By Joke Kujenya NIGERIA’S PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has arrived in Tokyo for the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9), which will take place from August 20 to 22 in Yokohama. The Presidential aircraft landed at the Presidential Wing of Haneda International Airport, Tokyo, at 00:50 am local time on Tuesday, wh...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent COUNTRYWIDE CONTINUOS voter registration began with online pre-registration on Monday 18 August 2025, recording 69,376 entries within the first seven hours. According to figures released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the portal went live at 8.30am and by 3.30pm the sa...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter Federal retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) are set to receive a N32,000 monthly pension increase following the approval of a N758 billion bond by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to settle all outstanding pension liabilities. The bond was approved to ensure that pensioners benefit from the ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent SEVERE AID cuts by the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) are taking a heavy toll on millions of Nigerians, disrupting health services, nutrition programmes, and humanitarian support across the country. Donor-funded clinics are shutting down, maternal health services are stalling, a...
By CenturyPost ABOUT N2.354 billion in pay cheques, comprising the monthly salaries of the 109 senators and the cost of running their offices, is enough to pay monthly wages of 4,708 professors at universities across the country. Debates have continued over the perceived imbalance in the remunerations of political office holders and academics,...
By Faith Obams, JKNewsMedia Intern COMMITMENT TO clean and sustainable energy solutions across Africa took centre stage on Monday as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu commissioned a 40,000 cubic metres (CBM) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) vessel in Ulsan, South Korea. The vessel, named MT Iyaloja (Lagos), is owned by WAGL Energy Limited, a joint ven...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correpondent NIGERIANS APPLYING for United States (US) visas will now be required to provide details of their social media accounts from the past five years, according to a new directive by the US Mission in Nigeria. The mission confirmed the updated policy in a statement issued on Monday, noting that the [&...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter EFFORTS HAVE been intensified by African countries one year since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, recording measurable progress in curbing the spread of the virus. Coordinated action between governments, WHO, the Africa Centre for Dise...
By Olugbenga Adebamiwa SHOLA OSHUNKEYE is a celebrated Nigerian journalist whose distinguished career spans over three decades of impactful reporting, editorial leadership, and pioneering human-interest storytelling across West Africa. Renowned for blending sharp investigative skills with deep compassion for the human condition, his work has ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent A THREE-year manhunt for 36-year-old drug kingpin Sunday Ibigide ended in Asaba, Delta State, when operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted him on Sunday 10th August 2025 with 250 blocks of skunk weighing 138 kilogrammes. NDLEA stated that Ibigide had been decla...
