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 ...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter EFFORTS TO modernise Nigeria’s immigration and identity management systems have taken a major step forward as the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) confirmed plans to introduce a Single Travel Emergency Passport (STEP) to replace the existing Emergency Travel Certificate (ETC) for Nigerians abroad. The ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE FEDERAL Government has pledged its full support to the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) for the successful hosting of the 2026 Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Federation (CNMF) Conference, West African Region, scheduled to take place in Abuja. Chief of Staff to t...
By John Achi, JKNewsMedia Reporter FRESH INTELLIGENCE operations have exposed a hidden laboratory used for producing “Colorado,” a synthetic strain of cannabis, inside a residential building at Ajao Estate, Isolo, Lagos. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) reported that the raid led to the recovery of large quantities of freshly ...
