By JKNewsMedia THE MANAGEMENT of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Retail Limited has announced decisive actions against staff members at an Ikorodu-based filling station following a social media video showing a pump attendant attempting to swindle a customer. According to a statement by the company, a thorough investigation conf...
By Jemimah Wellinton, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE WEST African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released revised results for the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) following the discovery of a technical glitch that affected the grading of serialized papers. According to the Head of Nigeria’s Office of WAE...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE NIGERIA Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has issued a fresh flood alert for 198 local government areas across 32 states and the Federal Capital Territory, warning of high to very high flood risks between 7 and 21 August. In an official statement referenced 32-25-003-06, NIHSA Director G...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent IMMEDIATE ACTION to raise Nigeria’s excise tax on tobacco products to 100 percent could save thousands of lives and recover at least N526billion annually from healthcare costs and productivity losses, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has said. In a statement ...
By JKNewsMedia THIRTY EXCEPTIONAL young Nigerians have been named as the first recipients of Sterling Bank’s N2billion Beyond Education Scholarship, a nationwide initiative launched to fund university education for 600 students and connect them to careers in key development sectors. The Bank said the programme represents a strategic investmen...
By Joke Kujenya JUST RELEASED by OpenAI is GPT-5, its latest artificial intelligence model, introducing expanded health-related functions and advanced reasoning capabilities. The company, on its X handle stated that GPT-5 can now identify potential serious health concerns, including cancer, by analysing user-provided information. According to ...
By Owei Lakemfa THE REGIME in the United States, US, led by Mr Donald John Trump has in the past seven months, introduced many alien relations into international relations. But when many thought it cannot get worse, the American regime is taking decisions that do not appear to be the product of a sound thought […]
By Olukorede Yishau NIGERIA IS not where we want it. It is, in fact, far away from it. So, the news of a coalition vowing to take us there should be exciting. But, there is a lacuna when a look at the men and women in this coalition reveals they have, for decades, had the […]
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent STARK CLAIMS of widespread hunger and hopelessness in Daily Trust’s latest editorial have been firmly rejected by the Presidency, which described the report as distorted and alarmist. According to a statement released by Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communic...
By Joke Kujenya I WAS much younger then. But I could recall that her office door was always open as you would see people go in and come out at one time or the other. I watched from afar being a quiet and easygoing young journalist. On the second floor of the Concord Newspapers headquarters […]
