By JKNewsMedia GRIEF FILLED the air in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, as mourners gathered to pay their final respects to veteran gospel filmmaker and actor Moses Are, popularly known as Baba Gbenro. The 65-year-old, who passed away in November 2024 following a battle with liver disease, was laid to rest on Friday in an emotional farewell […]
By JKNewsMedia ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT for Nigerian youth is set to receive a boost as Fidelity Bank Plc has been selected as a partner bank for the Nigeria Youth Economic Engagement and De-Radicalisation Programme (NIYEEDEP). The initiative, spearheaded by the Federal Ministry of Youth Development in collaboration with the Nigerian Senate Commit...
By Rosheedat Akinkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter COMMITMENT TO enhance road infrastructure in Delta State are gaining momentum as the government plans to decentralise the operations of the Direct Labour Agency (DLA). This move aims to improve road maintenance efficiency and ensure the agency delivers on its mandate across all parts of the state. ...
By Joke Kujenya A DEVASTATING air ambulance crash in Northeast Philadelphia has claimed multiple lives, including a young child, and left several homes ablaze. This comes less than 72 hours after Wednesday’s midair collision over Washington, D.C., where an American Airlines plane carrying 64 people struck a Military Hawk helicopter while desc...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter A MILITARY drill near Myoung Barracks in Lagos turned into chaos on Friday when a speeding car crashed into a column of soldiers, leaving at least 20 injured. The incident, which occurred during an early morning exercise outside the barracks in Yaba, has sparked concerns over safety and the cause [&...
By Robert Egbe DESPITE THE millions of people its products kill every year, and the thousands more whose health is destroyed, the tobacco industry is aggressively lobbying governments and the public to embrace newer kinds of harmful tobacco products that it presents as “less harmful” or “safer” than traditional tobacco use. According to the Wo...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE REGISTRATION process for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has been rescheduled, shifting from its initial start date of Friday, 31 January 2025, to Monday, 3 February 2025. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced the change, citing the need for cri...
By Temitope Ajayi TWO DAYS after DeepSeek took the world by surprise, a Financial Times report warned that the West should be worried by how China appears to be leading the Artificial Intelligence race. Financial Times says the emergence of DeepSeek from the shadows, catching the West unawares, is a strong indication that China has […]...
By Pius Mordi BEFORE THE collapse of the naira precipitated by the economic reforms introduced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a report by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law had revealed that a whopping N306 billion was paid to uniformed security men – Police, Army, Navy, Civil Defence, Federal Road Safety [&h...
By Mustafa Chike Obi & Adetilewa Adebajo Introduction: THE INTEREST rate spread is the difference between the interest rates charged on loans and the interest rates paid on deposits. This has been an area of concern since the Nigerian banking liberalisation regime. The unusually wide spreads in comparison to regional and global banking ...
