By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NIGERIA’s SENATE has passed a landmark legislation seeking to protect millions of domestic workers, apprentices, and interns from sexual abuse, exploitation, and unfair labour practices across the country. Promptly reacting via a press statement dated 13 November 2025, the Executive Director of...
By JKNewsMedia THE UNITED Arab Emirates (UAE) has reaffirmed its commitment to support the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and deepen collaboration in combating substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in Nigeria. The assurance was delivered during a courtesy visit by the UAE Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency Salem Saeed ...
By Olaide Ajibola, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE NATIONAL Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confirmed active collaboration with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the United Kingdom National Crime Agency (NCA) to trace and dismantle the international cartel responsible for the importation of a 1,000-kilogram cocaine ...
By Precious Achi, JKNewsMedia Intern, UI, Oyo State THE UNIVERSITY of Ibadan (UI) has said it is celebrating academic excellence as 448 students emerged with First Class degrees out of 5,900 graduating students in the 2024/2025 academic session. Vice Chancellor, Professor Kayode Adebowale, declared the figures on Tuesday during the first day ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE NUMBER of active electricity customers in Nigeria climbed to 11.96 million in August 2025, up from 11.89 million recorded in July, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). The update, published through the Commission’s verified X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram h...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent MONTHS OF surveillance culminated in the arrest of a wanted drug baron, 40-year-old Yussuf Abayomi Azeez, by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, while he attempted to board a flight to Saudi Arabia for Um...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter RESIDENTS AFFECTED by the ongoing Ibadan Circular Road project received a measure of relief as the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, extended financial assistance to those whose properties were demolished during the exercise carried out by the Oyo State Government. The minister, who is also a 2027 gov...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter ENERGY COOPERATION between Nigeria and Germany entered a new phase following the signing of a Joint Declaration of Intent on Bilateral Energy Transition Dialogue and Cooperation, which formally cements both countries’ partnership to strengthen Nigeria’s technical capacity for clean and sustainable energ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent INTERNATIONAL DRUG cartels suffered another major setback as operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) secured a combined 21-year jail sentence against five members involved in the trafficking of 68.9 kilograms of cocaine and tramadol through the Murtala Muhammed Internatio...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter GLOBAL RECOGNITION has placed Nigeria at the forefront of media and information literacy development following the formal approval by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to designate the International Media and Information Literacy Institute (IMLI), Abuja, as a ...
