By Jemimah Wellington, JKNMedia Reporter INTERPOL HAS blocked over 720 bank accounts tied to online financial fraud in West Africa. This was the result of “Operation Jackal III,” a sting conducted from April 10 to July 3. The operation spanned 21 countries across five continents. INTERPOL targeted online financial fraud and the Wes...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNMedia Reporter PLANS HAVE been announced to register an additional 100,000 farmers in the Ogun State Farmer Information Management System (OGFIMS), increasing the total to 160,000. Commissioner for Agriculture Bolu Owotomo announced this during the OGFIMS workshop at the Ogun State Economic Transformation Project (OGSTEP)...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNMedia Reporter, Port Harcourt GOVERNOR SIMINALAYI Fubara of Rivers State has selected experienced educators to lead two vital school boards. He emphasized the need for a solid educational foundation, free from political influence, to ensure a prosperous future for the state. On Friday, at the Government House in Port Har...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu will leave Abuja for Accra, Ghana, on Saturday, July 20. He will attend the Sixth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union (AU). This meeting includes the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the Regional Mechanisms (RMs), and the African Union Member States. A...
By JKNMedia INDUSTRY LEADERS, marketing technology experts, and content creators are set to gather in Lagos to explore AI’s transformative power in marketing, communications, and content creation in Africa. The AI & Content, Marketing & Communications Revolution in Africa Summit is scheduled for July 26, 2024, at The Landmark Cen...
By Victor Itodo Abuh THE JOINT Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) recently set the cut-off marks for the 2024/2025 academic session, with the minimum score for admission into universities at 140, and for polytechnics and colleges of education at 100. This decision has stirred a significant amount of discussion among stakeholders in Nige...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia, Reporter The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has appointed Deputy Commissioner of Police Bayonle Sulaiman as the new Commanding Officer for the IGP Special Task Force on Petroleum and Illegal Bunkering (IGP-STFPIB). Police spokesperson Muyiwa Adejobi announced the appointment in a statement share...
By Joke Kujenya OPERATIVES OF the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted a shipment of one million two hundred twenty-nine thousand four hundred bottles of codeine syrup. This latest seizure, made on Thursday, July 18, 2024, is valued at over N9.8 billion. This is also the fourth and final batch of containers that have [&hell...
By David Adenekan DID THE Punch Editorial painstakingly, study the issues of federalism in the United States of America (USA) before making this unfounded submission, that the states, in a third-tier federal system of government in the USA are responsible for the funding of the local government authorities? The Punch Editorial Board blew it bi...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNMedia Reporter RIVERS STATE Governor Siminalayi Fubara has urged the National Assembly Joint Committee on Electoral Matters to prioritize amendments that enhance the electoral process for the benefit of society. He emphasized that legislation should not target or benefit specific individuals. Fubara made this appeal while...
