4 Crucial Bills Held Up Between NASS and Presidency for Years
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…
BREAKING: Organised Labour Declares Indefinite Strike Over Minimum Wage
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…
Sam Afolabi Trying to ‘Eat Rich’ Again With $148bn Factory
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…
‘Soldiers Seize Abia Doctor’s Teenage Brother, Sister After Obikabia Junction Attack’
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…
After EQToday’s Story, Air Peace Releases Journalist’s N153,400 Withheld for 7 Months
Air Peace has credited Damilola, a Lagos-based journalist, with N153,400 withheld for seven months. This is barely 48 hours after an EQToday story about Air Peace and Fidelity Bank withholding…
BREAKING: Court Grants Chioma Okoli N5m Bail
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to Chioma Okoli, the Lagos resident standing trial for conspiracy and cyberstalking over her review of a tomato mix produced by…
Chioma Okoli: Over 300 Women’s Groups Call for Immediate Boycott of Erisco Products
A coalition of over 300 women’s groups has called on all Nigerian women to boycott all products sold by Erisco Foods Limited. In a statement issued on Friday morning and…
FACT-CHECK: Lagos Police’s Claim That Officers Were Attacked for Enforcing Okada Ban False
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…
One Year After National Census Training, NPC Yet to Pay Some Facilitators Their Stipends
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…
REPORTER’s DIARY: Innocent Tiler Whose Life Lagos Police Tried to Ruin
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…