PIJAlance Magazine

26/08/2025

WATCH: Abuja-Kaduna Train Derails Off Track with Passengers Aboard
https://pija.com.ng/watch-abuja-kaduna-train-derails-off-track-with-passengers-aboard/breaking-news/08/2025/

26/08/2025

Dear Fellow Citizens,

We bring you this important update to strengthen transparency and accountability in our communities.

From the recent revenue allocation, the Federal Government has received ₦735.081 billion, the State Governments ₦660.349 billion, and the Local Governments, which are the closest to you, ₦485.039 billion.

These funds are meant to serve you and improve our communities. If they are not being used for your schools, health centres, roads, water supply, or other community needs, you have the right to ask questions.

Hold your leaders accountable. Demand to know how these funds are spent. Together, we can ensure that public money truly works for the people.

Stay informed. Stay involved. Start Monitoring Now!

26/08/2025

Despite the victims’ pleas—including one who insisted he had no part in the alleged crimes—the shooter, whose face is not visible in the video, fired multiple rounds.

https://pija.com.ng/video-man-kills-three-men-with-ak-47-for-allegedly-using-his-gun-for-robbery/breaking-news/08/2025/

26/08/2025

Budeshi, an organisation focusing on government accountability and transparency, is calling entries for a five-month initiative designed to support 37 grassroots organisations from the 36 states in Nigeria, including the FCT, with a microgrant of $300 each.

Budeshi, an organisation focusing on government accountability and transparency, is calling for entries for a five-month initiative designed to support 37 grassroots organisations from the 36 states in Nigeria, including the FCT, with a microgrant of $300 each.

read more: https://pija.com.ng/budeshi-calls-grassroots-organisations-for-mini-grant-to-monitor-public-projects/media-opportunities/08/2025/

Budeshi Nigeria Public and Private Development Centre - PPDC

24/08/2025

FG, States and LGs have shared N2,000.828 trillion total distributable revenue for the month of July. The Federal Government received a total sum of N735.081 billion and the State Governments received a total sum of N660.349 billion.

The local government council received N485.039 billion, while the sum of N120.359 billion (13% of mineral revenue) was shared with the benefiting state as derivation revenue.

https://pija.com.ng/fg-states-lg-share-n2-001-trillion-faac/news/08/2025/

23/08/2025

Unlimited complaints of privacy breaches, aggressive loan marketing, and the murky connections between digital lenders raise questions about data sharing in Nigeria’s fintech space. Lawal reports.

https://pija.com.ng/one-year-after-pijalance-expose-alend-other-loan-apps-still-prey-on-nigerians-privacy/special-feature/08/2025/

21/08/2025

When Agụnechemba was officially adopted by the Anambra State Government in January 2025, the Anambra State Homeland Security Law (2025) was enacted to regulate and moderate their activities as the State’s local security group. On reading the law, it is clear that nothing explicitly grants Agụnechemba operatives the right to murder suspects or use force in the manner sometimes allegedly employed by the Nigerian Police Force. The law divides its powers into six categories, all pointing to one directive: arrest offenders and hand them over to the police.

Despite this, the reality has been markedly different. There have been reported cases of unlawful killings, extortion, and degrading, sexually humiliating treatment. What is most shocking is that these acts have continued until very recently, with only belated, public-outrage-driven accountability from Governor Charles Soludo’s administration.

In mid-August 2025, Agụnechemba operatives stormed a corps members’ lodge in Oba, Idemili South LGA, assaulting and stripping a female NYSC member despite her identifying herself. The video went viral, provoking broad condemnation, including from the Nigerian Bar Association.

Chronicle of Blood: Agụnechemba Operatives Kill With Impunity as Soludo Looks Away

After days of online and media pressure, the state announced it had dismissed eight operatives and would hand them over to the police for prosecution; officials also said the state had covered the victim’s medical expenses and offered an apology.

If not for the public outcry, those dismissals may never have happened. A review of open sources shows a pattern of alleged abuses since Agụnechemba’s January 2025 launch, with no earlier publicly announced dismissals or prosecutions traceable to state releases or mainstream reporting.

read more: https://pija.com.ng/chronicle-of-blood-agunechemba-operatives-kill-with-impunity-as-soludo-looks-away/analysis/08/2025/

21/08/2025

VIDEO: Anambra Assaulted Corps Member Narrates Ordeal

According to her, she and her colleagues were indoors when they heard an aggressive knock on their door.

A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Jennifer Elohor, has recounted her harrowing encounter with suspected members of the Anambra State Vigilante Gr...

21/08/2025

VIDEO: Anambra Corps Member Assault: Victim Shares Ordeals

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20/08/2025

Despite Autonomy, LG Allocations Withheld, Osun Traditional Council Appeals

Since the inception of the approval of Nigeria’s Local Government autonomy from the states, political war of interests have deepened. Especially, among the State Governors who do not want the autonomy to see the light.

The judicial order on the Local Government autonomy which gives the third tier of government in Nigeria to independently operate without any state interference, has plunged it to further setbacks.

This is as despite the autonomy, some LG authorities still struggle to get direct access to their respective Federal Allocations to develop their constituencies.

Months after the autonomy, Nigeria’s Federal Government still pays respective states, LG allocations, a move which essentially debarred the essence of the previously given autonomy as it has been reportedly said that states have refused to relinquish LG allocations to respective local government authorities.

https://pija.com.ng/despite-autonomy-lg-allocations-withheld-osun-traditional-council-appeals/special-feature/08/2025/

19/08/2025

JUST IN: Anambra Vigilante Group Beats, Strips Female Corps Member Naked

A viral video, posted by the Haven 360 Foundation, has displayed yet horrific scenes of how armed men believed to be operatives of Operation Udo Ga-Achi, also known as the Agunechemba Vigilante Group, stormed a corps members’ lodge in Anambra State and assaulted a female corps member identified as Jennifer Edema Elohor and some of her colleagues.

The video retrieved by PIJAlance on Facebook on Monday showed the victim, Elohor, being beaten and stripped naked by men wielding guns.

https://pija.com.ng/just-in-anambra-vigilante-group-beats-strips-female-corps-member-naked/breaking-news/08/2025/

18/08/2025

76-year-old Dies Visiting Flirty Meta AI Bot

A Thai man based in New Jersey, Thongbue Wongbandue, has met his end while trying to visit a fictitious address of Big sis Billie, a Meta AI chatbot in New York City.

Wongbandue, also known as Bue, had fallen head over heels for Big sis Billie, whom he had thought was a real person after a series of romantic exchanges on Facebook Messenger.

The repeated chats, which constantly saw Big sis Billie eagerly expecting Bue, spurred his alacrity to desire to visit her, having been invited by this newly-found AI companion. However, on his way, he had an accident, sustained a severe neck injury and gave up the ghost four days later.

https://pija.com.ng/76-year-old-dies-visiting-flirty-meta-ai-bot/breaking-news/tech/08/2025/