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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 […]

Adeyiga Oyenike Taiwo, a Lagos-based woman, has narrated how she lost over N150,000 to several unauthorised transactions on her Ecobank account. She told EQToday that when she complained to the bank about an initial deduction, the money was refunded in part but weeks later, the bank emptied her account and left her with a negative […]

Bola Ahmed Tinubu officially became Nigeria’s president on May 29, 2023. He has since managed to sell investment deals that never happened to Nigerians. Leading Tinubu’s disinformation team were the president’s special advisers and spokespersons, Bayo Onanuga, Olusegun Dada and Ajuri Ngelale. EQToday fact-checked the presidential trio after they posted inaccurate and false details about […]

Rumours of the United States authorities freeing Olalekan Jacob Ponle, also known as Mr. Woodbery or Mark Kain, who was imprisoned for fraud in 2023, have been circulating on social media since Wednesday. Ponle’s alias has remained among the top trending words on X. Mini-influencers and some private accounts have made claims about Ponle’s presence […]

Stray bullets fired by a police officer have killed two residents of Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State. EQToday learned that a car hit a motorcycle around 8:32 pm in the Omisanjana area of the city on Tuesday, causing the rider and his two passengers serious injuries. “However, instead of showing concern and care for […]

Rukayat Thompson (not real name), an Oyo State resident, has narrated how Cashlawn, an online money-lending outfit, continues to harass her for interest on a loan she never requested. Thompson told EQToday that the incident happened minutes after she deleted Cashlawn’s application from her phone on May 22. “On May 10, an unknown contact reached […]

His name was Suleiman Aliyu. On paper, his crime did not exist, and when this reporter encountered him, it was clear no judge worth his salt could ever find him guilty of the excuse of a charge an investigating police officer (IPO) had relied on to detain him. Aliyu was this lanky, dark and very […]

A year after undergoing training by the National Population Commission (NPC), some of the facilitators trained by the commission in Benin are yet to receive payment. The NPC had planned to conduct a national population census in 2023, 17 years after the last one, which was conducted in 2006. In preparation for the 2023 census, […]

A deadly clash involving the police and some motorcyclists in the Ipaja area of Lagos State occurred on Monday. The police divisional headquarters along Ayobo road in the area was almost overrun by motorcyclists, some of whom pelted stones at the station. EQToday learned that the clash broke out in Baruwa Inside, a popular neighbourhood […]

The owner of the Chinese supermarket that went viral in April for prohibiting Nigerians from shopping on its premises, located in the the China General Chamber of Commerce, Abuja, has relocated to another location, EQToday has been told. When EQToday visited the premises on June 1, five security operatives who were reluctant to answer questions […]