By Joke Kujenya A DREADFUL DRUG cartel led by 49-year-old Kelechi Monday Nwaobasi and his 50-year-old sister, Ms. Chinwe Rose Nwaobasi. has been successfully pulled down to pieces in a major operation, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The special operation, conducted in Aba, Abia State, resulted in the arrest of the siblings a...
By Joke Kujenya NIGERIA’s NATIONAL Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported that in the first quarter of 2024, the country exported electrical energy worth N58.65 billion to several African nations. This export constituted 2.62% of the total goods imported from Nigeria by the continent noting that he primary recipients of this electrical ...
By Joke Kujenya IN FUNDING to support Nigeria’s economic stabilization and reform initiatives, the World Bank has approved $2.25 billion loan. The package includes $1.5 billion for the Nigeria Reforms for Economic Stabilization to Enable Transformation (RESET) Development Policy Financing Programme and $750 million for the Nigeria...
By Joke Kujenya ISSUING AN alarming warning about a cholera outbreak, describing the identified strain as “highly aggressive and contagious, with potential for widespread dissemination.” This update was provided by the state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, via his Instagram page, @profakinabayomi, on Monday. He...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNMedia Reporter SPEARHEADING A significant mentorship programme last Friday, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, the First Lady of Lagos State, led a group of young boys to the Lagos State House of Assembly. The initiative, she said, focused on the boy-child and aims to provide guidance and inspiration to young males in the state. [&he...
By Joke Kujenya FOLLOWING A court mandate, MultiChoice, the company behind DStv and GOtv, has rolled back its recent subscription price hikes. This decision comes in the wake of a legal ruling that found the earlier price increases to be unwarranted, which had led to a significant exodus of subscribers, especially in Nigeria. The company [&hel...
By Joke Kujenya MARKING AN increase of 0.26 percentage points, Nigeria’s headline inflation rate has climbed to 33.95% in May 2024, up from 33.69% in April 2024. Contained in the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report of May 2024, it says that on a year-on-year basis, this rate is 11.54 percentage points higher than the […]
By Joke Kujenya A STERN WARNING has been issued to the public following a recent cholera outbreak affecting multiple states across Nigeria by the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA). In a press briefing held in Abuja on Friday, June 14, 2024, NBMA Director General Dr. Agnes Asagbra highlighted the urgent need for caution as the [&helli...
By Joke Kujenya HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS have been pouring in for Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), in honour of her 70th birthday on Thursday. Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu also extended his congratulations in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale,...
By Joke Kujenya EXTOLLING THE achievements of Chief Sam Amuka-Pemu, the publisher of Vanguard newspapers, Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has acknowledged him as a media colossus who has significantly influenced contemporary Nigerian journalism through hard work and dedication. In a congratulatory message released by his Chief Press Secretary...
