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Peter Ogie, an Abuja-based businessman, has detailed how N520,100 vanished from his Zenith Bank account without his consent. Oge told EQToday that the incident happened on November 29, 2023. “I was in my living room on the day the incident happened,” said Ogie. “While I was watching an interesting TV programme, I suddenly received two […]

Renee Mall, Ikoyi, Lagos, has returned N34,700 to Timothy, a customer who got debited for a declined transaction on April 17. This followed EQToday’s intervention in the disputed transaction, which was eventually confirmed successful. Timothy had told EQToday that he was using his Polaris Bank debit card to pay for groceries at the mall’s point […]

Anne Parker, a switchboard operator in the United Kingdom (UK), has admitted to sending a resuscitation team to the wrong location during the period when David Horsman, a 65-year-old patient, collapsed while undergoing a routine CT scan. Parker made the confession in an ongoing inquest on May 23, after she had first blamed Idongesit Okon, […]

June 2021 was the first time Stanley Oguamanam, a graphic designer based in Enugu State, heard of Oxford International Group, an investment company, through his friend who was working with the company at the time. Stanley told EQToday that he got a flyer from his friend, who presented Oxford International Group as a duly registered […]

Chioma Okoli, the Facebook user who has been embroiled in a legal battle since 2023, when she reviewed the Nagiko Tomato Mix, a product of Erisco Foods Limited, has suffered a pregnancy loss. Effiong Inibehe, Okoli’s legal representative, confirmed this on Wednesday via a post on his X page, noting that the Federal High Court […]

Seven months ago, Damilola, a journalist based in Lagos, paid N153,400 for a Lagos-Anambra round trip with Air Peace, a Nigerian airline, but could not fly because the airline would not confirm his payment. To date, he has yet to be refunded. Damilola, who wants to be identified only by his first name, told EQToday […]

Kaniz Construction Limited, an Abuja-based real estate firm, has refunded N1.8 million to a telecommunications engineer resident in the city, after ignoring his request for a refund for over a year and six months. The engineer, who prefers to be anonymous, told EQToday that this expected development came on May 15, when he least expected […]

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Sierra Leone Police Services (SLP) have refused to disclose the whereabouts of Nigerian Benjamin Nnanyereugo, also known as Killaboi. Law enforcement sought to detain and prosecute Nnanyereugo after he confessed to stabbing Augusta Osedion in August 2023. Osedion died of the stab wounds and Nnanyereugo fled after initially […]

Chibuzor Victor Obiorah, a Law student at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), has won the sixth edition of the ‘Fisayo Soyombo Inter-University Essay Competition oragnised by the Union of Campus Journalists (UCJ), University of Ibadan. Obiorah emerged winner from a total of 336 entries received from university students across Nigeria that were first pruned […]

On a sunny morning last August, Jatau Malichy, 65, left his home in Mafo-fadia, a village in Kachia Local Government Area, in the southern part of Kaduna State, north-west Nigeria, to inspect his farm. After retiring as a librarian with the state government, Malichy had devoted himself to cultivating ginger on the five-hectare farm. But […]

Oruku Caroline, a Lagos State-based widow, has narrated how N2,133,922.42 was fraudulently withdrawn from her Ecobank account by unknown persons. Oruku, 76, told EQToday that the incident happened on March 3, 2023, after she authorised two cheque withdrawals on the account. “On the day of the incident, I issued two cheque instructions to the Ecobank branch […]

This country has the highest number of prisoners per capita in South America, and an organization works for their rights. It is estimated that around 30,000 boys and girls have their parents incarcerated. It is Monday and at Espacio Colabora, in downtown Montevideo, a group of women and representatives of social organizations meet to discuss […]