By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Correspondent IMPLEMENTATION OF the capital component of the 2025 budget has been extended by the national assembly from March 31 to June 30 following the passage of an amendment bill. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the approval came after consideration and passage of a bill seeking to amend the 2025 appropriation...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent RESULTS FOR the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mock have been released, with candidates advised checking their scores via Short Messages (SMS). JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced that participants can access their r...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter APPROVAL HAS been granted by the Senate for President Bola Tinubu’s request to obtain external loans totalling $6bn following consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the report was presented by the committee chairman, Senator Aliyu W...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent BARBARIC AND cowardly attacks by gunmen in Angwan Rukuba district of Jos, Plateau State, and in Kahir village in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State have drawn strong condemnation from President Bola Tinubu. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the President described the attack on the Jos co...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent TIMETABLE FOR the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates has been released by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). JKNewsMedia.com reports that the timetable was published on the council’s X page on Monday. The council said the examination...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent EXPANDED MANDATE has been approved for the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas (PICNG), marking a shift in the government’s approach to transportation and energy use. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the initiative will now operate as the Presidential Initiative on CNG and Electric Ve...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent USE OF a courtroom for activities unrelated to judicial proceedings has drawn condemnation from the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) following an incident at the Federal High Court, Abuja. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the association expressed grave concern over an incident involving Omoyele Sowo...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PRINCE WILLIAM and Princess Catherine, both Prince and Princess of Wales, met with and greeted Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu and First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu at the Fairmont Hotel on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, ahead of a short ride to Windsor Castle, where King Charles III awaits the disti...
By Kunle Oyatomi THE 2027 general elections are just about 11 months away. While the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is striving to brighten its chances, President Bola Tinubu is putting in place measures to ensure impartiality. Despite the President’s visible efforts in ensuring that everyone has a fair outing, lagging politica...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter CLAIMS THAT Nigeria paid a huge ransom and released militant commanders to secure the freedom of schoolchildren abducted from St Mary’s boarding school in Niger State have been strongly rejected by the Federal Government (FG) describing such as completely false and baseless. JKNewsMedia.com reports that...
