By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter NATIONAL SCHEME faces critical restructuring to align with youth needs and national goals as the Federal Government has launched a major overhaul of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Setting up a reform committee to re-evaluate and transform the nearly five-decade-old programme, FG said the m...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE begins work on a long-awaited national population and housing census, with a mandate to submit an interim report in three weeks. The high-level group, inaugurated at the State House in Abuja, is expected to lay the foundation for Nigeria’s first census in nearly two decades. P...
By JKNewsMedia THE FEDERAL Government has declared Friday 18 and Monday 21 April 2025 as public holidays for Good Friday and Easter Monday celebrations, urging Nigerians to embrace love, sacrifice, and unity during the Easter season. The announcement came through a statement from the Ministry of Interior, where the Minister, Dr Olubunmi Tunji...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter HEALTH ADVOCACY groups, the Nigerian Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) and Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), have strongly criticised the N13million allocation for tobacco control in the 2025 national budget, describing it as grossly insufficient. At a press briefing in...
By Faith Alolade, JKNewsMedia Intern TOBACCO CONSUMPTION in Nigeria remains a major public health concern, with weak enforcement of existing laws allowing the industry to target vulnerable populations. Despite the establishment of the National Tobacco Control Act (NTCA) and accompanying regulations, tobacco-related illnesses continue to claim ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter MOVES TO reform the African Union (AU) has been firmly backed by Nigeria, emphasising the need for a more vibrant, viable, and relevant continental body to meet the changing global political and economic landscape. The Nigerian government, through President Bola Tinubu’s statement delivered by Forei...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Report NIGERIA HAS made a slight improvement in its global corruption ranking, moving up five places on the 2024 Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index. The country now ranks 140th out of 180 nations, with a score of 26 out of 100. Despite this progress from last year’s 145th position a...
By Joke Kujenya A NATIONWIDE strike launched by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has brought economic activities across Nigeria to a grinding halt. The industrial action began after failed negotiations with the Federal Government over an increase in the minimum wage to living wage and other pressing labour i...
By Joke Kujenya THE latest findings from the March 2024 edition of the National Bureau of Statistics Selected Food Price Watch have revealed staggering increases in the prices of essential food items across Nigeria. According to the report, the average price of 1kg of locally sold loose rice surged to N1,349.74, marking a significant 152.93% [...
