By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NIGERIA’s SENATE has passed a landmark legislation seeking to protect millions of domestic workers, apprentices, and interns from sexual abuse, exploitation, and unfair labour practices across the country. Promptly reacting via a press statement dated 13 November 2025, the Executive Director of...
By Ofem John, JkNewsMedia Intern, Cross River State THE OGUN State Government has set a N500 billion Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) target for the 2026 fiscal year to strengthen its financial base and accelerate infrastructural and social development across the state. Governor Dapo Abiodun announced the target during the Treasury Board me...
By Ofem John, JkNewsMedia Intern, Cross River State TRAFFIC REMAINED paralysed for days along the Calabar–Itu Highway after large sections of the road caved in, leaving thousands of commuters and truck drivers stranded between Akwa Ibom and Cross River States. The once-busy route linking the South-South and South-East regions has turned into ...
By Taiwo Obe I AM Elder Ubong Obot. I am an elder of The Apostolic Church. I am from Ikot Akpabin in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Poor background, breadwinner-mum’s death I am from a poor family with my mother, Elsie Bassey Obot, a strong businesswoman, as the backbone. She used […]
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNews0 FLUCTUATIONS IN the Nigerian capital market are part of normal cycles and not triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments about Nigeria, the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Tax Policy and Fiscal Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has stated. Speaking on Channels Television’s Business Morning, Oyedele explained...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent INTENSE SCRUTINY surrounded plot 1946, Buffer Transit Southern Park Way, Gaduwa District, Abuja, on Wednesday as the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), accompanied by senior naval officers including Army Lieutenant A.M. Yerima, visited properties reportedly belonging to a retired Chief of Naval Staff....
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu on Wednesday opened the 21st All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC 2025) at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja, emphasising the central role of journalism in sustaining democracy and national cohesion. The event, organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), drew over ...
By JKNewsMedia THE UNITED Arab Emirates (UAE) has reaffirmed its commitment to support the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and deepen collaboration in combating substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in Nigeria. The assurance was delivered during a courtesy visit by the UAE Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency Salem Saeed ...
By Ofem John, JkNewsMedia Intern MASSIVE URBAN renewal efforts are underway in Abeokuta as the Ogun State Government edges closer to completing its ambitious Urban Regeneration Scheme, with over 150 of the planned 200-plus housing units already delivered within the Ibara Government Reservation Area (GRA). Governor Dapo Abiodun, who led an ins...
By Joke Kujenya HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS intensified as 180 vulnerable Nigerians returned from Libya to Lagos amid renewed global scrutiny of the North African country’s human rights record. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed the return in a statement on Wednesday, disclosing that the repatriation flight arrived at the C...
