By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent STATE AUTHORITIES must fully reflect wholesale electricity costs in tariffs or be prepared to cover the difference through subsidies, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said. The warning followed tariff cuts by the Enugu Electricity Regulatory Commission (EERC), sparking ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent CUSTODIAL CENTRES across Nigeria are reportedly housing 3,833 inmates on death row, with Ogun and Rivers States topping the national list, according to figures released by the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS). The country’s inmate population now stands at 81,558, of which 3,754 are male deat...
By Hope Donalds, JKNewsMedia Reporter MORE THAN thirty federal ministries, departments, and agencies have been indicted by the House of Representatives over financial infractions totalling N103.8 billion and $950,912.05, following a motion adopted on Tuesday. The sweeping indictment arose from the findings of the Public Accounts Committee, wh...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent Tensions escalated in the Senate on Tuesday as Bayo Ojulari, Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), failed to honour a fourth invitation to appear before the Public Accounts Committee over a ₦210 trillion audit query spanning 2017 to 2023. Members ...
By Rosheedat Akinkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter FOOD INSECURITY is worsening across conflict-hit communities in Nigeria’s North-east, where more than 3.7 million people are now struggling to access adequate food, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has reported. Years of violence have displaced thousands of farmers who once susta...
By Rosheedat Akinkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter A GROWING wave of opposition has greeted the renaming of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) to Muhammadu Buhari University by President Bola Tinubu, as alumni, students, and residents of Borno State condemn the move as insensitive and politically motivated. Announced during a special session of ...
By JKNewsMedia APPLICANTS WHO began but failed to complete their online registration for recruitment into Nigeria’s paramilitary services have been directed to return to the portal and finalise the process as the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) reopened its platform today, Monday, 21st July 2025. The ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent A SEVEN-year manhunt has ended with the arrest of 60-year-old drug baron Okpara Paul Chigozie as Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency intensified its crackdown on syndicates smuggling hard drugs across the country and abroad. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives stormed his hi...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NAIRA ABUSE has come under renewed scrutiny as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it is intensifying efforts to enforce currency laws and restore national pride. Speaking at a stakeholder engagement in Lagos, the EFCC Executive Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, called on key player...
SCRATCHING REBUKE from the presidency has dismissed criticism by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) over the state burial of former President Muhammadu Buhari, accusing the party of politicising a solemn national event for cheap relevance. In a statement signed by Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communicati...
