By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter RENEWED NATIONAL effort to stabilise Nigeria’s long-troubled power sector is gaining traction, with the Federal Government pledging full-scale reforms and strategic partnerships aimed at transforming energy infrastructure across the country. Federal Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, reaffirm...
By JKNewsMedia FRESH RESOLVE to build bridges across Nigeria’s oil and gas landscape dominated talks as the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Mr. Bashir Bayo Ojulari, pledged to deliver measurable progress amid long-standing bureaucratic hurdles and underwhelming crude production. ...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE FEDERATION Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) disbursed N1.578 trillion to Nigeria’s federal, state, and local governments as revenue for March 2025, drawn from a gross pool of N2.411 trillion. The allocations, agreed during FAAC’s April 2025 meeting in Abuja and chaired by Minister of Finance and ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE begins work on a long-awaited national population and housing census, with a mandate to submit an interim report in three weeks. The high-level group, inaugurated at the State House in Abuja, is expected to lay the foundation for Nigeria’s first census in nearly two decades. P...
By Joke Kujenya BRITAIN’s HIGHEST court has ruled that under the Equality Act 2010, the legal definition of a woman refers to biological sex — not gender identity — in a landmark judgment that could reshape access to single-sex spaces and clarify the boundaries of equality law across the United Kingdom. The Supreme Court’s unanimous [&h...
By JKNewsMedia THE FEDERAL Government has declared Friday 18 and Monday 21 April 2025 as public holidays for Good Friday and Easter Monday celebrations, urging Nigerians to embrace love, sacrifice, and unity during the Easter season. The announcement came through a statement from the Ministry of Interior, where the Minister, Dr Olubunmi Tunji...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter AT LEAST 15 million Nigerians face the looming threat of flood disasters this year, according to Vice President Kashim Shettima, who warned of the potential devastation during a national workshop on disaster preparedness in Abuja. Addressing participants at the one-day Validation Workshop on the Ant...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter A 17-YEAR manhunt for an international drug trafficker came to a dramatic end in Lagos, marking a breakthrough in global anti-narcotics collaboration. This earned the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) high praise from South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) after the arrest of O...
By Joke Kujenya FEDERAL AGENCIES will no longer be bound to high-cost downtown locations under sweeping changes signed by President Donald Trump, reshaping how the government manages public buildings and spends taxpayer money. Trump’s executive order, issued Tuesday, repeals decades-old directives by Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton t...
By cmlee@insider.com (Lee Chong Ming) on yahoo.com BILL GATES said AI could solve shortages in two key professions: teaching and medicine. The billionaire said AI would help plug labour gaps, even in blue-collar roles. He also said AI could make early retirement or shorter workweeks possible. Bill Gates said the long-standing shortage of docto...
