By Bolanle BOLAWOLE “When beggars die, there are no comets seen; heaven themselves blaze forth the death of princes” – spoken by Calpurnia, Julius Caesar’s wife, in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. AT FIRST, I took little interest in the Uromi massacre for obvious reasons. How many of such assaults on our sensibilities do we suffer [...
By Joke Kujenya An individual posing as “Dr. Adams Bello, the alleged director in charge of the Empowerment Fund at the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment”, has been reported running a scam on social media. Using the mobile number 08104364395, the fraudster has been deceiving Nigerians into believing they are enga...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter LEADERSHIP OF Nigeria’s finances has shifted into new territory. Public debt surged to N144.67 trillion ($94.23 billion) by December 31, 2024, reflecting a staggering 48.58% increase from the previous year’s N97.34 trillion ($108.23 billion), according to the latest figures from the Debt Manag...
By Saturday Punch Newspaper SOME DOMESTIC workers of ex-First Lady, Patience Jonathan, who are being held in the Okaka Custodial Centre, Bayelsa State, have decried their maltreatment and delayed trial, saying they are undergoing hardship and torture. Two of the workers, who spoke exclusively to Saturday PUNCH on Friday, begged for help, sayi...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter LEADERSHIP CHANGED hands at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited yesterday, with Bayo Ojulari handed the baton of Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) by the outgoing GCEO Mele Kyari. The handover, which took place at the NNPC Towers, saw Ojulari praise Kyari for his invaluable...
By Rosheedat Akinkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter DELTA STATE government officials have called for urgent community cooperation to combat worsening flood and erosion crises, warning that indiscriminate dumping into drainage channels is undermining billions of naira worth of infrastructure. The Commissioner for Works (Rural Roads) and Public Inform...
By JKNewsMedia CNN’s AFRICAN Voices Changemakers will spotlight two of Africa’s most influential gospel music figures this week—Nathaniel Bassey and Mercy Chinwo. The 30-minute magazine programme, sponsored by Globacom, promises a compelling journey into the lives and music of the celebrated Nigerian artists, whose voices have transformed prai...
By JKNewsMedia MENSTRUAL HYGIENE is receiving focused attention in Benue State’s Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps as a new grassroots initiative champions dignity and health for displaced women and girls. Dubbed “Pad Me A Girl” project, led by GATMASH MEDIA in collaboration with Access Bank, the team has joined forces with the Benue S...
By Paul Ejime ORDINARILY, PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu’s reconstitution of the governing board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited should inspire hope for positive changes in the country’s beleaguered petroleum sector, but for critics and many Nigerians, it is a wait-and-see response. An official government statement on 2n...
By Bala Mohammed THE RECENT overhaul of the NNPC Limited board and management by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not merely an administrative reshuffle—it is a decisive intervention in the national interest, aimed at rescuing the country’s most strategic public enterprise from systemic rot and institutional capture. The necessity of these appoi...
