By Olaide Ajibola, JKNMedia Reporter THE NIGERIAN Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). Akintunde Sawyerr, CEO/NELFUND, has provided details regarding the conditions that applicants must meet to qualify for the loans. Speaking on Monday, May 20, he said the bill, signed into law on April by President Bola Tinubu was to ensure that no Nigerian student...
By Joke Kujenya NIGERIA’S MONETARY Policy Committee (MPC) has announced a significant adjustment to the monetary policy rate (MPR), increasing it from 24.75 percent to 26.25 percent. This change, revealed on Tuesday, May 21, by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Yemi Cardoso, marks a strategic response to escalating inflationary pres...
By Joke Kujenya NURSES ACROSS Nigeria are raising urgent concerns about the hostile work environments and excessive workloads they face in government health facilities. These challenges, they argue, are driving many professionals out of the field and jeopardizing patient safety. At a media briefing organized by the Nursing Group Administrators...
By Joke Kujenya A SKIN Lightening Beauty Lotion, “Caro White” has been declared highly dangerous by the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) which issued a stern warning regarding the use of the product. This followed a recall by the European Union (EU) Rapid Alert System for Dangerous Non-Food Products (RAPEX...
By Olaide Ajibola, JKNMedia Reporter TO ALLEVIATE hunger and support the vulnerable, Fidelity Bank PLC has distributed food packs to women, widows, children, and other at-risk groups in Keffi, Nasarawa State. This distribution is part of the bank’s ongoing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities under the “Fidelity Food Bank Initiativ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNMedia Reporter SENATE PRESIDENT Godswill Akpabio welcomed renowned Afrobeat artist David Adedeji Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, to his office during a courtesy visit on Monday. The meeting, which included Davido’s cousins, Hon. Tunji Adeleke and Folasade Adeleke, highlighted the artist’s international...
By Olaide Ajibola, JKNMedia Reporter IN A STATEMENT, Pa Suleimon Atanda Obasa, father of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, passed away this morning at the age of 83. The news was announced by Eromosele Ebhomele, Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker stating that Hon. Obasa lost his father […]
By Olaide Ajibola, JKNMedia Reporter DAMAGES STRUCK Iran once again as a 3.7 magnitude earthquake jolted the region of Malayer in the Hamedan province on Monday morning. Reports say that he seismic event, which occurred at 08:20:52 local time, sent tremors through the area, further deepening the nation’s sense of sorrow following the tra...
By Joke Kujenya ISRAELI FOREIGN Minister Israel Katz is set to embark on a diplomatic mission to Paris, where he will engage in crucial discussions with French officials and Jewish leaders. Katz’s agenda includes meetings with his French counterpart Stéphane Séjourné, National Assembly President Yaël Braun-Pivet, Senate President Gérard ...
By Joke Kujenya SEQUEL to the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and several other senior officials which occurred in mountainous terrain during adverse weather conditions, sparking speculation and accusations on social media platforms, Israel has been fingered to have...
