By JKNewsMedia FREQUENT CLASHES between herders and farmers in Delta State have prompted a renewed call for enforcement of the 2021 Delta State Livestock Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing Regulation Law. Chairmen of the state’s 25 local government councils have been directed to establish task forces to ensure the law is effectively implemented ...
By JKNewsMedia WIDESPREAD FOOD insecurity continues to plague Somalia, with 6.9 million people projected to need humanitarian assistance in 2024. Factors like severe weather, insecurity, disease outbreaks, and poverty have created a critical situation for vulnerable populations. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) ha...
By JKNewsMedia IN A wave of year-end excitement, Globacom has rewarded seventeen subscribers with cash prizes in its ongoing Glo Lucky Number game. At a ceremony in Lagos, winners received cheques ranging from N100,000 to N1,000,000, while those outside Lagos collected their prizes at designated centres across the country. Organised by Globaco...
By Dimeji Macaulay ON JUNE 9th this year, The Punch newspaper reported that the EU earned €3.4 million from rejected Schengen visa applications from Nigeria. The report further stated that globally, EU governments collected €130 million from rejected Schengen visa applications, with African and Asian countries bearing 90 percent of the costs, ...
By JKNewsMedia NIGERIA’s ECONOMIC narrative has sparked fresh debate following the National Bureau of Statistics’ (NBS) latest unemployment and GDP figures. The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI), a policy think tank, has defended the credibility of these reports, countering claims by critics who dismissed the data as unreali...
By JKNewsMedia NESTLÉ Nigeria announces its continued commitment to empowering the country’s youth by training over 20 of them in engineering skills through its Technical Training Programme, held at the Agbara factory. This marks the 13th year the company has implemented this programme, which provides participants with mechanical, electrical, ...
By JKNewsMedia NIGERIA, THE country with the highest number of malaria deaths globally, has begun administering a new malaria vaccine for the first time. The R21/Matrix-M vaccine, approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO), is set to protect children aged five to 15 months. According to reports, Malaria claims the lives of a large proport...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE PRESIDENCY has announced that Nigeria secures a $500 million loan from the World Bank to fund the Human Capital Opportunities for Prosperity and Equity (HOPE) project. The government says this initiative will strengthen basic education and primary healthcare in various states across the country. ...
Bola BOLAWOLE “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God” – Matthew 5:9. DOGS EATING dogs and birds gnawing at each other’s innards is one way to describe the war of words between the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer […]
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s LEADER, President Bola Tinubu, played host to German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier during a significant three-day state visit to Nigeria. The meeting, held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Wednesday, underscored the strengthening of diplomatic and economic ties between the tw...
