By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter A NATIONAWIDE public holiday has been declared for Thursday as Nigeria gears up to celebrate Workers’ Day, a tribute to the nation’s workforce and their enduring contributions to development. The announcement came on Tuesday from the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who praised Nigerian wor...
By JKNewsMedia SHAREHOLDERS OF Fidelity Bank Plc have praised the institution’s leadership and workforce for delivering a remarkable financial performance in 2024, cementing its status among Nigeria’s elite lenders. The commendations came during the bank’s 37th Annual General Meeting, held virtually on Tuesday 29 April 2025. Chief Boniface Ok...
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 Joke Kujenya HARD-WON victories in the global fight against a centuries-old killer disease, malaria, are beginning to unravel, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO), to issue an urgent call to action on World Malaria Day 2025. Malaria is clawing its way back in parts of the world where it had once been driven into retreat, the WHO ...
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 Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter A NATIONWIDE crackdown on unregistered businesses looms after Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) issued a stern six-week compliance ultimatum, warning that those operating without proper registration risk imprisonment or legal action. CAC Cites Criminal Offences Under Companies Act. In a public...
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 Joke Kujenya MORE THAN fifty African journalists gathered virtually for two days to strengthen their skills in climate change reporting, as the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) Coalition pushed for continued Afrocentric storytelling and renewed its demand for climate reparations for the Global South. Held between 22 and 23 April, the tr...
By Bola BOLAWOLE ‘IN A country where religion and tribe determine a lot of things, you are dead on arrival when the criminals and those tasked with the responsibility of reining them in come from the same region and belong to the same religion.’ The long holiday declared by the government for us to celebrate the feast of Easter is over; work,...
