By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE JOINT Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released a detailed statistical breakdown of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), revealing that 80 per cent of candidates scored below the 200-mark threshold. A total of 1,955,069 candidates participated in the nationwid...
By Owei Lakemfa IT WAS Monday. July 5, 1993. That was the date, conscientious Nigerians had chosen to commence confrontation with the military regime that had weighed the country down, stolen it blind and, in order to perpetuate its misrule, had annulled the Presidential elections. The generals had declared any protest, enemy action and, had ...
By JKNewsMedia CABINET STRUCTURE in Oyo State government has undergone a major reshuffle as Governor Seyi Makinde reassigned five commissioners across pivotal ministries. The reorganisation, announced in an official letter signed by Chief of Staff Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi on Monday, took effect immediately. Under the new arrangement, the Commiss...
By JKNewsMedia INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY and engineering innovation took centre stage as Nigeria’s journalists celebrated 2025 World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) in Abuja, with Julius Berger Nigeria Plc clinching the Construction Company of the Year Award at the high-profile event. The award, presented by Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Pr...
By Joke Kujenya AMERICAN FILM and media stocks tumbled on Monday after President Donald Trump declared a sweeping 100 percent tariff on all movies produced outside the United States (US). This has been dubbed an unprecedented move aimed at reshaping Hollywood’s global dependencies. Trump claimed the American film industry is under siege, citi...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE FEDERAL Government has pledged swift intervention to tackle the N4 trillion debt paralysing Nigeria’s power generation sector, following urgent high-level discussions in Abuja between Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu and the leadership of the Generating Companies of Nigeria (GenCos). The assurance...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE NATIONAL Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has carried out a string of high-impact operations across Nigeria, intercepting illicit substances worth more than ₦3.4 billion, thwarting arms trafficking, and apprehending a long-wanted drug trafficker after nearly a year in hiding. More than 3.5 millio...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE WORLD Health Organization (WHO) has unveiled a sweeping restructuring of its global operations as it grapples with a projected salary gap of up to US$ 650 million for the 2026–27 biennium—largely triggered by the United States’ decision to halt its assessed contributions. In a direct address to ...
By JKNewsMedia ALWAYSON BY Sterling, a groundbreaking feature on the OneBank platform, offers eligible customers up to ₦1 million in monthly relief advances—even with low balances. Launched on Workers’ Day 2025, the initiative represents a bold stride in Sterling’s campaign to dismantle systemic obstacles to financial autonomy. The bank says A...
By Bayo Onanuga A FEW days ago, outgoing AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina claimed that Nigerians today are worse off than in 1960, basing his conclusion on figures that do not align with available data. According to Nairametrics, he claimed that Nigeria’s GDP per capita in 1960 was $1847 and that it is $824 today. The […]
