By JKNewsMedia COMMITMENT TO strengthen accountability and drive sustainable development in Kaduna has taken a new turn as the state government and the Gates Foundation signed the Kaduna Mutual Accountability Framework during the United Nations General Assembly. In a joint statement issued by Fatima Abubakar Alkali, Senior Communications Offi...
By JKNM CRIMINAL CHARGES have been filed by the Ogun State Government against two traditional rulers and other individuals over allegations of land grabbing across the state. The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Oluwasina Ogungbade, SAN, disclosed this in a statement, confirming that the state filed charges of forceful takeover o...
By Faith Obams, JKNewsMedia INTEREST IN Ogun State as a destination for global investment grew stronger over the weekend as Taiwanese multinational conglomerate and technology giant, Foxconn, expressed readiness to establish a manufacturing plant in the state. The assurance came from Mr. Vincent Lee, AVP, Corporate BD Chairman Office, who led ...
By JKNewsMedia OGUN STATE Governor Dapo Abiodun has declared that the creative industry has moved beyond being a side attraction to becoming a global economic powerhouse. The governor made the statement while declaring open the Creative Youths Experience, themed Framing the Future Bootcamp, at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Abeokuta, on Saturda...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent COMMITMENT BY all stakeholders is required to make peace permanent in Rivers State, Governor Siminalayi Fubara has said in his first statewide broadcast on resumption of official duties following the expiration of the six-month emergency rule. The Governor commended President Bola Tinubu for hi...
By JKNewsMedia RIVERS STATE Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, will deliver a statewide broadcast at 6.00pm this evening to appreciate stakeholders for their roles in restoring peace across the state and to reaffirm his administration’s commitment to stability and development. The Governor disclosed the plan on Friday after returning to Port Harcou...
By JKNewsMedia PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu arrived in Kaduna on Friday for a one-day working visit that featured both official and personal engagements. His aircraft touched down at the Kaduna International Airport around 1 p.m., where he was received by Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani. The Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, joined the recepti...
By Favour Olisah, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE OGUN State government has dismissed as deliberate misinformation a report alleging that it stopped an ongoing federal road project along Paddy-Arikawe Oye Igbimo Road to settle political scores with the facilitator of the project. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media and Strategy to ...
By Carol Olatunji, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE RIVERS State House of Assembly has resolved to investigate the finances managed during the six-month emergency rule administered by retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas as sole administrator. The resolution was taken on Thursday as the lawmakers reconvened for their first plenary session since the sus...
By JKNewsMedia THE CIRCULATION of a disturbing video showing students engaging in smoking and drinking inside a dormitory of a school has prompted swift action from the Lagos State Government. The students, believed to be from Excel College, Ejigbo, were seen in the video consuming alcohol and displaying behaviour that the authorities describ...
