By JKNewsMedia CROSS SECTOR collaboration is essential to unlocking economic opportunities, creating jobs, increasing productivity and building resilient value chains, Lagos State Commissioner for Commerce, Cooperatives, Trade and Investment, Mrs Folashade Ambrose Medebem, has said. JKNewsMedia.com reports that speaking through the ministry’s...
By Kowoforola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE ALL Progressives Congress (APC) has picked Hon Damilola Sonayon-James as its Deputy Governorship Candidate for the 2027 Lagos State Governorship Election, pairing her with Governorship Candidate, Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, for the 2027 election in Lagos State. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Sonayon-J...
By JKNewsMedia CLAIMS CIRCULATING on social media alleging that pupils, students, and teachers abducted in Oriire Local Government Area have been released have been debunked by the Oyo State Government. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Oyo State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, described the video as f...
By JKNewsMedia OUTDOOR EXCURSION activities such as school excursions, field trips have been suspended across Oyo State following security concerns. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the directive was contained in a circular issued on Friday 22 May 2026 by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and signed by the Permanent Secretary, Mrs...
By JKNewsMedia ARBITRARY RENT increases, illegal charges and fraudulent practices in Lagos’ real estate sector are being targeted under a proposed tenancy law unveiled by the Lagos State Government. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the State Commissioner for Housing, Moruf Akinderu-Fatai, disclosed the plan during the 2026 Ministerial Press Brief...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE GOVERNORSHIP primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been won by Obafemi Hamzat, deputy governor of Lagos, who emerged as the party’s candidate for the 2027 elections. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Jon Temlong, chairman of the APC national governorship primary election committee, announced...
By REVENUE GENERATION in Lagos reached N807.1 billion in the first quarter of 2026, accounting for 18.2 percent of the state’s N4.44 trillion budget, official figures show. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Lagos State 2026 first quarter budget performance report shows that internally generated revenue contributed N536.37 billion, representing ...
By JKNewsMedia RISING DEBT levels have placed Lagos State at the top of Nigeria’s debt chart, with a combined domestic and external burden of N1.22 trillion and $1.17 billion as of the fourth quarter of 2025. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Nigeria’s total public debt increas...
By JKNewsMedia PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu has endorsed Lagos State Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat as the All Progressives Congress (APC) consensus governorship candidate for the 2027 election, reinforcing a fast-forming political alignment within the state’s ruling structure. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the endorsement in Abuja on Wednesday follo...
By JKNewsMedia PLANS TO establish direct air links between Ogun State and the United Kingdom (UK) have advanced, with Air Peace set to commence flights from the Gateway International Airport to London this summer. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Governor Dapo Abiodun disclosed this after inspecting the airport alongside Air Peace Chairman, Allen ...
