ICIR Publisher, Reporter Released After Nine-Hour Detention
Dayo Aiyetan, the publisher for the International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), and Nurudeen Akewushola, a reporter at the same organisation, have been released from police custody. Their release was…
ICIR Publisher, Reporter Unreachable Hours After Honouring Police Invitation
Dayo Aiyetan, the publisher of the International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), and Nurudeen Akewushola, a reporter at the organisation, are still in custody more than six hours after they…
‘Bottled-Up Anger’: Why Okada Riders Attacked Lagos Police Station on Monday
When armed okada riders stormed a police station in the Ipaja area of Lagos State on Monday in protest, police officers responded with gunshots. From interviews with multiple sources who…
Harassment in First Year, Rape in Final Year: How Philosophy Lecturer Anthony Asekhauno Drove Ex-UNIBEN Student Into Depression
When Debbie Moringa (not real name) began her studies at the University of Benin (UNIBEN) in January 2014, she never imagined that a lecturer would rape her in her final…
After EQToday’s Story, Avidela International Services Refunds Man’s N800,000
After two years of waiting for a refund from Avidela International Service Ltd., Eleazar Okoro (pseudonym), a Nigerian in the United Kingdom, can now heave a sigh of relief following…
‘Death Sentence’: Nigerian Student Battling Stage-5 Kidney Disease Asked to Leave UK Over School Fees
Sue Agazie, a Nigerian student residing in Newcastle, United Kingdom, is facing a possible removal from the United Kingdom due to her inability to pay her school fees. Agazie, a…
In Uruguay, an Organisation Works for the Rights of Prisoners’ Relatives
This country has the highest number of prisoners per capita in South America, and an organization works for their rights. It is estimated that around 30,000 boys and girls have…
N2m Kept in Widow’s Ecobank Account Stolen. She Suspects 2 ‘Branch Managers’ in Lagos
Oruku Caroline, a Lagos State-based widow, has narrated how N2,133,922.42 was fraudulently withdrawn from her Ecobank account by unknown persons. Oruku, 76, told EQToday that the incident happened on March…
SPECIAL REPORT: Kaduna Ginger Farmers Count Losses as ‘Strange Disease’ Ravages Crop
On a sunny morning last August, Jatau Malichy, 65, left his home in Mafo-fadia, a village in Kachia Local Government Area, in the southern part of Kaduna State, north-west Nigeria,…
UNN Student Wins 6th ‘Fisayo Soyombo Inter-Varsity Essay Contest
Chibuzor Victor Obiorah, a Law student at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), has won the sixth edition of the ‘Fisayo Soyombo Inter-University Essay Competition oragnised by the Union of…