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 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 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 Jemimah Wellington, JKNMedia Reporter AMPLIFYING A clarion call to stakeholders in the food supply chain, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has emphasized the need to adopt a robust food security culture, aiming to mitigate hazards and risks that could compromise food safety. This urge was communicate...
By Joke Kujenya TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2024, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will travel from Lagos, Nigeria, to Pretoria, South Africa, to attend the inauguration of President Cyril Ramaphosa. Ramaphosa’s inauguration follows his re-election for a second term as President of South Africa which came after a deal between his party, the African Nat...
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 Martins Oloja AFTER WATCHING all the shenanigans, peccadillos, frills and thrills of the strange Democracy Day June 12, 2024, last week, I had wanted to write on the inconclusive list of ‘Heroes of Democracy” President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s historians drew up and made public on May 29, 2024. I wanted to deconstruct the list, […]
