By JKNewsMedia PREPARATIONS ARE in full swing for the 2025 West Africa Economic Summit (WAES), set to take place on 20–21 June at the Abuja International Conference Centre. The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar (OON), confirmed the event during a Pre-Summit Media Parley in Abuja, emphasising the country’s...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu has mourned the victims of renewed violence in Benue State and ordered security forces to launch a decisive crackdown on all perpetrators of the bloodshed. Addressing the nation during a public engagement in Abuja, he called the killings “depressing” and directed that no indivi...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter ECONOMIC REFORMS of President Bola Tinubu has rescued Nigeria’s finances from a near-catastrophic breakdown and returned macroeconomic indicators to a path of solvency, according to Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State. Addressing a national audience during The Platform Nigeria on June 12, the ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter DEMOCRATIC ENDURANCE echoed through the chambers of Nigeria’s National Assembly as the President addressed a joint session, commemorating 26 years of unbroken civil governance. He declared a renewed commitment to protecting democratic institutions and deepening national unity, while unveiling sweepi...
By Joke Kujenya PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu stood before Nigeria’s bicameral legislature on Wednesday, addressing senators and members of the House of Representatives in a joint session commemorating 26 years of uninterrupted democratic rule. The floor of the green chamber came alive at exactly 11:50am when the president arrived, flanked by Vice-Pre...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia THE NATIONAL Assembly gallery remained off‑limits to accredited journalists on Thursday, when President Bola Tinubu addressed a joint session for Democracy Day. Despite valid accreditation, reporters from leading outlets as The Nation, The Guardian, Vanguard, TVC News, Punch, News Central and ITV were all re...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu will now deliver his Democracy Day address from the National Assembly, replacing the previously scheduled 7.00am national broadcast. The shift in plan was confirmed on Wednesday by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. According to Segun Imohiosen, Di...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu will deliver a national broadcast at 7.00a.m. on Thursday to commemorate the 2025 Democracy Day celebration, a moment marking over two decades of uninterrupted civilian rule in Nigeria. His remarks will precede a noon appearance before a joint session of the National Assembly a...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter FRESH UPGRADES to Nigeria’s capital infrastructure were unveiled on Tuesday as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu commissioned the extensively rehabilitated Abuja International Conference Centre, now renamed the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre. The once-neglected facility has been transfo...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE WHAT KIND of English Language is the “ignore” that I used here – Queen’s, King’s or Nigeria’s English? There is history behind it, which goes back many decades – to those periods when men of principles and ideology, who shunned money, position, and principles and dared the powers-that-be, were still plentiful i...
