By Owei Lakemfa I WENT to a meeting in Abuja with the visiting Western Sahara –Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic- Foreign Minister. It was arranged by Ambassador Brahim B. Buseif, the country’s ambassador in Nigeria. I was received by Buseif and a friend, Mohammed Yeslem Beisat. Since 2020, he had been Sahrawi Ambassador to South Africa [&hel...
By JKNewsMedia COORDINATED EFFORTS to undermine ongoing reforms at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) have been exposed by the company, alleging a deliberate sabotage plot by internal and external actors. Management revealed in an electronically signed statement dated 27 June 2025 that a syndicate, comprising both known i...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu has affirmed the Nigerian civil service as the cornerstone of effective governance, emphasising its role as the primary mechanism for delivering public services and implementing national programmes. Addressing delegates at the maiden International Civil Service Conference in A...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NIGERIA’s TAX system has entered a new era following the signing of four major reform bills into law at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Designed to simplify, unify, and modernise tax administration across the country, the legislation marks a critical shift in fiscal governance. The bills tagged...
By JKNewsMedia MOUNTING PRESSURE now confronts Nigeria’s state oil giant as the Senate Committee on Public Accounts handed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) a 10-day ultimatum to address 11 weighty financial queries. These include unexplained receivables amounting to over ₦200 trillion and undocumented legal and audit ex...
By Joke Kujenya with agency reports SHATTERED STOREFRONTS, gutted buildings, and smoke-stained skies marked the aftermath of Kenya’s most violent protests in a year, as the government accused demonstrators of seeking regime change and rights groups reported a mounting death toll. Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen claimed protesters aimed t...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent TRUST EARNED through timely delivery and integrity marked a milestone moment in Abuja as Nigeria’s leading construction firm, Julius Berger, received strong commendation from the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Barr. Ezenwo Nyesom Wike. At the commissioning of the first phase of the N5 Arte...
By Paul Ejime WEST AFRICAN leaders at their 67th Ordinary Summit in Abuja on Saturday 22 June 2025 chose Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio as the new rotational Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government for the next one year. He succeeds Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu who served for two […]
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu THE LEGAL career of Joseph Chukwuma Otteh, whose mortal remains were committed to earth on 20 June 2025, could easily have been different. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife in 1988, very much one of the best students in the set. In […]
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to supporting Nasarawa State’s development drive, promising continued investment in the state’s solid minerals and agricultural sectors. Speaking during a visit to the Emir of Lafia, Justice Sidi Bage Muhammad, at the Emir’s P...
