By JKNewsMedia TONIGHT MARKS a pivotal moment as Nigeria’s Super Falcons prepare to take on host nation Morocco in the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) final at the Olympic Stadium in Rabat. President Bola Tinubu has rallied national support for the team, commending their conduct, performance, and unity throughout the tourname...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent SEVERAL ESSENTIAL goods and services will no longer attract the 7.5 percent value-added tax (VAT) from January 2026, following the enactment of the Nigeria Tax Act (NTA). The law, signed by President Bola Tinubu on 26 June, is part of a broader tax reform package that also established a new [&h...
By Ajinola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter SOME NINGERIA nationals abandoned in the Bambari region of the Central African Republic have been located by government officials and are scheduled for evacuation to Bangui with military escort on Saturday, 26 July 2025. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the Embassy in Bangui had re-establi...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THOUSANDS OF retired aviation workers are finally set to receive their pensions following a long-awaited approval by the Federal Government, bringing closure to a two-decade battle for entitlements. The announcement made public via the official X account of the National Orientation Agency (NOA)...
By JKNewsMedia THE UNITED States government has urged its citizens to reconsider travelling to Nigeria, citing widespread security threats, poor healthcare infrastructure, and an uptick in criminal activity including kidnapping and terrorism. A travel advisory published on July 15 by the Department of State highlighted that all regions of Nig...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Correspondent A CALL to establish a regional oil pricing benchmark for West Africa has been issued by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to address regional market disparities and reduce dependence on foreign pricing systems. The Authority Chief Executive, Farouk Ahmed,...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE NATIONAL Single Window (NSW) Steering Committee has been instructed by President Bola Tinubu to ensure that the digital trade facilitation platform becomes fully operational by the first quarter of 2026. The directive was conveyed during the committee’s fifth meeting at the State House, Abu...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent MAJOR STATISTICAL recalibration has reshaped the economic outlook following the release of the rebased Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), with 2019 adopted as the new base year. The revised data puts the nominal GDP for that year at ₦205.09 trillion...
By JKNewsMedia NIGERIA’s HEALTHCARE system faces intensifying scrutiny as outrage grows over the $1.2 billion lost annually to medical tourism, a drain experts warn is crippling the economy and decimating local hospitals. The anger reached a tipping point following the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari during a medical trip to London...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FALSE REPORTS claiming the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) had been cancelled have been firmly debunked by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Nigeria, as the body moves to release candidates’ results by Thursday, August 4. The widely circulated hoax, ...
