By Olukorede Yishau DAVID SZALAY is the reigning winner of the Booker Prize, an honour he received at a dinner in London for his novel, 'Flesh'. The novel begins with Istvan as a lonely boy living in a block of apartments in Hungary with his mother. Istvan, who has just started a new school because they have just moved into a new town, is havi...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter COMMITMENT TO advancing peace, stability, and prosperity beyond its borders has been reiterated by Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu stated on Thursday in Abuja. The President made the declaration after receiving Letters of Credence from 17 ambassadors and four high commissioners at the Council Chamber of t...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FOLLOWING THE confirmation by the Senate, General Christopher Musa has been sworn in as Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, President Bola Tinubu announced on Thursday in Abuja. The former chief of defence staff (CDS) replaces Mohammed Badaru, who resigned recently on health grounds. Musa’s appointme...
By Olukorede Yishau DAVID SZALAY is the reigning winner of the Booker Prize, an honour he received at a dinner in London for his novel, 'Flesh'. The novel begins with Istvan as a lonely boy living in a block of apartments in Hungary with his mother. Istvan, who has just started a new school because they have just moved into a new town, is havi...
By JKNewsMedia BID TO reinforce economic stabilisation held sway as Nigeria’s state energy company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited, engaged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in a strategic dialogue aimed at reinforcing economic stabilisation and national resilience. The meeting, held in Abuja, highlighted collaborat...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent MAJOR CHANGES within the nation’s security leadership followed the nomination of General Christopher Gwabin Musa as Minister of Defence after the resignation of Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar. This development surfaced through a formal communication to the Senate, where the Presidency set out ...
. . .As bandits deploy a drone in Kogi, attacks continue in many northern states. By Ogalah Dunamis, Premium Times THE FAINT mechanical buzz that drifted across Ejiba, a community in Yagba West Area of Kogi State, sometime between 8 and 9 a.m. on Sunday, was unusual enough to make residents look up. In this agrarian settlement, morning sounds...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter ECONOMIC GROWTH reached 3.98 percent year-on-year in real terms in the third quarter of 2025, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported on Monday, edging up from 3.86 percent in the same period last year. According to the NBS, the nation’s aggregate gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices st...
By JKNewsMedia Reporter AFRICA’s MOST comprehensive sustainability efforts were recognised as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Foundation Limited emerged as the Most Responsible Organisation at the 2025 SERAS Sustainability Awards held in Lagos on Saturday night. The 19th edition of Africa’s leading sustainability recognition pl...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NIGERIA’s DEFENCE portfolio changed hands after Minister of Defence, Badaru Abubakar, stepped down on Monday citing health grounds, according to an official confirmation from the Presidency. The minister announced his immediate departure in a letter submitted to President Bola Tinubu and dated 1...
By Joke Kujenya THE FUTURE of health demands responsible Artificial Intelligence according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Sweeping across hospital corridors and rural clinics alike, the march of artificial intelligence is already reshaping the way patients are diagnosed, medicines are discovered, and epidemics are tracked, the world h...
By Joke Kujenya SCIENTISTS ANNOUNCED they have disclosed that critical patterns hidden in the bloodstream are helping them decode how malaria progresses, unlocking a path to faster, life-saving treatments for severe cases. Researchers at Karolinska Institute said they have identified more than 250 proteins that undergo dramatic changes durin...
By Joke Kujenya A STARK warning from the World Health Organization (WHO) has reignited calls for urgent global action as rising tobacco industry interference stalls momentum in public health efforts. The new Global Tobacco Epidemic 2025 report, launched at the World Conference on Tobacco Control in Dublin, presents a mixed picture, documentin...
