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Romance Scam: Nigeria’s Twitter Swindler Fakes “heart disease” to defraud women
On a day when stars seemed at peace, Elsa (who requested that we use only her first name) fell for the oldest wooing trick in the…
Intriguing Tale of Oyo’s N138bn Circular Road Contract Award to A Two-month Old Company
...the trajectory of this crucial project has been fraught with controversies, delays, and conflicting contract pricing.
Alleged Son of Former NURTW Chairman Dupes Seven, Absconds With N8.3m Hajj Fees
A man, identified as Kareem Shamsudeen, who alleged that he is the son of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW)…
Dreams for Chains: How Phony Entrepreneurial Fund by KESEM Plans to Scam Youth in Business
KESEM YIB displayed itself as a charitable organization willing to help 1,000,000 youth-entrepreneurs by 2050. It said will be…
Poisonous Mess: Lautech DSA Plans to Infect Ogb Community With Reeking Poultry Farm
Ibadan, Ogbomoso — Despite the terrible danger health specialists have said poultry farms around residential buildings…
Sunday Dare’s NYIF N75bn Hidden Empowerment, Civil Society Calls for Probe
A civil society under the aegis of Nigeria Citizens Action Group (NCAG) calls on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to probe the…
After Publishing UltraNaira Predatory Lending and Privacy Invasion, More Victims Surface
UltraNaira has found predatory lending as a helpful method of running the loan app. A method that is nothing but a fraudulent one…
Predatory Lending & Privacy Invasion: Nigeria Loan Apps Continue to Wax Stronger Flouting FCCPC…
UltraNaira, one of the Nigeria loan apps, intentionally provides borrowers with a loan amount that is less than what was initially…
Buying & Selling: New Ways to Scam Online, Users Beware
With the emergence of the likes of Fiverr, Amazon, AliExpress, Jumia, Jiji, Konga among others, in the world global market,…
How Graceland Polytechnic Runs Unaccredited Courses for Five Years?
In April, 2023, PIJAlance got a tip-off on an alleged fact that one private Polytechnic in Offa, Kwara State, Graceland,…