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The Supreme Court, on Friday, quashed the judgement that convicted and sentenced the former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor-Kalu, to 12 years imprisonment. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a seven-man panel of Justices led by Justice Amina Augie, held that the Federal High Court in Lagos acted without jurisdiction when it
This is a disclaimer to the ongoing viral news that the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka had sacked Professor Ikemefuna Uzochukwu whose team discovered a possible lead to the development of Covid-19 vaccine. Jkcyno news had an exclusive voice chat with the said Prof. UZOCHUKWU who dismissed the viral news of his purported sack by the
The United States Embassy in Nigeria has said that a further $319m – N127bn – of late General Sani Abacha loot was in France and the United Kingdom. The embassy in a statement said that $167m in stolen assets is split between France and the UK while another $152m was in Britain. The release of
Ban on all flights extended for an additional 4 weeks. National Briefing by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 At the briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19 on Wednesday, Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation, said after due consultation, the federal government decided to extend the flight ban by
Nigeria has received the $3.4 billion emergency loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). IMF Managing Director, Ms Kristalina Georgieva, confirmed to CNBC Africa in an interview that the $3.4 billion loan had been credited to the account of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The funds had been approved under the Rapid Financing Instrument
There was confusion Tuesday in Kwadon community of Gombe State, as COVID-19 patients at an isolation centre in Yamaltu Deba Local Government Area forced their way out of the facility to protest alleged poor treatment by the state government and the coronavirus taskforce. Jkcyno news learned that nearly 20 patients took over the federal highway linking Gombe State with
Coronavirus vaccine is now currently being tried in healthy human volunteers in the USA. The vaccines were made by Germany’s BioNTech and New York-based Pfizer at @nyuniversity Researchers at NY University Grossmam School of medicine worked on it. The vaccine designers at BioNTech tried to determine which protein parts of the virus were “most noticed
It is yet another sad Tuesday in Sarjah Dubai as 50 Storey Building was razed by fire. According to some random reports online, the cause of the fire 🔥 outbreak is yet to be ascertained as at the time of this report. Jkcyno news also gathered that the Massive fire at the 50 storey residential
The Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farouk Umar has been rushed Into the intensive care unit of the Federal Medical Centre Katsina for COVID-19 complications. According to a report by Sahara Reporters who quoted a palace source, the Emir was rushed into intensive care in a critical condition on Monday night. The report alleged that the Emir
Garba Shehu, spokesperson to the President The Presidency says the $311m stolen during the Abacha regime and returned to Nigeria from the United States and the Bailiwick of Jersey, on Monday, May 4, 2020, has already been allocated. This was contained in a statement released on Tuesday by Garba Shehu, spokesperson to the President,