By JKNewsMedia STRENGTHENING AFRICA’s capacity to monitor, expose and counter tobacco industry interference in public health policy has taken centre stage as public health advocates from across the continent gather in Lagos for the third edition of the Africa Centre for Tobacco Industry Monitoring (ATIM) and Policy Research Tobacco Indu...
By JKNewsMedia TWO UNIVERSITY of Lagos (UNILAG) students who emerged winners at the inaugural Rite Foods National Academic Excellence Awards have presented their scholarship cheques to the University’s management. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the recipients, Chinedu Okeke Christian, Overall Best Matriculating Student in the South-West Z...
By JKNewsMedia FANS OF Netflix’s The Polygamist will see South African actors Gugu Gumede and S’Dumo Mtshali on this week’s edition of Globacom sponsored African Voices, CNN’s 30-minute magazine programme. Hosted by Larry Madowo in Johannesburg, the episode brings the on-screen couple together for a conversation about ...
By JKNewsMedia COMMITMENT TO advancing Nigeria’s heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration industry received fresh support as JMG Limited sponsored the inauguration of the new President of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers Nigeria Chapter, Engr. Olatinwo Olatunde Lookman. JKNews...
By JKNewsMedia APPOUNTMENTS TO ten Federal Government (F) agencies and commissions have taken immediate effect following President Bola Tinubu’s approval of twenty-six new appointments, including the appointment of former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose as chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) and Major General Junaid Binda...
By JKNewsMedia LATEST INTELLIGENCE-led operations targeting a transnational drug trafficking syndicate have led to the interception of two trailers conveying 1,630,000 pills of tramadol 250mg concealed in fabricated compartments after the consignments were smuggled from Togo through Benin Republic into Nigeria, the National Drug Law Enforceme...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter DRUG TRAFICKING investigations have led the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to declare a drug kingpin, Nnamuka Kelvin Uchenna, also known as Odogwu, and three associates wanted over their alleged involvement in the establishment of a clandestine laboratory, production of methamphetamine and...
By JKNewsMedia THE LAUNCH of the National Guidelines for Public Procurement of Food and Related Services (NGPPFRS) by the Federal Government has been commended by the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) as a landmark step towards creating healthier food environments and protecting millions of Nigerians who depend ...
By JKNewsMedia STRONGER COLLABORATION between government, industry and educational institutions has been urged by JMG Limited to equip young Nigerians with future ready skills that will drive innovation, enhance employability and accelerate sustainable economic growth. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the company made the call to mark World Youth...
By Koforowola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter AN ALLEGED attempt to traffic heroin through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, using her three-year-old son as cover ended with the arrest of a South African woman by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). JKNewsMedia.com reports that after discovering 1...
