By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent A FRESH blow to Nigeria’s economic recovery may be on the horizon as United States (US) President Donald Trump renews threats to impose additional tariffs on BRICS-aligned nations. The looming 10 percent tariff, if enforced, could further destabilise Africa’s largest economy, which has battled ...
By JKNewsMedia FOLLOWING THE death of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, who passed away aged 90 on Monday morning, President Bola Tinubu has paid tribute to the late monarch, mourning him as a revered traditional ruler, a statesman of stature, and a steadfast pillar of peace and wisdom. The President extended his condolences ...
By Opeyemi Adewale, JKNewsMedia Reporter MOUNTING LOSES in the electricity sector pushed the government’s subsidy obligation to ₦536.4billion in the first quarter of 2025, driven by a continued freeze on cost-reflective tariffs. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) revealed the figure in its latest quarterly report, highlight...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NIGERIA JOINED calls for a comprehensive overhaul of global financial and healthcare systems, with President Bola Tinubu urging equitable reforms during the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro. Environmental degradation, climate inequalities, and health crises took centre stage at the 17th meeting o...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent WORSENING LIVING conditions in Nigeria are driving millions deeper into extreme poverty, the World Bank has warned, placing the country among 39 fragile and conflict-affected states experiencing severe socio-economic decline. In ITS recent post-pandemic review, the World Bank identified Nigeria ...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE DEATH of Oba Akinloye Owolabi Olakulehin has set in motion the next phase of succession in Ibadanland, where the city’s centuries-old royal tradition prepares to usher in a new Olubadan. The mantle is expected to fall on High Chief Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja, a former governor of Oyo State and [&hel...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THUNDERSTORMS AND widespread rain are expected across much of Nigeria from Monday to Wednesday as the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) released a fresh weather forecast warning of unstable atmospheric conditions. The outlook anticipates cloudy skies with morning thunderstorms over parts o...
By JKNewsMedia JUST TWO days after marking his 90th birthday, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland, has passed away. The monarch died in the early hours of Monday, one year after officially receiving his staff of office from Governor Seyi Makinde on July 12, 2024. Born into the Okugbaja family in Ita Baale, […]
By Owei Lakemfa THE WORD Bank in its May 2025 Report stated that 75.5 per cent of rural Nigerians are engaged in deadly combats with poverty. The number in the urban areas, it said, is 41.3 per cent with an additional 13 million Nigerians, projected to slip below the poverty line by the end of […]
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE (Published in my ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper of Sunday, 6 July, 2025). WHAT A cenotaph! And what a controversy! What memories – bitter and sweet – of the dead! And what engaging scuffles among the living! In all of these, however, we learn useful lessons – […]
