By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE NATIONAL Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has launched an investigation into reports of suspected substandard Deekins Amoxycillin 500mg capsules. Manufactured by Ecomed Pharma Ltd and marketed by Devine Kings Pharmaceutical Ltd, the batch in question, 4C639001, has bee...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE FEDERAL Government has unveiled plans to present the 2025 budget, valued at N47.9 trillion, to the National Assembly. President Bola Tinubu will deliver the appropriation bill to a joint session on Tuesday, December 17, 2024. Senate President Godswill Akpabio confirmed the announcement during ple...
By JKNewsMedia NIGERIA’s ECONOMIC narrative has sparked fresh debate following the National Bureau of Statistics’ (NBS) latest unemployment and GDP figures. The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI), a policy think tank, has defended the credibility of these reports, countering claims by critics who dismissed the data as unreali...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter FOR THE twelfth time this year, Nigeria’s national power grid has collapsed, plunging the entire country into darkness. The incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon, leaving millions of households, businesses, and essential services without electricity. Data from the Nigerian System Operator’s portal...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s PROPOSED tax reform bills have sparked heated public debates, with critics spreading misinformation about their implications. Contrary to claims, the bills do not disadvantage any region, destroy agency funding, or suggest the cessation of government bodies like NASENI, TETFUND, and NITDA b...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE NEWLY appointed World Trade Organisation (WTO) Chief for a second four-year term as Director-General, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has expressed gratitude to the WTO’s 166 member nations for their unanimous support, pledging to intensify efforts to drive reforms that address global trade challenges. ...
By Joke Kujenya NIGERIA HAS signed transformative agreements worth over €300 million with the French Government and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD). These deals aim to strengthen critical sectors and accelerate sustainable development across the nation. The agreements, formalised through a Letter of Intent and a Declaration of Inte...
By Joke Kujenya PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu assured French President Emmanuel Macron that Nigeria’s ongoing economic reforms will drive significant progress across Africa. Speaking during a bilateral discussion, Tinubu emphasised Nigeria’s commitment to restructuring its economy to lead the continent towards prosperity. Highlighting the need f...
By Joke Kujenay DR. NGOZI Okonjo-Iweala has been reappointed as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) for a second term, with her current tenure set to end in August 2025. This reappointment, effective from September 1, 2025, follows a consensus decision by the WTO’s 164 members during a special closed-door session of the ...
By Olaide Ajibola, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s VAST pool of skilled and youthful talent is being positioned as the driving force for economic growth, President Bola Tinubu has said. Addressing French investors during a joint briefing with President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Tinubu assured them of Nigeria’s readiness to ...
