JUST IN: CBN Increases Interest Rate to 26.25%
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria has raised the interest rate by 150 basis points, from 24.75 percent to 26.25 percent. The Monetary Policy Rate…
Alert: NAFDAC Says Caro White Lotion Puts Users at Risk of Endocrine Disruption
The National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians to the recall of Caro White, an Ivorian skin-lightening beauty lotion, by the European Union Rapid Alerts…
Nigerian High Commission, 160 Others Owe UK £143m in Congestion Charges
The Nigerian High Commission and 160 others owe the United Kingdom a total of £143,527,113 in congestion charges, according to a document released by Transport for London, a government agency…
Abuja Publisher Released on Bail 24 Hours After Police Abduction
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…
INSIDER: Ikoyi Prison Officials Seize Inmates’ Cash, ‘Demand N1m Bribe’ to Release Confiscated Freezer
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…
FLASHBACK: ‘Jonathan’s Medicine’: How Ganduje Removed Emir Sanusi in 2020
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…
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Reinstated As Emir of Kano
Abba Kabir Yusuf, the Kano State Governor, has announced the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi, an ex-governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as the Emir of Kano. Yusuf revealed…
Over Land Tussle in Imo, Police Keep Man in Abuja Custody for a Month — ‘Because Powerful Ex-Military Officer Is Involved’
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…
Lagos Auditor Put N5m in Adama J. Adama’s Agro-Business Scheme in 2021. No Gain, No Refund Yet
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…
Abuja Police Arrest Student in Barbershop, Detain Him for 16 Hours Just to Extort Money
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,…