Femi Akintunde-Johnson

2 weeks ago | newsnowonline.com.ng | Femi Akintunde-Johnson |Victor Oriola

By Femi Akintunde-JohnsonHow time dances past! It feels like only yesterday we were teasing “Bob Dee” for hitting the big 6-0. Now, here we are – on 16th of May, 2025, the ever-animated, irrepressible Ayobamidele Abayomi Ajani Ojutelegan Momodu clocked 65!Permit me a moment of nostalgia. I still recall with clarity our early camaraderie – two wordsmiths lured by lofty dreams and late-night ideas, often fuelled by nothing more than bread from Wonderloaf and the warm company of kindred spirits.

May 22, 2024 | jimidisu.com | Simon Kolawole |Femi Akintunde-Johnson |Omoniyi Osadare

The percentage of females admitted into the Nigerian Correctional Centre increased to 4.82 per cent in 2022, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This is contained in the NBS Statistical Report on Women and Men in Nigeria 2022 released in Abuja on Wednesday. The report showed that in 2020, the percentage of females admitted into the Nigerian correctional centre stood at 4.90 per cent, then dropped to 4.48 per cent in 2021 and increased to 4.82 per cent in 2022.

May 22, 2024 | jimidisu.com | Simon Kolawole |Femi Akintunde-Johnson |Omoniyi Osadare

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has raised the country’s baseline lending rate by 150 basis points to 26.25 per cent. Mr Yemi Cardoso, the Governor of CBN said this on Tuesday in Abuja, while reading the communique from the 295th meeting of the MPC. This is the third consecutive tightening of the lending rate, known as the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by the MPC under Cardoso. (NAN)PMNewsEND CLICK HERE TO SIGNUP FOR NEWS & ANALYSIS EMAIL NOTIFICATION

May 19, 2024 | jimidisu.com | Simon Kolawole |Femi Akintunde-Johnson |Omoniyi Osadare

Nigerian political actors have upped their game ahead of the 2027 presidential election with the opposition determined to pull the rug off the feet of President Bola Tinubu in the same way he championed the dismissal of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the ruling party in 2015.

May 19, 2024 | jimidisu.com | Simon Kolawole |Femi Akintunde-Johnson |Omoniyi Osadare

After nearly 70 years of agitation, Nigeria finally looks set to establish state police. That is, every state will have its own police force. On Thursday, House of Assembly speakers in the 36 states of the federation announced their support for the proposal. That means we should expect state legislators to endorse an amendment when it gets to them. First, two-thirds of National Assembly members must pass it.