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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 […]

The federal government has proposed N54,000 as the new minimum wage, following organised labour’s rejection of a N48,000 offer. However, organised labour, which comprises the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), is insisting on a N615,000 minimum wage. The government proposed this new sum on Tuesday, during a meeting of the […]

Esther Chikezie, a Lagos resident who paid Ikeja Electric Distribution Company (IKEDC) N155,551 for a prepaid meter installation 11 months ago, has got nothing. Chikezie paid N155,551.57 in June 2023 for the Meter Assets Provider (MAP) to fit a prepaid meter in her house in Ijede-Ikorodu. EQToday confirmed that the meter had not been installed […]

Groups sound the alarm as the Butuanon language faces the threat of extinction, raising fears of a future where the echoes of Butuan’s linguistic legacy may fade into silence. BUTUAN, Philippines – The catchphrase “Ato ini, kadyawon ta!” can be seen on tricycles in Butuan. It means “This is ours, let’s take care of it!” […]

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, […]

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, […]

Florence Lawan (not real name), a Lagos State-based auditor, has narrated how Adama J. Adama, the CEO of Viable X, an export financing platform, defrauded her of N5 million after she invested the sum in the latter’s controversial agro-business scheme. Speaking with EQToday, Lawan said she invested the sum in December 2021. “I first heard […]