By Jemimah Wellington, JKNMedia Reporter AMID EFFORTS to overhaul the civil service, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), has unveiled a stringent crackdown, specifically targeting civil servants who reside abroad but continue to receive salaries. Addressing media executives in Abuja during the 2024 Civi...
By Joke Kujenya WITH NEARLY 195,000 cases and over 1,900 deaths recorded across 24 countries since the beginning of 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) has raised alarms over a sharp increase in cholera cases globally. WHO notes that the Eastern Mediterranean Region reports the highest number of cases, followed by the African Region, the...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNMedia Reporter REPORTING A significant rise in cooking gas prices across Nigeria, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that Benue and Zamfara states record the highest costs for refilling LPG cylinders. This revelation comes from the NBS’s Liquified Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) Price Watch for May 20...
By Joke Kujenya NIGERIA’S TOTAL public debt has surged to ₦121.67 trillion ($91.46 billion) within the first quarter of 2024, the Debt Management Office (DMO) reported on Thursday. This significant increase in debt is attributed to new domestic borrowing by the federal government aimed at addressing the deficit in the 2024 budget, along ...
By Joke Kujenya NIGERIA’S PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has commended South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for his significant contributions to promoting democracy across the African continent. During a visit to the Radisson Blu Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg, Tinubu applauded Ramaphosa’s efforts, particularly highlighting the South Afr...
By Joke Kujenya NIGERIA’S OIL and gas sector is set for a significant uplift with the NNPC-TotalEnergies Joint Venture (JV) making a landmark announcement of a $550 million Final Investment Decision (FID) for the Ubeta Field Development Project. This decisive move aligns with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Presidential Executive Order on Oil &a...
By Joke Kujenya WITH THE average retail price for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in May 2024, Nigeria has witnessed a dramatic surge in petrol prices, reaching N769.62 per liter, representing a staggering 223.21% increase compared to May 2023, when it was N238.11 per liter. This sharp rise has been documented in the latest Petrol Price […]
By Joke Kujenya EMPHASIZING THE strategic importance of targeting assets linked to drug crimes, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), Chairman of the NDLEA, asserts that this initiative, launched in January 2021, has led to multiple arrests and successful prosecutions. He noted that these convictions highlight the NDLEA’s robust legal approach in...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNMedia Reporter ON TUESDAY, the inclusion of 17 deep offshore oil blocks was announced by the Federal Government in Nigeria’s 2024 Licensing Round for oil fields. This expansion aims to boost investment in the country’s upstream sector and increase oil production, the government notes. Earlier this year, on...
By Joke Kujenya HOURS AFTER making an impassioned appeal to save the life of his wife, Elle Emmanuel-Babatunde, she died in anguish. Adebayo Oladipo Babatunde, 49, who pleaded yesterday with Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun and Health Commissioner Tommy Coker to rescue his wife from her health torment, just sent an early morning chat to [&hell...
