By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter DEEPER INDUSTRIAL ties between Nigeria and China are poised to reshape the nation’s solid minerals sector, with electric vehicle manufacturing taking centre stage as a driver of economic diversification. During a courtesy visit to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, the Chines...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter AN ELDERLY ex-convict, an 82-year-old woman, and a polytechnic student were among those arrested as the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intensified its crackdown on illicit drugs, intercepting opioids worth over ₦3.2 billion at seaports and across various states. Operatives arrested 80-...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter A PROPOSAL to enforce compulsory voting for all eligible Nigerians in national and state elections has passed second reading in the House of Representatives, marking a bold attempt to address voter apathy and strengthen democratic participation across the country. The bill, jointly sponsored by Spea...
By JKNewsMedia ROYAL GRATITUDE has met President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to establish the South-West Development Commission (SWDC), with the Ooni of Ife, Arole Oduduwa Olofin Adimula, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, CFR, praising the move as a bold and visionary step towards regional advancement. The monarch, who serves as Permanent Chairma...
By JKNewsMedia A SWEEPING technical error has cast doubt over 379,997 results from the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), prompting Nigeria’s Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to announce a targeted retake for affected candidates. Registrar Ishaq Oloyede, speaking on 14 May, confirmed that the compromised re...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’S CHIEF examination official, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, was in tears publicly as he apologised for the massive technical failures that marred the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. As the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) conceded grave technical failings in ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIAN ABROAD can now remotely obtain a Bank Verification Number (BVN), following the official launch of the Non-Resident Bank Verification Number (NRBVN) platform in Abuja by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS). This move, the group say, eliminat...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s EXTERNAL reserves slumped to an eight-month low in April as the Central Bank ramped up dollar sales and foreign debt service obligations weighed on the balance. Gross reserves dipped by nearly $375 million from March to $37.9 billion at the end of April, marking the fourth consecutive mont...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s MARITIME Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has fired back at allegations of operations being handed to private interests, affirming its full control while accelerating a digital overhaul to clean up the nation’s shipping sector and bolster public revenue. The agency stated unequivo...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter ONE YEAR after the tragic incident, faulty judgment, unresolved technical faults, and safety oversight failures caused the helicopter crash that killed Nigerian banker Herbert Wigwe, his wife Doreen, their son Chizi, former NGX Group chairman Abimbola Ogunbanjo, and two others, the United States. Na...
