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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Oruku Caroline, a Lagos State-based widow, has narrated how N2,133,922.42 was fraudulently withdrawn from her Ecobank account by unknown persons.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 […]

Sue Agazie, a Nigerian student residing in Newcastle, United Kingdom, is facing a possible removal from the United Kingdom due to her inability to pay her school fees. Agazie, a PhD student at the University of Newcastle, is currently battling stage-five kidney disease. According to the BBC, Agazie has been told to leave the UK […]

After two years of waiting for a refund from Avidela International Service Ltd., Eleazar Okoro (pseudonym), a Nigerian in the United Kingdom, can now heave a sigh of relief following the refund of his long-withheld fund. He told EQToday that after several months of being hopeful for a refund, Avidela International Service Ltd. refunded N800,000 […]

When Debbie Moringa (not real name) began her studies at the University of Benin (UNIBEN) in January 2014, she never imagined that a lecturer would rape her in her final year. However, this happened in 2018, when Anthony Asekhauno, a lecturer in the department of philosophy at UNIBEN, committed the crime. “If anyone had told […]

When armed okada riders stormed a police station in the Ipaja area of Lagos State on Monday in protest, police officers responded with gunshots. From interviews with multiple sources who witnessed the violence on Tuesday, EQToday has gathered that one of the two persons who were severely injured during the attack has died. According to […]

Dayo Aiyetan, the publisher of the International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), and Nurudeen Akewushola, a reporter at the organisation, are still in custody more than six hours after they honoured invitations by the Nigeria Police Force and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). This was revealed by the ICIR through […]

Rose Agwu, a Nigerian medical doctor, has narrated how some soldiers entered her home in Abia State and arrested her teenage brother and her sister. Agwu made a short X post on Friday morning, raising the alarm that her siblings were taken away from their house without information on their whereabouts or reason for the […]

Remember Sam Afolabi, the Chief Executive Officer of Eatrich Farms, who fled Nigeria following the collapse of his agritech company that flung Nigerian investors and former staff into a financial mess in 2021? Afolabi, who also made his business partners wallow in multi-million naira debts, is back with another business. This time, it’s a hardware […]

Organised Labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), has declared an indefinite strike to commence on Monday, June 3. Festus Osifo, TUC President, announced the decision at a joint news conference with the leadership of the NLC in Abuja on Friday. The announcement follows the expiration of an earlier request […]

It took the presidency and the National Assembly only six days to introduce, debate, pass and sign the National Anthem Bill. The bill, which summarily takes Nigeria back to its old anthem, passed first and second readings in quick succession on May 23. By May 28, the Senate had passed ‘Nigeria we hail thee’ as […]