By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter AT LEAST 200 employees have been sacked by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited in a sweeping internal shake-up that has upended its executive structure, with several top officials ousted and new female leaders taking key roles. The wave of terminations—quietly executed but deeply ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter OVER 200 VULNERABLE Nigerians stranded in Libya have returned home as part of a humanitarian repatriation initiative facilitated by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in collaboration with Nigerian authorities. The group, totalling 203 individuals, touched down at the Cargo Terminal ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter ALLEGATIONS OF high-level financial misconduct surrounding a $25 million oil block deal and the operation of 136 bank accounts prompted the arrest of a Nigerian businesswoman, Aisha Achimugu, at Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on Tuesday morning. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commis...
By Rosheedat Akinkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter SOARING COST of education has made female students at the University of Ibadan (UI) and other Nigerian universities to be increasingly turning to egg donation to be able to raise money to afford their tuition fees. This trend has raised serious health and ethical concerns as the institution authori...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter OVER TWENTY-seven suspected Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) impersonators have been handed to the Nigeria Police for prosecution, following a crackdown on examination malpractice by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The action comes as part of ongoing efforts to uph...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter AN UPSCALE 80-room hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos, masquerading as a hub for drug distribution, was stormed by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), leading to the discovery of illicit substances valued at over ₦1 billion. The operation, carried out between Friday 25th and...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter FORTY-THREE individuals with no legal right to remain in Britain have been deported to Nigeria and Ghana, as part of the United Kingdom (UK)’s renewed drive to enforce immigration laws through international cooperation. The Home Office and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) jointly ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA IS aiming for a bold 7% annual economic growth rate, with plans to leverage agricultural productivity, digital infrastructure, and oil production as the primary engines of expansion. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, revealed the new target while addre...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s SENATE President Godswill Akpabio is announced to be leading a five-member delegation to Vatican City to represent the country at the burial of His Holiness, Pope Francis. The delegation, sent by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, carries a formal letter of condolence addressed to the Acti...
By Kelen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter TEACHER EDUCATION in Nigeria is set for a major transformation as Federal Colleges of Education (FCOEs) begin awarding bachelor’s degrees alongside the National Certificate in Education (NCE) from September 2025. This shift follows the 2023 passage of the Dual Mandate Act, allowing FCOEs to offer both ...
