By Koforowola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE FEDERAL government (FG) attributes the recent increase in Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) prices in the domestic market to prevailing market realities including foreign exchange volatility, rising logistics costs, infrastructure constraints and fluctuations in international LPG prices. JKNewsMedia....
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu has expressed shock over the death of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar while in the custody of terrorists in Katsina State. JKNewsMedia.com reports that General Abubakar retired a few years ago after a distinguished career in the military. He was travelling to his hometown wh...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter OVER 13,000 terrorists were neutralised within the past year as part of intensified military operations across the country, President Bola Tinubu has said. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the President disclosed the figure on Friday during his Democracy Day address marking 27 years of uninterrupted civilia...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter CONVICTIONS AND fines totalling $6 million have been imposed on 11 Indian sailors and their merchant vessel, MV Aruna Hulya, over the importation of 31.5 kilograms of cocaine into Nigeria through the Apapa seaport in Lagos. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE HOUSE of Representatives has passed the state police bill following a plenary session on Thursday presided over by the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas. JKNewsMedia.com reports that two hundred and eighty-eight lawmakers voted in support of the bill, while four voted against it, a day after members debated t...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter GOVERNMENT COORDINATED evacuation flights brought the first batch of Nigerians home from South Africa, with about 262 returnees arriving in Lagos on Wednesday at the Cargo Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) at about 10:30am aboard a specially arranged evacuation flight. JKN...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reports ABOUT 200 Islamic State linked terrorists have been eliminated and several high-profile commanders neutralised in coordinated Nigerian and United States (US) military operations across Nigeria’s North-East. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the operation is said to involved months of intelligence gathering...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter A THOROUGH investigation has been ordered into the circumstances surrounding a private aircraft that departed an improvised landing site near Asaba without obtaining regulatory approval or air traffic control clearance. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Fest...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter AERIAL SURVEILLANCE support for efforts to rescue abducted pupils and teachers from Yawota and Ahoro Esinele communities in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State has continued, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the development was confirmed during a courtesy visi...
By Kofoworola Fakeye THE FEDERAL Ministry of Finance has approved payments to more than 1,240 contractors, providing immediate liquidity support to businesses across the country and reinforcing the Federal Government’s commitment to meeting its financial obligations. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the approval was granted by the Minister ...
