By Dola Adelola, JKNewsMedia Intern STANDING ON the cusp of national spotlight as the National Sports Commission (NSC), Ogun government has declared the state fully ready to host the 22nd National Sports Festival. This follows a meticulous inspection of sports venues, accommodation centres, and logistics facilities by the Commission’s top lea...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIAN ABROAD can now remotely obtain a Bank Verification Number (BVN), following the official launch of the Non-Resident Bank Verification Number (NRBVN) platform in Abuja by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS). This move, the group say, eliminat...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s EXTERNAL reserves slumped to an eight-month low in April as the Central Bank ramped up dollar sales and foreign debt service obligations weighed on the balance. Gross reserves dipped by nearly $375 million from March to $37.9 billion at the end of April, marking the fourth consecutive mont...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter JULIUS BERGER has announced it is entering the final stage of its ambitious Lagos-Opebi-Mende Roads and Bridges project, with completion firmly in sight and the handover deadline of May 2025 standing intact. In a press statement by the company, “with every structural milestone achieved, the contra...
By Babafemi Ojudu IN MANY parts of our hinterland—and even in our cities—sudden death is often attributed to what the Yoruba call apepa—a mystical demise believed to be caused by malevolent forces who summon a person’s soul from afar. One is said to have been “called,” their life abruptly and mysteriously ended. This belief, though […]...
By Bola BOLAWOLE ”Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap” (Galatians 6:7). THE ABOVE scripture is a key concept in Christian theology, which emphasizes the principle that our actions, be they good and be they bad, will have consequences. Another word for it is “payback” […]
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu ANAMBRA NORTH senatorial constituency comprises seven Local Government Areas (LGAs). These are: Anambra East, Anambra West, Anyamelum, Ogbaru, Onitsha North, Onitsha South, and Oyi. The contest to represent it in the election to the Senate in 2007 turned out to be memorable for all the wrong reasons. Voting in the elec...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter GEORGE ELIJAH Otumu has been named the first African recipient of the 2025 Global Recognition Award for world-class journalism in the United States of America (USA). The honour, conferred amid 45,000 entries from 100 countries, is noted to affirm his decades-long investigative career, ethical leadership...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s MARITIME Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has fired back at allegations of operations being handed to private interests, affirming its full control while accelerating a digital overhaul to clean up the nation’s shipping sector and bolster public revenue. The agency stated unequivo...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter ONE YEAR after the tragic incident, faulty judgment, unresolved technical faults, and safety oversight failures caused the helicopter crash that killed Nigerian banker Herbert Wigwe, his wife Doreen, their son Chizi, former NGX Group chairman Abimbola Ogunbanjo, and two others, the United States. Na...
