By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu has ordered an immediate temporary ban on the export of raw shea nuts. The directive was announced by the minister of agriculture and food security, Abubakar Kyari, who said the measure is designed to encourage local processing and increase value addition within Nigeria. H...
The Punch THE JOINT Admissions and Matriculation Board has issued a warning to several higher institutions that violated admission guidelines, describing their actions as an “aberration” and demanding full compliance within seven days. The institutions, summoned to a meeting with JAMB on August 18, 2025, tendered apologies and pleaded with the...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent CHAOS BROKE out on Tuesday morning when a passenger train travelling from Abuja to Kaduna derailed shortly after departure, causing panic among those on board. The incident happened at 11:09am at kilometre 49, between Kubwa Station and Asham Station, according to a statement issued by the Niger...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES have arrested a 55-year-old kingpin, Mohammed Ali Abubakar, also known as Bello Karama, along with five members of his syndicate at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) in Kano. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said the group was responsibl...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent CONVICTIONS OF two major drug traffickers have been secured by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) as a Federal High Court in Lagos sentenced 37-year-old Ajetsibo Emami, known as “Warri Kinsman,” and 51-year-old Solomon Akpomuai to a combined 10 years imprisonment. Emami was appreh...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter WASTED FUNDS amounting to N88 billion have gone into repairing vandalised electricity transmission infrastructure across Nigeria, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has disclosed. The company revealed this during a public sensitisation exercise held at the Odogunyan 132Kv Transmission Substation ...
By JKNewsMedia FREEDOM TO transact globally has returned for Fidelity Bank Plc customers, as the tier-one lender has confirmed the resumption of international transactions on its Naira Debit Cards. The announcement provides customers with the opportunity to make seamless payments abroad, online, and at ATMs outside Nigeria. Explaining the dev...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia THE NIGERIAN Guild of Editors (NGE) has raised alarm over the growing hardship confronting citizens, citing the strain of economic reforms, persistent insecurity, the crisis in education, and increasing threats to press freedom. In a communiqué released at the end of its Standing Committee Meeting in Owerri, Im...
By Faith Obams, JKNewsMedia Intern COMMITMENT TO clean and sustainable energy solutions across Africa took centre stage on Monday as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu commissioned a 40,000 cubic metres (CBM) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) vessel in Ulsan, South Korea. The vessel, named MT Iyaloja (Lagos), is owned by WAGL Energy Limited, a joint ven...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent A THREE-year manhunt for 36-year-old drug kingpin Sunday Ibigide ended in Asaba, Delta State, when operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted him on Sunday 10th August 2025 with 250 blocks of skunk weighing 138 kilogrammes. NDLEA stated that Ibigide had been decla...
