By Jemimah Wellington, JKNMedia Reporter DEMONSTRATORS RETURNED to the streets in Rivers and Lagos States for a second day, rallying against hunger and economic hardships in Nigeria. The ten-day protest began in major cities on Thursday, August 1. In the South, demonstrations remained peaceful. In the North, violence erupted with looting and c...
By Joke Kujenya THE COST of maintaining a healthy diet in Nigeria has risen significantly as the Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) Report, June 2024 reveals. As of June 2024, the national average cost stands at N1,241 per adult per day, a 19.2% increase from May 2024’s N1,041. This spike highlights growing concerns about […]
By Joke Kujenya THE INSPECTOR-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, announced that all police units across Nigeria are on red alert following the violent turn of the planned nationwide protests. The protests, which started as peaceful demonstrations against economic hardship, quickly escalated into chaos, looting, and destruction of property. O...
By Joke Kujenya A MAJOR messaging platform in Nigeria, WhatsApp, might soon suspend its services in the country. This comes after the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) fined Meta, WhatsApp’s parent company, $220 million for alleged data privacy breaches. TechCabal reports that Meta is contemplating withdrawing cert...
By Joke Kujenya THE INTERNATIONAL Press Centre (IPC), Lagos, has strongly condemned the attacks on journalists and media professionals during the first day of nationwide protests on August 1. These protests were organized by groups demanding an end to economic policies causing widespread hardship. According to IPC’s journalists’ safety a...
By Joke Kujenya NATIONWIDE PROTESTS are ongoing across Nigeria as citizens rally against economic hardship and government policies. Demonstrators in various cities gathered to voice their discontent over fuel subsidy removal, inflation, and poor governance. The protests were fueled by rising inflation, which has reached 34 percent due to subsi...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNMedia Reporter THE COMPETITION and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT) dismissed the case challenging MultiChoice Nigeria’s subscription price hike. Festus Onifade, the claimant, withdrew his case against the company Onifade, who filed the lawsuit to oppose the price increase, decided not to continue. He argued ...
By Joke Kujenya THE PRICE of cooking gas in Nigeria experienced mixed trends in June 2024 according to the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) price watch report for June 2024. The average cost to refill a 5kg cylinder of LPG decreased by 6.10% from N7,418.45 in May 2024 to N6,966.03 in June 2024. However, when compared […]
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu has expressed his condolences to the entertainment industry, the Imo State Government, and the fans of the late Nigerian musical icon, Onyeka Onwenu. Tinubu praised Onwenu’s numerous artistic contributions, highlighting her collaboration with King Sunny Ade on the 1980s famil...
By Joke Kujenya HAMAS Leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an Israeli raid at his Tehran residence, as confirmed by Iranian state media. This targeted attack also claimed the life of one of his bodyguards. Hamas blames Israel for the assassination, which has not been officially commented on by Israeli authorities The incident followed an [&hell...
