By JKNewsMedia LAGOS GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday pitched Nigeria’s commercial capital as an investor’s dream, unveiling bold infrastructure strides and economic ambitions before an international audience at Harvard Business School. Addressing students during Professor Hakeem Belo-Osagie’s course, Understanding Africa: Business, E...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter FORTY-THREE individuals with no legal right to remain in Britain have been deported to Nigeria and Ghana, as part of the United Kingdom (UK)’s renewed drive to enforce immigration laws through international cooperation. The Home Office and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) jointly ...
By JKNewsMedia CHAOS ERUPTED near Pen Cinema Bridge on Saturday when a fully laden truck lost control and plummeted from the bridge onto two stationary commercial buses, leaving the driver critically injured. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) confirmed the serious incident, which unfolded along Agege, Old Abeokuta Road. Ad...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter INTENSIFYING EFFORTS to end the war in Ukraine took centre stage at the Vatican on Saturday, as United States (US) Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky held urgent private talks during the funeral of Pope Francis. Against the backdrop of mourning, the two leaders met for 15-minutes inside St Peter’s ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA IS aiming for a bold 7% annual economic growth rate, with plans to leverage agricultural productivity, digital infrastructure, and oil production as the primary engines of expansion. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, revealed the new target while addre...
By Joke Kujenya BENEATH A vivid spring sky, an immense gathering of red-robed cardinals, world leaders, and faithful Catholics filled St Peter’s Square to mourn Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff whose enduring call for a humbler, more inclusive Church reshaped the Catholic world. Gregorian chants echoed solemnly through the air a...
By Joke Kujenya AS WORLD Malaria Day marked its April 25, 2025, observance yesterday, millions of lives around the world hung in the balance. Mosquito nets sway limply over worn mattresses in the small community of Ayobo, Ipaja, in a semi-remote Lagos State, where Hafsat Musa, 29, clutches her three-year-old daughter. Just weeks ago, Hafsat, ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s SENATE President Godswill Akpabio is announced to be leading a five-member delegation to Vatican City to represent the country at the burial of His Holiness, Pope Francis. The delegation, sent by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, carries a formal letter of condolence addressed to the Acti...
By Kelen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter TEACHER EDUCATION in Nigeria is set for a major transformation as Federal Colleges of Education (FCOEs) begin awarding bachelor’s degrees alongside the National Certificate in Education (NCE) from September 2025. This shift follows the 2023 passage of the Dual Mandate Act, allowing FCOEs to offer both ...
By Rosheedat Akinkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter COURT PROCEEDINGS have begun against the suspended Olu of Obafemi, Oba Taofeek Kayode Owolabi, as the Ogun State Government moves forward with a series of charges linked to land grabbing and criminal misconduct. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Justice on Wednesday, Oba Owolabi, a ...
