By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE LAGOS State High Court has sentenced Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver Andrew Nice Ominikoron to death by hanging for the murder of 22-year-old fashion designer Oluwabamise Ayanwola, marking the conclusion of a harrowing trial that captured national attention. In a ruling delivered at the Tafawa Ba...
By Rosheedat Akinkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s AMBITION to revive its textile industry has gained renewed momentum as Ogun State prepares to host the world’s largest cotton and polyester processing factory under the federal government’s Renewed Hope Cotton Resurgent Initiative. A transformative textile industrial complex will so...
By JKNewsMedia Nigerian workers have been advised by the Globacom Telecommunications to use the May Day celebration as a moment of rededication to national service and progress. In a message commemorating the 2024 International Workers’ Day, the company described 1 May as a significant date that recognises the pivotal role of the workfo...
By Joke Kujenya COASTAL CITIES across Southern Europe and North Africa face rising urgency over tsunami preparedness, with new warnings from United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) experts. The UN oceanographic body alerts that an impending tsunami in the Mediterranean is no longer a remote risk but a statist...
By Owei Lakemfa CAN YOU imagine being born 50 years ago with poison in your system; assured that the only remedy is death? That was the fate of about three million Vietnamese who were sprayed herbicides called Agent Orange, specially manufactured by the United States, (US), to ensure the victims were not only exterminated but […]
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu will on Friday begin a two-day working visit to Katsina State, where he will review the state’s security outlook, commission strategic development projects, and attend a private function hosted by Governor Dikko Umar Radda. According to a statement released by the Special Adviser t...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter VIBRANT PROCESSIONS, tight security, and resounding calls for a living wage defined this year’s International Labour Day gathering in Abuja, where Nigerian workers rallied in solidarity amid biting economic challenges. Workers across Nigeria converged on Eagle Square in the heart of Abuja on Thursda...
By Joke Kujenya and Rosheedat Akunkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter . . .Labour Day Sparks National Calls for Wage Reform Amid Soaring Cost of Living SCORES of Nigerian workers troop out today in commemoration of the International Workers’ Day (IWD). In solidarity, Senate President Godswill Akpabio and First Lady Oluremi Tinubu extended comm...
By Rosheedat Akinkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter TODAY, NIGERIA joins the rest of the world to mark Worker’s Day — a day set aside to celebrate the contributions of workers to national development. Across the country, labour unions will march, government officials will deliver speeches, and newspapers will splash headlines honouring the “heroes o...
By Jemimah Wellinton, JKNewsMedia Reporter AS WORKERS across Nigeria marked International Workers’ Day (IWD), the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) issued a stern call for government action, insisting that only the implementation of a living wage can stem the tide of deepening poverty and economic hardship among...
