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...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter FOREIGN TRAVELLERS heading to Nigeria must now apply for visas online under a sweeping reform by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), which also mandates digital landing and exit cards from 1 May 2025. The newly introduced e-visa system, replacing the former visa-on-arrival policy, promises proces...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE NIGERIAN Education Loan Fund (NELFund) has strongly denied reports alleging misappropriation and mismanagement of student loan funds, amid a clarification from the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) that no discrepancies have been established in the disburseme...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE LAGOS State High Court has sentenced Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver Andrew Nice Ominikoron to death by hanging for the murder of 22-year-old fashion designer Oluwabamise Ayanwola, marking the conclusion of a harrowing trial that captured national attention. In a ruling delivered at the Tafawa Ba...
By Jemimah Wellinton, JKNewsMedia Reporter AS WORKERS across Nigeria marked International Workers’ Day (IWD), the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) issued a stern call for government action, insisting that only the implementation of a living wage can stem the tide of deepening poverty and economic hardship among...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter ALLEGATIONS OF money laundering, asset concealment, and billion-naira oil bloc deals have escalated into a fierce legal showdown, with the Federal High Court in Abuja ordering the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release detained businesswoman Aisha Achimugu within 24 hours. A dram...
