By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION timelines are set to shift to March 31, 2026, under a formal request transmitted by President Bola Tinubu to the House of Representatives seeking legislative approval to extend the lifespan of the 2025 Appropriation Act and curb overlapping fiscal cycles. The request was co...
By JKNewsMedia ANTICIPATION IS building across continents as preparations intensify for the 2025 edition of the annual Global December Retreat of the Deeper Life Bible Church (DLBC), an event the church describes as a season of divine visitation anchored on the theme “The Great Redemption Power”. The five-day retreat is scheduled to run from ...
By Joke Kujenya THE UNITED States green card lottery programme has been suspended by President Donald Trump, homeland security secretary Kristi Noem announced during a briefing on Friday. Noem said the Diversity Visa Immigrant Programme, also known as DV1, had allowed the suspect in the Brown University and Massachusetts Institute of Technolo...
By Joke Kujenya THE FEDERAL Executive Council (FEC) has approved the 2026 Appropriation Bill, clearing the way for President Bola Tinubu to present the budget proposal to a joint session of the Senate and the House of Representatives. President Tinubu convened an emergency Council meeting at the State House, Abuja, to consider a single-item m...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE NIGERIAN National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has reduced petrol to N835 per litre, marking its third price cut this December, a survey of Abuja filling stations confirmed on Thursday. The state-owned firm said it lowered its pump price from N915, representing a N80 adjustment. The mov...
By Babafemi Ojudu RECENT EXCERPTS circulating from a book authored by Dr. Charles Omole, Muhammadu Buhari: From Soldier to Statesman, purport to recount events and attitudes within the Buhari presidency, particularly as they relate to the presidential ambition of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Because these accounts touch directly on matters I...
By JKNewsMedia Reporter MEDICAL DEBTS that had kept families stranded in hospital wards were settled as financial support and essential supplies reached indigent patients, children with chronic illnesses and pregnant women at the Enugu State University Teaching Hospital (ESUTH), Parklane. The intervention came from Fidelity Bank Plc, which o...
By Babafemi Ojudu WHEN MUHAMMADU Buhari and Professor Yemi Osinbajo assumed office as Nigeria’s President and Vice President in May 2015, their partnership evolved into one of the most stable and institutionally coherent relationships in Nigeria’s democratic history. Across two full terms, President Buhari repeatedly demonstrated—through word...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent ENFORCEMENT ACTION by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has resulted in the unsealing of Ikeja Electric (IKJEC) Plc headquarters following a binding undertaking by the company to comply with remedial processes over consumer rights violations. The development was...
By Joyce Ayaba, JKNewsMedia Reporter APPROVAL FOR a significant policy shift in the career progression of public primary school teachers has been granted by the Ogun State Government, clearing the way for Graduate Primary School Teachers (GPST) on the Tutor Cadre to move from Grade Level 16 to Grade Level 17. The decision was announced [&hell...
