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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 […]

On April 20, officers of the Nigeria Police Force, Abuja, arrested Joseph Oluigbo, an Abuja-based furniture upholsterer, for failing to provide the people he had served as surety for in a land dispute matter involving Felix Ihenacho, a retired air force officer, and the people of Umuoparaku Community in Imo State. Oluigbo had served as […]

Chaos and panic erupted in Kano State on March 9, 2020, when the Abdullahi Ganduje-led state government removed Muhammadu Sanusi as Emir of Kano. It was the second time Sanusi would be removed from an exalted office. President Goodluck Jonathan suspended Sanusi from his position as the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) […]

Some prison warders and Mobile Police (MOPOL) officers have confiscated belongings worth millions of naira from inmates at the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, EQToday can exclusively report. Among the seized items is a freezer bought by inmates, for which prison officials have demanded a N1 million payment if the inmates must regain owndership of it. A […]

Madu Onuorah, the publisher of the Global Upfront Newspaper, who was abducted by the police on Wednesday, has been released on bail. His release was disclosed on Friday through a press statement issued by his paper. According to the statement, Onuorah’s release was secured from the Enugu State Police Command on Thursday night, after bail […]

Aircraft from international flights have been unable to land on the 18R/36L runway at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, for several months because the lighting system was stolen. There were reports in February that the 18R/36L runway, the designated international runway, reopened after 11 months of maintenance and unclear circumstances. EQToday can, however, report […]

Tumi Adedayo (not real name), a Lagos-based resident, has narrated how CashLawn, an online loan agency, forced a loan of N18,240 on him and then resorted to announcing his funeral on WhatsApp to recover it. Adedayo told EQToday that he had first come across the loan agency after two of their agents sent him WhatsApp […]

Oisagbai Oviesu, a 400-level medical student at the University of Abuja, fell victim to a fraudster who claimed to be a Kuda Bank customer care representative after he encountered an issue with his account and his bank failed to respond to his inquiries on time. On May 15, someone sent him some money, but he […]

Abba Yusuf, the Kano State Governor, has ordered the arrest of Aminu Ado Bayero on Saturday. Bayero was the Emir of Kano until his removal on Thursday by the state government. He returned to the state on Saturday with a tumultuous welcome by his supporters. READ ALSO: Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Reinstated As Emir of Kano […]

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, […]