By Bola Bolawole (Published in my TREASURES column on the back page of the New Telegraph newspaper edition of Wednesday, 30 July, 2025) LAST WEEK, space constraints did not permit us to reveal more of what ADC will do differently from APC if the coalition of opposition politicians snatch power and run with it in […]
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent HOSPITAL OPERATIONS across Nigeria’s federal health institutions face imminent shutdown as nurses under the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) commence a seven-day nationwide warning strike from midnight on Tuesday, 29 July 2025, following the expiration of a 15-day ul...
By Sunday Dare THE RECENTLY rebased Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or National Output of the Nigerian Economy comes in at a time such critical insight and numbers are necessary for planning and global economic engagements. We offer some important facts about Nigeria’s rebased GDP towards correcting the fiction being shared and the doubts being ...
By Evelyn Nwoke, JKNewsMedia Reporter DIRECT PAYMENT of foreign tuition fees from naira accounts has resumed as Nigerian banks confirm the functionality of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Form A portal for educational remittances. Form A, a CBN-regulated channel, enables Nigerians to pay for eligible services such as overseas school fees,...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter SUSPECTED CASES of Lassa fever in Nigeria have reached 6,520 this year, with 811 confirmed and 152 deaths recorded as of week 28, according to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). From July 7 to July 13, the agency recorded 265 suspected cases, including 11 confirmed in Ondo, Edo, […]
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FOOTAGE CIRCULATING on social media showing a protest in Ghana, where demonstrators called for Nigerians to be sent home, has drawn sharp condemnation from the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), which cautioned against sweeping criminal labelling and urged restraint as diplomatic effort...
By JKNewsMedia A STERN renewed warning has been issued to cattle owners and herders in Ogun State as the government reaffirms its resolve to enforce the law banning open grazing. The state government declared on Tuesday that the Animal Grazing Regulation and Cattle Ranch Establishment Law, enacted in 2021, remains fully operational, warning t...
By Premium Times MEDICAL SERVICES were disrupted across several public hospitals in Lagos on Monday as doctors under the state government’s employment commenced a three-day warning strike to protest salary deductions and unpaid arrears. At the Orthopaedic Clinic of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), four patients sat quietl...
By JKNewsMedia FAILURE TO attend a recent official event has led to the suspension of 87 Ebonyi State government officials, including 25 commissioners, 14 senior special assistants, 24 special assistants, and 22 permanent secretaries. Governor Francis Nwifuru ordered the suspension with immediate effect, describing the officials’ absenc...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent, and Rosheedat Akinkunle, Reporter PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu has honoured Nigeria’s Super Falcons with national awards, luxury housing, and cash rewards following their triumphant 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) campaign in Morocco. Each of the 24 players and 11 technical crew members r...
