTheirPockets PROPHETS OF THEIR POCKETS (I): At Celestial Church of Christ, the Prophets Are Scammers
PROPHETS OF THEIR POCKETS (I): At Celestial Church of Christ Headquarters, There Are Over 100...
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Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ)
@fijnigeria
Dec 13, 2021
We can confirm that our Founder @fisayosoyombo has been released by the Force Headquarters. He was released on bail at exactly 6:26pm today and is to return on January 13, 2022. Our only offence here is that we published a TRUE story.
Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ)
@fijnigeria
Aug 14, 2024
BREAKING We can confirm that after more than seven-and-a-half hours with the Nigeria Police Force National Cyber Crime Centre (NPF-NCCC), our founder @fisayosoyombo has been released on bail. Details later.
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Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ)
@fijnigeria
Jul 6, 2022
FLASH The Boko Haram terrorists who invaded Kuje Prison last night had so much time on their hands they delivered a 15-minute Quranic lecture before setting their members free. And they handed them transport fares! COMING SOON. Inside details of Kuje jailbreak.
Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ)
@fijnigeria
Jan 21, 2021
#EndSARS: @fisayosoyombo spent 10 weeks tracing the deaths, disappearances and injuries from the military intervention in the Lekki Toll Gate protest of October 20, 2020. His findings are detailed below:
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PORTRAITS OF BLOOD (1): Death Threats, ‘Murders’, Indiscriminate Arrests… The Post-Lekki-Massacre...
Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ)
@fijnigeria
Nov 29, 2024
All his devices have been seized. The Army must preserve his evidence and truth. Don't destroy the evidence. We insist the truth must come out. It's in your custody, don't destroy the evidence. #FreeFisayoNow
Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ)
@fijnigeria
Nov 29, 2024
The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt has been detaining our founder @fisayosoyombo 3 days running. Journalism is not a crime! #FreeFisayoNow
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Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ)
@fijnigeria
May 10, 2024
Daniel Ojukwu @Mazi_OJD, the @fijnigeria reporter who was abducted by men of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Inspector-General of Police, has finally regained freedom after 10 days in police captivity.👇
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Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ)
@fijnigeria
Oct 7, 2025
A petition against an upcoming art exhibition invoked the name of Riliwanu Akiolu, the Oba of Lagos. When @fijnigeria called the king to confirm that the document came from him, he gave a confused response and did not seem to know about the petition.👇🏾
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Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ)
@fijnigeria
Mar 26, 2024
We can confirm that she is out. Details later.
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Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ)
@fijnigeria
Jul 17, 2024
Remembering the Ooni of Ife's real estate fraud -- the biggest in Nigerian history.
How Ooni Ogunwusi's Companies Executed the Biggest Fraud in Nigeria’s Real Estate History — and Got...
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Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ)
@fijnigeria
Feb 28, 2024
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has been smuggling hard drugs such as tramadol & terrorist motorcycles into northern Nigeria. Read that again. NCS, the agency set up to combat smuggling, is smuggling dangerous items into the country. The conduit? IBD Dende Full story below👇
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