By JKNewsMedia COLLABORATION BETWEEN Polaris Bank and Evolve Charity Trust has resulted in the distribution of school essentials to 1,000 students in ten public secondary schools across five states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A release by the bank states that the 2025 exercise forms part of its ongoing Corporate Social Res...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent ILLICIT DRUG supply chains linked to banditry and transnational trafficking came under renewed pressure as operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) carried out coordinated arrests, factory raids and seizures across several states, leading to the capture of a fleeing drug s...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE IT HAS been quite a while since I travelled in Ekiti state. I used to, on a weekly basis, between 2016 and 2018 when the then governor of the state, Peter Ayodele Fayose, extended an invitation to me. Taking off from Lagos (when the Lagos-Ibadan expressway was still a nightmare) and braving […]
By Owei Lakemfa The world witnessed an awakening, on May 8,1945. The nightmarish Second World War virtually ended. In Nigeria, the immediate fall-out of this was that freedom bells tolled for an implacable enemy of colonialism, Michael Aithokhaimen Omiunu Imoudu. He had been detained by “freedom loving” Britain for twenty-nine mon...
By Joke Kujenya PERSISTENT VIOLENCE against women and girls continues to undermine human rights, equality and development, with speakers warning that global efforts remain far from meeting agreed targets at a session co-hosted by CeHDI, Women Deliver Conference 2026, IPPF, ARROW, WGNRR, APCAT Media and CNS. At a SHE & Rights session held d...
By Eniola Olatunji, reporting for Patmos Media Line ANOTHER OF the Konyegwachi brothers, Anthony is leading Nigerian Boxers to the 4th Africa Youth Games holding in Angola for pugilists between ages 14 to 17. Anthony’s senior brother, legendary Peter (MON) who hails from Ogwashi-Uku turned 60 this year was a Featherweight boxer at the 1984 [...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter RISING LOAN approvals, ongoing negotiations and phased disbursements across multiple sectors are set to push World Bank lending to Nigeria to $9.65 billion between 2023 and 2025 by the end of this year. The projected figure covers loans from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBR...
By Joke Kujenya AT SOME point, as Nigerian journalists, we need to pause and ask an uncomfortable question: how did our work become everyone’s free resource? This is not just about poor salaries in newsrooms. That conversation is old and exhausting. It is about something broader and more insulting, the quiet assumption across Nigerian society...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent MANDATORY TAX identification will become a condition for operating bank accounts in Nigeria from January 1, 2026, following a federal government directive tied to new tax administration laws. The requirement applies to every taxable Nigerian and forms part of a broader effort to strengthen tax ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PUBLIC ANXIENTY around Nigeria’s ongoing tax reforms drew a firm rebuttal on Friday as claims that government agencies plan to remove money directly from citizens’ bank accounts were described as false and dangerous. Speaking at a media workshop on the new consolidated tax law, the Chairman of t...
