By JKNewsMedia MISCONCEPTIONS SORROUNDING the reduced validity of United States (US) nonimmigrant visas for Nigerian citizens have been firmly dismissed by the US Mission in Nigeria, which clarified that the decision stems from a routine global review rather than political considerations or diplomatic tensions. A statement released by the Mis...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PRESIDING OFFICERS and election staff on Saturday, were unable to deploy to polling units across Lagos on Saturday morning, following a vehicle shortfall that sparked confusion at the Ikosi-Isheri Local Council Development Area. The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) encounte...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent MUTED STREETS, idle polling booths, and impatient voters defined Saturday’s local government elections across Lagos State, as widespread apathy and operational setbacks marred a process intended to renew grassroots representation in Nigeria’s economic capital. Fifteen political parties contest...
By JKNewsMedia REDEFINING HOW students connect, Globacom has introduced Gloshare and a Mobile Community Plan to Kwara State University (KWASU), to collaborate, and learn. The digital rollout—pioneered through the company’s Enterprise Unit—marks the first deployment of such a system in any Nigerian tertiary institution. Held at KWASU’s Malete ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent VOTING OPENED this morning across Lagos State in the long-anticipated local government elections, with Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) officials setting up polling units from as early as 7:59am on Saturday. At St. Stephen School on Adeniji Adele Road, Lagos Island, Units 0...
By Yishau Olukorede I WRITE to you not as a mere observer but as a concerned citizen who recognises the gravity and the promise of the task before you. Nigeria stands at a historic crossroads. Your mandate to implement the new tax reform laws is not merely a bureaucratic assignment but a moral obligation, an […]
By JKNewsMedia NIGERIA’s STATE oil company may sell its refineries as complications continue to undermine years of costly rehabilitation efforts. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited is currently re-evaluating its strategy for revamping its state-owned refineries amid persistent operational setbacks, according to its Group C...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE BUDGET for the African Atlantic Gas Pipeline, a landmark infrastructure project linking Nigeria to Morocco, has surged beyond $25 billion, according to Morocco’s Minister of Energy Transition, Leila Benali. She said the transcontinental pipeline is set to deliver gas to around 400 million p...
By Rosheedat Akinkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter PUSH FOR deeper economic ties between Nigeria and Brazil gained momentum as Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun called on Brazilian investors to collaborate on establishing a fertiliser plant at the Olokola Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project site. The offer was extended during the Ogun State Investme...
By Owei Lakemfa THE GREAT warmonger of our time, Benjamin Netanyahu, wanted by the International Criminal Court, ICC, for war crimes and genocide has proposed President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. The Israeli Prime Minister, an expert in infanticide and the strategic deployment of starvation to wipe out resistant peoples, handed o...
