By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES across Nigeria entered a second week of disruption as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) dismissed the Federal Government’s directive enforcing a ‘No Work, No Pay’ policy against lecturers involved in its ongoing two-week warning strike. The union maintained tha...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent A TOTAL of thirty-five students will graduate with First Class Honours at the 2024/2025 Ninth Convocation Ceremony of the Federal University, Lokoja, scheduled for Saturday. Addressing journalists on activities lined up for the convocation, the Vice Chancellor, Professor Olayemi Akinwumi, stated...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter HISTORIC JUSTICE has been extended to several prominent Nigerians as President Bola Tinubu approved a series of posthumous and conventional pardons following the endorsement of the National Council of State (NCS) in Abuja. The move includes clemency for the late Major General Mamman Jiya Vatsa, executed...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PROFOUND TRIBUTES have followed the passing of Dr Christopher Kolade, with President Bola Tinubu describing the late broadcaster, diplomat, and corporate leader as “one of Nigeria’s intellectual treasures” and “a custodian of our enterprise history.” The President’s statement, personally signed...
By Joke Kujenya LEGACY OF integrity, service, and leadership defines the life of Dr Christopher Kolade, who passed away peacefully on 8 October 2025 in Osun State at the age of 92. His death was confirmed in a family statement expressing gratitude for “an incredible life of faith and service” and “God’s abundant blessings.” Born […]...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter STRATEGIC REFORMS within Nigeria’s power sector have gathered new momentum as the Federal Government (FG) intensifies efforts to deliver stable and reliable electricity supply across industrial clusters and households nationwide. Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, stated that the current reforms under ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NIGERIA’s PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed that his administration’s N200 billion intervention funds for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and manufacturers was designed to restore competitiveness, deepen productivity, and ease structural bottlenecks confronting Nigerian bu...
By Claire Mom, The Cable Foundation A NIGERIAN man, who was among West African migrants deported from the United States to Ghana, says he has been left stranded in a hotel in Togo. In a Wednesday report, the man, who craved anonymity, said Ghanaian authorities secretly transferred him and five others to Togo after assuring […]
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent GRADUATES SEEKING mobilisation into the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) will from October 6, 2025, be required to provide proof of compliance with the Nigeria Education Repository and Databank (NERD) policy before they can be mobilised or granted exemption, according to a directive issued b...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FALSE AND divisive allegations suggesting that terrorists in Nigeria are engaged in a systematic genocide against Christians have been firmly rejected by the Federal Government, which described such claims as baseless, misleading, and harmful to the country’s unity. The government stressed that...
