By John Abanbeke, JKNewsMedia Reporter GROWING THREATS, intimidation and the failure to prosecute attacks against media professionals are putting press freedom under pressure in Cross River State, with journalists warning that a climate of fear could silence critical reporting, discourage aspiring practitioners and deny the public access to c...
By Joke Kujenya WOMEN AND candidates from historically underrepresented communities have secured landmark victories in the 2026 United States (US) midterm elections, bringing new representation to some of the country's highest political offices. JKNewsMedia.com reports that from the governorships of Georgia, Texas and New Mexico to seats in t...
By Bola BOLAWOLE NIGERIANS ARE feverishly preparing for another General Election. Presidential and National Assembly elections have been slated for Saturday, 16 January, 2027 while governorship and state House of Assembly elections come up two weeks after - on Saturday, 6 February, 2027. The elections will gulp over a trillion Naira; yet, its ...
By JKNewsMedia EVERY BLOOD donation could make a difference between life and death, a message at the heart of an upcoming humanitarian campaign seeking to boost blood availability and affordability in hospitals across Lagos. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the initiative, known as WalDo, will hold on 18 November 2026 at Alausa, Ikeja, beginning w...
By Joke Kujenya CONTROL OF both chambers of the United States Congress has been seized by Democrats, delivering a sweeping electoral defeat to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party in the November 3 midterm elections. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the results are claimed to mark a dramatic reversal of political power in Washington, w...
By Steve Osuji PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu seeks a second term in office. Desperately so. A second term of office is his right and entitlement to seek, of course. But it is also incumbent and indeed, the duty of every Nigerian to demand that the president must give account of the first four years. However, by the look of things, it seems President ...
By Owei Lakemfa THE ONGOING mass protests in France were ignited and led by students. They are the segment of society to which all shades and classes of society belong. When such a class reaches consensus and hits the streets, as it has done in parts of Europe in the last few weeks, change in society is likely to follow. Otherwise, society its...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE AS THEY say, I do not know Tinubu’s Minister of Finance, Taiwo Oyedele, from Adams; meaning that I am not related to him in any way. I have had no relationship or affinity with him; I have never met him in person; and I have never spoken to him or exchanged any form of communication with him on any form of media, be it digi...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter MONDAY MORNING, millions of Nigerian children headed back to school with the safety of their classrooms under renewed scrutiny, as widespread gaps in fencing, security personnel and other protective measures expose schools to continuing threats of attacks and abductions. JKNewsMedia.com reports that ove...
By Joke Kujenya FOR MANY Nigerians, cancer does not announce its arrival with a funeral bell. It begins quietly, in a pain that refuses to disappear, a lump discovered almost by accident, unexplained weight loss, persistent fatigue or a medical examination that suddenly changes the direction of a life. JKNewsMedia.com reports that that is how...
By Joke Kujenya BY THE time the morning began at the oncology ward of a Lagos teaching hospital, the waiting area was already crowded. JKNewsMedia.com reporter observed that patients sat beside relatives on plastic chairs, holding thick folders filled with laboratory results, referral letters and prescriptions. Some told the reporter that the...
