By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE AFRICAN Development Bank’s (AfDB) President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has been re-elected with unanimous shareholder support—an historic 100% vote that affirmed a decade of leadership widely credited with reshaping Africa’s development financing landscape. First elected in 2015 and reappointed in 20...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter PAYMENT OF long-awaited N35,000 wage award arrears to federal workers has commenced, following confirmation from the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF). According to an official statement released on Monday by Bawa Mokwa, spokesperson for the OAGF, the payment process is under...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter RESIT SCORES will be the only recognised results for candidates who sat the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) a second time following widespread technical failures. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has confirmed that previous scores from the invalidated UTME are n...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THOUSANDS OF property titles across Abuja faced revocation on Monday, May 26 as authorities began enforcing penalties on 4,794 properties over unpaid Ground Rent spanning 10 to 43 years. Government-owned assets, corporate buildings, and privately held plots were all affected in a sweeping move by th...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter A NEW operational partnership between Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency and the United Kingdom (UK) has been formalised, deepening cross-border efforts to dismantle drug trafficking networks and disrupt criminal enterprises. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Home Office Internat...
By JKNewsMedia MISLEADING VIDEOS circulating online have prompted a public alert from the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), over alleged incitement of traders at Onitsha Bridge Head Market, The agency cautioned that the actions of the social media influencer involved may violate provisions of the Cybercrim...
By JKNewsMedia THE RISING tide of drug and substance abuse among Nigerian youths demands urgent collective action, according to the Federal Government, which has urged media professionals to take the lead in shaping public discourse and driving preventive efforts across communities. This appeal was delivered during a sensitisation and awarene...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter MASSIVE HAULS of illicit drugs have been intercepted across Nigeria, with operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) uncovering opioids and codeine-based syrups valued at over ₦6.5 billion at the Apapa and Onne seaports/ Two British nationals linked to a high-level cannabis smuggl...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter SURGING PAST previous benchmarks, Nigeria’s 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) recorded an unprecedented 17,025 candidates scoring 300 and above—more than double the tally in 2024. The figure marks the highest since the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) adopted the C...
NAN Report THE ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked the federal government to fulfil the 2009 FG/ASUU agreement or face a nationwide industrial action. Chris Piwuna, ASUU president, spoke during a press conference in Abuja on Friday. Piwuna said the union was frustrated by the government’s failure to resolve nine critical iss...
