By Joyce Eyaba, JKNewsMedia Reporter FINANCIAL SUPPORT via the disbursement of grants to persons with disabilities under the Renewed Hope Initiative provides N200,000 each to 9,500 beneficiaries across the country, the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu’s media office has confirmed. A press release signed by Busola Kukoyi, Senior Special Assi...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent BID TO deepen the national response to substance abuse gained further momentum as the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) Nigeria positioned its support behind the renewed leadership of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), emphasising the need for stronger joint action acros...
By Bola BOLAWOLE JAMAICA-BORN reggae sensation, Jimmy Cliff, is dead, aged 81. His “House of Exile” (1974) and Tracy Chapman’s “All that you have is your soul” (1989) are my best of all times. Cliff’s “Have you heard the news?“ (1976), in which he dragged Nigeria’s name in the mud over a business deal with […]
By Olukemi-Odele NIGERIA IS grappling with a rising tide of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and hypertension. These illnesses are often closely tied to unhealthy diets, particularly the excessive consumption of processed and packaged foods high in sugar, sodium (salt), and saturated fats. The widesp...
By JKNewsMedia BID TO reinforce economic stabilisation held sway as Nigeria’s state energy company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited, engaged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in a strategic dialogue aimed at reinforcing economic stabilisation and national resilience. The meeting, held in Abuja, highlighted collaborat...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PRESSURE MOUNTED over unpaid statutory land obligations as a new public notice detailed a wide-ranging list of entities with outstanding charges on properties spread across several high-value districts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The release set out the scale of non-compliance invol...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent MAJOR CHANGES within the nation’s security leadership followed the nomination of General Christopher Gwabin Musa as Minister of Defence after the resignation of Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar. This development surfaced through a formal communication to the Senate, where the Presidency set out ...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter ECONOMIC GROWTH reached 3.98 percent year-on-year in real terms in the third quarter of 2025, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported on Monday, edging up from 3.86 percent in the same period last year. According to the NBS, the nation’s aggregate gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices st...
. . .As bandits deploy a drone in Kogi, attacks continue in many northern states. By Ogalah Dunamis, Premium Times THE FAINT mechanical buzz that drifted across Ejiba, a community in Yagba West Area of Kogi State, sometime between 8 and 9 a.m. on Sunday, was unusual enough to make residents look up. In this […]
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NIGERIA’s DEFENCE portfolio changed hands after Minister of Defence, Badaru Abubakar, stepped down on Monday citing health grounds, according to an official confirmation from the Presidency. The minister announced his immediate departure in a letter submitted to President Bola Tinubu and dated 1...
