By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE FEDERAL Government has dismissed claims that patients in the north-west were excluded from its kidney dialysis subsidy programme, clarifying that the initiative is running across all six geopolitical zones of the country. In a statement issued by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social We...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter SHARP TUITION increases in several Nigerian tertiary institutions have triggered concerns from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, which reported that fees in some schools rose from N200,000 to as high as N2 million within a year. The development was disclosed by the Fund’s Executive Director of Operatio...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE NIGERIAN Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced that upkeep loan disbursements are now tied strictly to the academic session of each institution. The fund stated this adjustment in a release signed by its Director of Corporate Communications, Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, on Thursday. According t...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent MISLEADING SOCIAL media posts about an empty booth labelled “Nigeria” at the ongoing 9th Tokyo International Conference for African Development (TICAD9) in Yokohama, Japan, have been described as a misrepresentation of the country’s mission and activities at the summit. In an official statement...
By Joke Kujenya COMMITMENT TO security reforms, economic stability, and global representation featured prominently as President Bola Tinubu addressed leaders at the ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) in Yokohama, Japan. The President praised the Nigerian Armed Forces for their advances in the fight against ins...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent LEVERAGING THE Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), Nigeria is set to deepen its partnership with Japan and push for Africa’s stronger representation in global decision-making structures, according to Yusuf Tuggar, minister of foreign affairs. Speaking in the course of...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent TELECOM OPERATORS and consumers will no longer bear the cost of the 5 per cent excise duty previously applied to voice and data services in Nigeria, following President Bola Tinubu’s decision to abolish the levy under the country’s revised tax laws. The announcement was made by the Executive Vi...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent ALL MOBILE phones and electronic devices must now be completely switched off during the take-off and landing phases of flights in Nigeria, following a directive by the Director-General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Chris Najomo. The NCAA said the new safety measure app...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter Federal retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) are set to receive a N32,000 monthly pension increase following the approval of a N758 billion bond by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to settle all outstanding pension liabilities. The bond was approved to ensure that pensioners benefit from the ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent SEVERE AID cuts by the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) are taking a heavy toll on millions of Nigerians, disrupting health services, nutrition programmes, and humanitarian support across the country. Donor-funded clinics are shutting down, maternal health services are stalling, a...
