By JKNewsMedia THREE PRESTIGIOUS awards were clinched by Chain Reactions Africa (CRA) at the Lagos PR Industry Gala & Awards (LaPRIGA) 2024, held on Friday, December 13, 2024, at the MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos. The event was held to celebrate excellence in public relations, spotlighting CRA for its outstanding achievements. CRA won the ‘P...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter A REDUCTION in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), lowering it to N899.50 per litre has been announced by Dangote Refinery. The company says this move aims to alleviate the burden on Nigerians as transportation costs typically spike during the festive season. Anthony Chiejina, the Group Chief Br...
By JKNewsMedia DELTA STATE Governor Sheriff Oborevwori has been honoured with the 2024 Integrity Man of the Year Award. This was at the Integrity Group Leadership Summit held in Asaba on Wednesday. It was part of the development initiative aimed at transforming the State. The event highlighted the governor’s impactful programmes under the MORE...
By JKNewsMedia ALLEGATIONS OF reckless spending have surfaced against the Lagos State House of Assembly. A group, the Lagos State Anti-Corruption Coalition, accused the Assembly of expending N17 billion on constructing a gate and demanded an investigation. The claim also extended to an alleged N200 million spent on a thanksgiving event. At ple...
By JKNewsMedia YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT and poverty remain pressing issues in Nigeria. At the 3-Day National Skills Acquisition Conference held at the Banquet Hall in Abuja, the government underscored its resolve to confront these challenges. Organised by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Think Tank, The Progressive Institute, the conference highl...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE NATIONAL Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has refuted claims made in a misleading video circulating on social media. The video alleges that NAFDAC approved an herbal product claiming “smoking is healthy” when used with their product. NAFDAC categorically stated that th...
Olukorede Yishau is a writer and award-winning Nigerian journalist based in Texas, United States. Yishau’s debut novel, “In The Name of Our Father,” garnered a prestigious nomination for Africa’s biggest literary prize, the Nigeria Prize for Literature, in 2021. Since then, he’s continued to captivate readers with his short story collection, “...
▪ Nigeria’s Not Lagos … VOICE OF a statesman is also akin to the voice of God: Yes, it’s not just the voice of the people that’s the voice of God, as that age-old aphorism suggests. And there’s no doubt that former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is the last true statesman standing today. Of course, […]
By Joke Kujenya THE FESTIVE atmosphere in Lagos heightened on Wednesday as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu touched down at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport at exactly3:23 pm. The President is set to spend the Christmas and New Year holidays in his state of origin, Lagos, as noted by Presidential Spokesman, Bayo [...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter GHANA’s PRESIDENT-Elect, John Dramani Mahama, is paying Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu a visit at the State House in Abuja. The courtesy visit is coming a week after Ghana’s Electoral Commission declared Mahama, of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the winner of the 2024 presidential ele...
