By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporters THE NATIONAL Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has called on Nigerians to report cases of extortion during National Identification Number (NIN) enrolment. The Commission reaffirmed that the enrolment process is totally free and any demand for payment is illegal. Dr Kayode Adegoke, NIMC’s Head of...
By Joke Kujenya MEDIA REPORTS alleging the Old Port Harcourt Refinery’s shutdown have sparked public concern over Nigeria’s fuel supply. Contrary to claims of halted operations, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has dismissed these reports as false and baseless. According to NNPC’s Chief Corporate Communica...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE TRAGIC incident at a children’s funfair in Ibadan, which claimed several young lives and left many injured, has prompted a strong response from President Bola Tinubu. He expressed deep sorrow over the event, offering his heartfelt condolences to the families, the Government, and the people of Oyo...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter A REDUCTION in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), lowering it to N899.50 per litre has been announced by Dangote Refinery. The company says this move aims to alleviate the burden on Nigerians as transportation costs typically spike during the festive season. Anthony Chiejina, the Group Chief Br...
Olukorede Yishau is a writer and award-winning Nigerian journalist based in Texas, United States. Yishau’s debut novel, “In The Name of Our Father,” garnered a prestigious nomination for Africa’s biggest literary prize, the Nigeria Prize for Literature, in 2021. Since then, he’s continued to captivate readers with his short story collection, “...
By Joke Kujenya THE FESTIVE atmosphere in Lagos heightened on Wednesday as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu touched down at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport at exactly3:23 pm. The President is set to spend the Christmas and New Year holidays in his state of origin, Lagos, as noted by Presidential Spokesman, Bayo [...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter GHANA’s PRESIDENT-Elect, John Dramani Mahama, is paying Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu a visit at the State House in Abuja. The courtesy visit is coming a week after Ghana’s Electoral Commission declared Mahama, of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the winner of the 2024 presidential ele...
By Joke Kujenya “THE 2025 BUDGET I present today to the joint session of the National Assembly is a budget of restoration. “It aims to build on the policies we have introduced to revitalise the economy, enhance human capital development, expand trade and investment opportunities, boost oil and gas production, revive the manufacturi...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter FOOD PRICES in Nigeria have risen sharply, climbing by 60.88 percent since May 2023, despite substantial investments and loans aimed at boosting food production across the country. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) actually reveals that food inflation, which stood at 24.82 percent whe...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s FEDERAL Executive Council (FEC) has approved a landmark N47.96 trillion 2025 budget, marking a 36.8% increase from the N27.9 trillion 2024 estimate. The approval was announced on Monday by the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, after the year’s final cabinet meeting pre...
