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The Department of State Services (DSS) has refused to either release Piu Awoke, an Ebonyi-based lawyer who was indiscriminately arrested by the agency in 2021, or charge him in court. A source who is familiar with the matter but does not want to be named told EQToday that Awoke was arrested by the DSS while […]

Former students of the National Teachers’ Institute (NTI), Kaduna, have narrated how the institution, affiliated with the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), refused to issue degree certificates to them. These students, EQToday learned, completed degree programmes in English, mathematics and integrated science at the school. Some of the students told EQToday that the institute, […]

The Nigerian High Commission and 160 others owe the United Kingdom a total of £143,527,113 in congestion charges, according to a document released by Transport for London, a government agency that manages the day-to-day operations of London’s public transport network and supervises the city’s main roads. The UK agency released a list of foreign embassies […]

The National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians to the recall of Caro White, an Ivorian skin-lightening beauty lotion, by the European Union Rapid Alerts System for Dangerous Non-food Products (RAPEX) for containing a high concentration of kojic acid. According to the public notification issued by NAFDAC on May 13, […]

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria has raised the interest rate by 150 basis points, from 24.75 percent to 26.25 percent. The Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) is the key determinant of commercial banks’ interest rates. Olayemi Cardoso, the governor of the apex bank, revealed this increase at a news conference […]

Tadada Aminu Ahmed sent the sum of N125,000 to Arik Air via mobile transfer for a Port Harcourt-Lagos flight in January, but he neither got a booking nor a refund. Guaranty Trust Bank sent him a debit alert notifying him of a successful transaction, but Arik Air said the transaction was unsuccessful. “They also said […]

Over 300 passengers were left stranded at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport by Turkish Airlines after their flight was cancelled less than 30 minutes before take-off on Tuesday night, EQToday can report. EQToday learned that the flight, which was supposed to convey passengers from the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos to Istanbul, Turkey, had […]

When Grace, a Lagos State resident, woke up around 4.30 am on April 30 and picked up her phone, she found multiple unauthorised debits amounting to N200,000 on her Access Bank account. Grace was shocked because she found that a one-time password (OTP) she never requested had been sent to her number. All of these […]

When Grace, a Lagos State resident, woke up around 4.30 am on April 30 and picked up her phone, she found multiple unauthorised debits amounting to N200,000 on her Access Bank account. Grace was shocked because she found that a one-time password (OTP) she never requested had been sent to her number. All of these […]

Officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have abducted Madu Onuorah, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Global Upfront Newspaper, in Abuja. According to the statement released on Thursday by the management of the online news platform, about 10 armed police officers invaded Onuorah’s home in Lugbe around 6 pm on Wednesday and whisked him away in […]

In the afternoon of May 18, officers from the SARS Police Station, Area 1, in Abuja stormed Jessop Resorts in the Jabu area to carry out arrests. The arrests, however, didn’t end at the resort. Several other people, mostly young men, were picked off the streets of Jabu and from commercial buildings near the hotel, […]

In the afternoon of May 18, officers from the SARS Police Station, Area 1, in Abuja stormed Jessop Resorts in the Jabu area to carry out arrests. The arrests, however, didn’t end at the resort. Several other people, mostly young men, were picked off the streets of Jabu and from commercial buildings near the hotel, […]