By Olukorede Yishau I did not stumble on The Insight the way many people discover good journalism these days. It was not through a loud advertisement or a breaking news alert, but through an almost quiet recommendation that arrived via WhatsApp. I clicked. I stayed. And I understood, almost immediately, why Adejuwon Soyinka, a former [&hellip...
By Eniola Olatunji reporting for Patmos Media Line …Defending Champions, Super Falcons of Nigeria to Play All Group Matches in Fez. DRAWS FOR the 14th edition of the Women African Football Cup of Nation (WAFCON) 2026 were on Thursday afternoon drawn with Nigeria’s Super Falcons and Egypt in group C probably an aftermath of the […]
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter INFLATION ROSE to 15.15 percent in December 2025 from 14.45 percent in November, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported on Thursday. It says the Consumer Price Index (CPI) reached 131.2, up 0.7 points from 130.5, marking a month-on-month increase of 0.7 percent. Food inflation, however, eased ...
By Joke Kujenya UPSET MAKOKO residents stormed the Lagos State Governor’s Office and the State House of Assembly (LSHA) in Alausa on Thursday, demanding an immediate halt to ongoing demolitions and compensation for families displaced in the waterfront settlement. The protest drew some Lagos-based civil society groups including Just Empower, C...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter ISSUANCE OF guidelines for the implementation of Nigeria’s new tax laws has been halted by the Federal Government due to uncertainty over the final version of the legislation. Chairman of the Presidential Tax Reform Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, disclosed that he instructed the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS)...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent AN ESTIMATED N187bn revenue loss has been recorded in Nigeria’s power sector following an increase in unbilled electricity supply, industry data show. The data indicate that a significant portion of electricity generated and distributed during the period was not billed to end users. Industry fig...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NEW ANNUAL allowances for senior lecturers in Nigerian universities have received Federal Government (FG) approval, with full time professors set to earn an additional N1.8m and full-time readers N870,000. The FG described the benefit as a professorial cadre allowance and confirmed that it appl...
By Bola BOLAWOLE ERSTWHILE GOVERNOR of Ekiti state, Peter Ayodele Fayose, has said only prayers will save Gov. Siminalayi Fubara from impeachment. The Rivers State House of Assembly is making the third attempt to impeach the governor, the first two attempts having floundered on the altar of efforts at political resolution of the rofo-rofo fig...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent A NEW 7.5 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) will be applied to bank transfers and Unstructured Supplementary Service Data transactions, following notices issued to customers by Nigerian banks including Moniepoint. The customer notice, obtained on Wednesday said the VAT charge will take effect from ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent ECONOMIC REFORMS are set to lift Nigeria’s growth rate to 4.4 percent in 2026 and 2027, driven by new tax laws, prudent monetary policies, and other measures, the World Bank (WB) has said. The bank disclosed this projection in its Global Economic Prospect (GEP)report released in January 2026. I...
