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...
By JKNewsMedia RENOWNED JOURNALIST, Yomi Odunuga has been appointed Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume. This was contained in a statement released on Thursday which confirmed that the appointment takes immediate effect. Before assuming this new role, Odunuga served...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s ELECTRICITY consumers face higher bills as the federal government prepares to implement a cost-reflective tariff regime aimed at phasing out blanket subsidies. The move, Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu, says, is necessary to clear a ₦4 trillion debt owed to power generation compani...
By Comrade Gerald O Katchy IN RECENT years, the Nigerian justice system has come under intense scrutiny, not just for delays and inefficiencies, but also for the alarming number of wrongful convictions. Two notable cases—Ogbonnaya Igbojionu and Peter Nwachukwu—have reignited debates on the urgent need for reform in our criminal justice system....
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent MONTHLY FINANCIAL transactions exceeding ₦5 million in Nigerian bank accounts will be reported to the nation’s tax authorities beginning in 2026, following the implementation of the new Tax Reform Act. The National Orientation Agency (NOA) announced that this directive, outlined in Section 30 o...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter OPERATIVES OF the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Lagos have launched an investigation into Rajesh Kumar, who was apprehended at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, for allegedly failing to declare $29,000 in his possession. The suspect, bound for India, was intercepted by ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FOREIGN NATIONALS involved in financial cybercrime across Nigeria are now serving jail terms in the country following a major crackdown by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which successfully prosecuted and secured convictions for 146 out of 194 individuals arrested. The anno...
By JKNewsMedia VEHICULAR AND boat movement across Lagos State will come to a complete halt from 3.00am to 3.00pm on Saturday 12th July 2025, as security authorities enforce a statewide restriction during the Lagos Local Government Elections. The Lagos State Police Command confirmed the directive in a public announcement, stressing that the me...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE FEDERAL Government has reaffirmed its resolve to transform the power sector into a sustainable, bankable ecosystem essential for economic growth. This came as it declared a total projected investment of $32.8billion for the Mission 300 Energy Compact, with $15.5billion expected from the priv...
