By Bola BOLAWOLE “CONDUCTS THAT negatively impact public perception of Government”, published here two weeks ago, was widely commented upon by readers. Some of the insights introduced by readers, many of whom I have only met and interacted with online, deserve to be highlighted for public consumption. The goal is not to chide or embarra...
By Bola BOLAWOLE “HERE, THE more governments we have, the less good governance we enjoy! That is why the pressure is usually on those of them at the top, such as the president and state governors. That is also why it appears the government is doing nothing. But the oasis of good governance that we […]
By Owei Lakemfa I DID not expect my column ‘When uneducated minds change the education system’ to attract so much reaction. A parent said that in my review of the new education curriculum imposed in September 2025, I did not draw sufficient attention to some facts. The most fundamental, she said, is that government imposed [&helli...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE (Published in the ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper of Sunday, 7 May, 2026). EFFECTIVE COMMUNICCATION is two-way traffic. Those who govern need to communicate their activities and the reasons for them to the people they bear rule over. Those being ruled also need to let rulers know […]...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FAMILY CENTERED policy has been placed at the core of national planning as President Bola Tinubu designated 2026 as the year of families and social development. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the President said putting the family unit at the heart of Nigeria’s development strategy represents a ma...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FAR REACHING changes to sports funding and industry viability have been directed across key ministries and agencies of the Federal Government (FG) as President Bola Tinubu moves to reset Nigeria’s sports sector. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the President announced the plan on Friday evening in a...
By Suleiman TAJUDEEN IT IS hard to believe people are still living in Maraban Babu, a community in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State, where the day looks grey and the night terrifying. Yet it is home to nearly five thousand residents who have nowhere else to go. A visitor is likely to choke […]
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter ISSUANCE OF guidelines for the implementation of Nigeria’s new tax laws has been halted by the Federal Government due to uncertainty over the final version of the legislation. Chairman of the Presidential Tax Reform Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, disclosed that he instructed the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS)...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent EFFORTS TO transform Nigeria’s tax system advanced with the formal establishment of the National Tax Policy Implementation Committee (NTPIC), mandated to ensure the execution of recent tax reforms and align fiscal administration with the government’s economic objectives. President Bola Tinubu a...
By Owei Lakemfa ALIKO DANGOTE has become the first African-born billionaire to reach and surpass a $30 billion net worth. This October, 2025, with a new valuation gain of $430 million, he achieved a net worth of $30.3 billion. But his on-going quixotic contestations with the Nigerian Constitution and the United Nations Universal Declaration of...
