By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NAIRA ABUSE has come under renewed scrutiny as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it is intensifying efforts to enforce currency laws and restore national pride. Speaking at a stakeholder engagement in Lagos, the EFCC Executive Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, called on key player...
Dapo Olorunyomi’s lecture at Ajayi Crowther University on Nigerian journalism MR. VICE Chancellor, sir, [and, by the way, a fellow Great Ife-Ife, principal officers, staff and students at this august university, I should begin with a statement of gratitude for your kind invitation. In doing this, please also allow me to offer a very affectiona...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter NON-IMMIGRANT visitors to the United States of America (USA) will now be required to pay a mandatory $250 visa integrity fee under a new immigration law introduced by the President Donald Trump administration. The measure, contained in the newly enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act, is aimed at enforcing ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent A fresh travel advisory from the United States embassy has reminded Nigerian visitors that their visa’s expiry date does not define how long they are permitted to remain in the US. The clarification, posted via the embassy’s official X account on Friday, explained that duration of stay in the Un...
By Joke Kujenya THE UNITED States House of Representatives has approved a sweeping $9 billion rescissions package, delivering President Donald Trump his second major legislative win in less than six months and setting the stage for a dramatic rollback in federal spending on foreign aid and public broadcasting. Passed by a narrow 216-213 margi...
SCRATCHING REBUKE from the presidency has dismissed criticism by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) over the state burial of former President Muhammadu Buhari, accusing the party of politicising a solemn national event for cheap relevance. In a statement signed by Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communicati...
By Rosheedat Akinkunlr, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE CONTRIBUTORY Pension Scheme (CPS) for workers in Ogun State will take full effect from July 2025, according to a new directive issued by Governor Dapo Abiodun following negotiations with organised labour over ongoing industrial action. The governor unveiled the implementation plan during a meet...
By Owei Lakemfa PRESIDENT ALASSANE Ouattara, 83, is the most favoured boy of the West ruling an African country today. To make him President of Cote D’Ivoire, the West, with France leading, backed two civil wars which claimed thousands of lives. Also, in order that Ouattara became President, French and compromised United Nations troops, march...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent A FEDERALLY backed investment vehicle is taking shape to drive large-scale industrial growth across Nigeria’s South-East region, following President Bola Tinubu’s approval of the South-East Investment Company (SEIC) as part of an ambitious public-private initiative. The company, expected to man...
By Joke Kujenya SCIENTISTS ANNOUNCED they have disclosed that critical patterns hidden in the bloodstream are helping them decode how malaria progresses, unlocking a path to faster, life-saving treatments for severe cases. Researchers at Karolinska Institute said they have identified more than 250 proteins that undergo dramatic changes durin...
