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Police extortion and unlawful arrests have long been a concern in many parts of Lagos State, but the officers from FESTAC Police Station have taken these practices to an extreme that many Lagos residents cannot comprehend. From daily harassment of young men to intimidation of motorcyclists in the area, the FESTAC police exemplify how police […]

B-GAG HEALTHY Medicine Syrup has been distributed in five Nigerian states as a drug for bladder problems and urinary tract infections (UTIs) since January, but the product is illegal. The B-GAG syrup bottle lists potash, lemon grass, lemon and water as its main ingredients. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) […]

Ikechukwu Chukwuonye, a Lagos State-based auto dealer, has narrated how N810,000 mysteriously vanished from his Union Bank account. Chukwuonye told aso.rocks investigates that the money was stolen from his account on June 12, after he attempted to withdraw some cash from an automated teller machine (ATM) belonging to a Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) branch. According […]

Yusuf, a First Bank customer, has shared how the bank debited him N78,760 twice for loan repayment in May and has failed to refund him ever since. A document made available to aso.rocks investigates showed that Yusuf secured a loan from the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria through the Federal Housing Authority in 2023. The […]

Thirty-five House of Representatives members have proposed a bill for a six-year single term for Nigeria’s presidents. Ikenga Ugochinyere announced the decision on Monday during a press conference in Abuja. He was flanked by colleagues who co-sponsored the bill. He told newsmen that the bill, which seeks to give a single term to the president […]

It’s been almost a month since Polaris Bank debited Timothy, a Lagos State resident, for a declined transaction, and the money has still not been reversed. Timothy told aso.rocks investigates that the declined transaction occurred on May 17, when he wanted to pay for fuel via a point of sale (PoS) terminal at a filling […]

When Justus Obasi, a resident of Anambra State, submitted all the necessary paperwork to receive his deceased mother’s entitlements from the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in 2017, little did he know he would still be on the same course seven years later. He told aso.rocks investigates that he and his siblings teaming up to […]

A two-minute, forty-one-second video on TikTok is urging Africans to apply for a Russian visa in order to enlist in the Russian Army and fight in the conflict that is currently raging in Ukraine. Young Africans were encouraged to apply for free Russian visas by a man in the video who overlaid an image of […]

In the final quarter of 2023, Folashade Adewunmi (not real name) received an offer to leave Nigeria for what looked like greener pastures in Benin Republic. The offer came with salary payment in dollars and a strong referral from a family member. On paper, it was great. She had been job-hunting for a while, and […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have resolved to “momentarily” suspend their one-day-old industrial action after agreeing to meet with the federal government for one week. READ ALSO: FG Proposes N54,000, but Organised Labour Insists on N615,000 Minimum Wage Francis Akinjorin, the deputy national secretary of ATTSAN, confirmed to the […]

Access Bank has returned the sum of N198,741 to Grace, the Lagos State resident whose money disappeared from her account while she was asleep. The bank refunded Grace’s money on Monday, June 3, nearly two weeks after EQToday reported how she woke up to a message containing an unauthorised One-Time Password (OTP) and multiple debit […]