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JUST IN: Police Grill FIJ BoT Chair, Declare Award-winning Investigative Journalist, Soyombo Wanted

By Our Reporter
The Nigeria Police Force has asked the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) Board of Trustees Chairman, Mrs. Bukky Shonibare, to produce the medium Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief, Fisayo Soyombo.
The invitation, according to findings, may not be unconnected to the irregularities recently exposed by the FIJ in the country’s customs service.
Narrating her ordeal when she honoured the police invitation in Abuja, the BOT chairman, Mrs Shonibare cleared the air that the Investigative journalist is not on the run as believed by the police, adding that he would honour their inviitation if invited
According to her, “Fisayo is willing to honour the police invitation if invited and clarified that the award-winning journalist is not on the run as assumed by the police.”
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She added, “The investigator told me that I need to produce ‘Fisayo. So I said, if he said I need to produce ‘Fisayo, that sounds like you have tried to get ‘Fisayo or you’ve invited him and he did not come, so you need me, in whatever capacity, to go and produce him.
“So, I had to clarify that ‘Fisayo was not on the run; it is not like they had invited him and he didn’t come. So, he asked when I could come with ‘Fisayo, I asked if he was inviting me again. He said, yes, but I had to return with ‘Fisayo.
“So, I told him we have to get back to ‘Fisayo and to know when he’ll be available to come, and when he’s around; ‘Fisayo is not running. He took the statement in and came back outside and asked us to come see the deputy director. He had exited at some point into the questioning.
“So, they took us in and he said, madam, how was it? I told him that questions were asked, and questions were answered. He asked if I was treated well, and I said that was subjective. He then said that he could see we were being careful and all of that, that we could be friends. He was doing everything possible to be nice and playful.
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“He asked why FIJ was not like another specific non-profit organisation.
“The deputy director said that he was friends with this non-profit organisation. He said that they would go to do their research and bring the information to the police. ‘So, why are we publishing our work?’ he asked. ‘Why don’t we bring some findings to them and settle things amicably?’
“I told him that FIJ is the Foundation for Investigative Journalism. That’s the work that we do. We’re not another befriending non-profit bringing stories to them. We don’t work that way. Our job is to publish stories.”
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Tems Reveals What She Loves Most About Wizkid

Grammy winning Nigerian music star, Tems, has revealed what she loves about her colleague, Wizkid.
She made this known during a question and answer session with her fans on X.
A fan @Gbolaha_n9 had asked her one thing she loves most about Wizkid who is her biggest collaborator in the industry.
“One thing you love about BigWiz?”
In response, the songstress stated that she loves Wizkid’s kind heart and his incredible work ethic.
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She wrote; “His Heart, his work ethic”.
DAILY POST reports that Wizkid and Tems formed one of Afrobeats’ most iconic collaborations when they teamed up for “Essence”, released in 2020 on Wizkid’s Made in Lagos album that grew into a global sensation, and earned multiple nominations.
Also, Tems has been seen with Wizkid performing on several global stages.
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Court Dismisses SPDC’s Objections To Compensation Over Hydrocarbon Pollution In A’Ibom

The Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State has dismissed the preliminary objections by the Shell Petroleum Development company in suit filed by the A’Ibom Oil Producing Development Network (AKPICON), demanding payment of compensation and remediation of battered environment over decades of hydrocarbon pollution occasioned by oil and gas emissions from corked and uncorked oil and wells in various parts of the state.
AKIPCON serves as a mechanism for the realization of environmental justice and protection of human rights of the people over a period of time.
The organization had, through its lead counsel, Dr Dada Awosika, SAN, of Awosika partners in conjunction with Barr Ndifreke Akpan, written to the Managing Director of SPDC demanding payment of N140bn compensation to alleviate the sufferings of the impoverished farmers, fishermen and allied business owners
The letter reads in part, ”Your company owns corked and uncorked oil and gas wells which spread over Akwa Ibom State particularly in Mkpat-Enin, Ini, Ikot Abasi, Onna, Uruan, Esit-Eket, Iket, Uyo, Eastern Obolo, Nsit-Antai, Etinan, Mbo, Okobo, Essien Udim, Ikot-Ekpene Local Government Areas and others.
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”Over the years there has been increased leakages and emissions of crude from your company’s corked and uncorked oil and gas wells and facilities which continually discharge toxic hydrocarbon into farm lands and water bodies in the environment where our clients operate.
”The said leakages/emissions arise from your company’s negligence in the maintenance of your corked and uncorked oil wells. Most often your expired, aged and rusted pipes installed in the early 1950s erupt, discharging crude oil which washes itself into water bodies and farmlands of our clients, resulting in colossal damage to their farmlands and water bodies.
”The activities of your company in this regard has brought untold hardship, economic losses, unemployment, redundancy, insecurity, frustration, abject poverty, phycological trauma and health hazards with attendant human rights consequences to our clients.
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”Flowing from the foregoing, it’s our instruction to demand that your company pays N140bn, only to our clients being compensation for the age-long degradation of their environment and damage caused to their property and means of livelihood arising from your company’s activities. In addition, we demand that you take immediate steps to clean up and remediate our battered environment caused by your operation for decades to return the environment to its pristine state”
But the SPDC, in No: FHC. UY/CS/85/2024 argues that AKPICON does not have the legal rights to institute the case. It also contended that the case is status bar by Akwa Ibom limitation laws on oil spills as the said spills occured over 70 years ago.
However, ruling on the matter on Thursday, the presiding judge, Justice MA Onyetanu, dismissed the SPDC’s preliminary objections for lack of merit and adjourned the case to February 5th for commencement of trail.
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Naira Records First Depreciation Against US Dollar Across Official, Black FX Markets

The naira dropped for the first time on Thursday across official and parallel foreign exchange markets.
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s data showed that the Naira depreciated slightly to N1,443.90 against the dollar on Thursday, down from N1,442.92.
This means that the Naira weakened marginally by N0.98 against the dollar on a day-to-day basis.
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Similarly, the Naira depreciated at the black market by N5 to N1,470 per dollar on Thursday from N1,465 since Monday.
The development comes after the naira recorded three straight appreciations against the dollar, gaining N10.92 against the dollar.
Meanwhile, the apex bank data showed that the country’s foreign reserves surged to $44.56 billion as of 26th November 2025, up from $44.26 billion on 21st November.
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