By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s FEDERAL Government has unveiled a bold pilot scheme to overhaul two of Nigeria’s worst-performing electricity distribution companies, targeting long-standing failures with a forceful new model aimed at systemic reform. The pilot initiative, expected to launch between May and August 2025,...
By Rosheedat Akinkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter FUNDING SQUEEZE casts shadow over Nigeria’s Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) response causing mounting pressure on Nigeria’s overstretched healthcare system. This has reignited fears about the sustainability of free HIV treatment as international donor support begins to wane as the National Agenc...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter  DESPERATE EFFORTS to traffic illicit drugs across Nigeria’s borders were crushed last week as operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), arrested multiple suspects, including a woman attempting to smuggle cocaine to Iran by hiding it in her private part, stomach and handbag, an...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter ISSUES OF agricultural investment and food security took centre stage at the State House in Abuja, where President Bola Tinubu received a special envoy from the Amir of Qatar to discuss expanding bilateral cooperation. The envoy, Dr Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, who serves as Qatar’s Minister ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter NATIONAL SCHEME faces critical restructuring to align with youth needs and national goals as the Federal Government has launched a major overhaul of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Setting up a reform committee to re-evaluate and transform the nearly five-decade-old programme, FG said the m...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE FEDERAL Ministry of Power has initiated a strategic partnership with the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC) in a renewed push to diversify and stabilise electricity supply across the country. During a meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, Minister of Power Chief Adebayo Adelabu received the Acting C...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia GRASSROOTS PUSH urged as drug war nets 62,595 arrests; 10.3 million kilos seizures. Also, state governments have been asked to take ownership of the war against substance abuse by implementing grassroots-focused drug prevention and treatment strategies, as the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) rev...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE JOINT Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released a detailed statistical breakdown of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), revealing that 80 per cent of candidates scored below the 200-mark threshold. A total of 1,955,069 candidates participated in the nationwid...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE NATIONAL Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has carried out a string of high-impact operations across Nigeria, intercepting illicit substances worth more than ₦3.4 billion, thwarting arms trafficking, and apprehending a long-wanted drug trafficker after nearly a year in hiding. More than 3.5 millio...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter ABOUT 90 newly qualified medical technicians have bolstered the Nigerian Air Force’s health corps following their graduation from the School of Medical Sciences and Aviation Medicine in Kaduna. The graduates—drawn from the Sundry Medical A1 Upgrading Course 6/2025 and Basic Medical Course 3/2025—com...
