By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter COUNTERING TERRORISM and strengthening security cooperation between the United States (US) and Nigeria featured prominently as United States President Donald Trump praised President Bola Tinubu for his decisive leadership on behalf of the Nigerian people. JKNewsMedia.com reports that in a letter dated J...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter BRITAIN HAS a new prime minister after King Charles III appointed Andy Burnham on Monday following Keir Starmer's formal resignation. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Buckingham Palace said, “Andrew Burnham MP accepted The King’s offer and kissed hands upon his appointment as Prime Minister,” adding that th...
By Joke Kujenya FOOTBALL AND political leaders will converge at the FIFA World Cup 2026 final on Sunday as the White House confirmed President Donald Trump will attend the championship match between Spain and Argentina at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the White House said the final will be the only World Cup matc...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE NEWLY first elected and second female President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mrs Oyinkansola Badejo Okusanya (SAN), has been congratulated by President Bola Tinubu on her historic election, describing her emergence as a watershed in the legal profession and a triumph for merit, excellence ...
By Ajibila Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter SENIOR ADVOCATE of Nigeria (SAN), Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, has been elected the 33rd President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), becoming only the second woman in the association's 93-year history to occupy the office. JKNewsMedia.com reports that her victory followed a fiercely contested ...
By Bola BOLAWOLE ON SUNDAY, 19 July 2026, the creme-de-la-creme of the Nigerian media gathered at BON Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos at the instance of the outgoing Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Olanrewaju Oloyede, where the in-coming Registrar, Professor Segun Aina, was formally introduced to the me...
By JKNewsMedia APPOUNTMENTS TO ten Federal Government (F) agencies and commissions have taken immediate effect following President Bola Tinubu's approval of twenty-six new appointments, including the appointment of former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose as chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) and Major General Junaid Bindawa as ...
By Lekan Moses, JKNewsMedia Sports ANOTHER HISTORIC milestone was recorded at the just-concluded 2026 FIFA World Cup as the tournament’s top scorer, Kylian Mbappé, became the first player in football history to win the Golden Boot twice. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the France captain and Real Madrid forward finished the competition with 10 g...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia FOR NEARLY three decades, the journey was as much a part of Mrs. Rachael Alamu's job as the classroom itself. JKNewsMedia.com reports that every weekday, she travelled from Ogbomoso to Esiele, determined to lead a rural school despite the distance, the poor roads and the physical strain. It was a sacrifice she h...
By Rimamnde Shawulu PRINCE ADENIYI Adeyemi Mathew has been re-arrested and is expected back in court over allegations of forgery, impersonation and conspiracy. But the bigger story is this: 📺 Watch the full episode and share your thoughts. https://youtu.be/bAyAMjtcdE4?si=K3MqzEtU5_TS4hFS How did an agency the government says never existed repo...
By Joke Kujenya SPAIN ARE the 2026 World Cup champions after defeating Argentina 1 0 following 120 tense minutes in Sunday's final. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Ferran Torres emerged as the match winner after the second half substitute broke the deadlock in the 106th-minute of extra time to secure Spain's second World Cup title. Argentina fai...
By Joke Kujenya SOME WORLD Cup finals are decided in a flash, a mistake, a moment of individual brilliance, a penalty shootout that leaves one team celebrating and another wondering what might have been. This was different. Spain’s victory over Argentina was not built on one dramatic incident. It was constructed patiently over 120 minutes, th...
Relief at returning home has quickly given way to haunting memories for survivors of the Oriire school abduction in Oyo State. In her first detailed account of the ordeal, rescued principal Mrs Rachael Alamu revealed that male teachers endured the harshest treatment in captivity, with some reportedly blindfolded, handcuffed, chained and restra...
By Joke Kujenya How Intelligence, Special Forces ended 57 days of captivity for Oyo schoolchildren and teachers . . . FIFTY-SEVEN harrowing days after gunmen stormed three schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, abducting pupils, teachers and a school principal, a painstaking multi-agency security operation finally brought ever...
For years, residents of Olufa in Ondo State have watched an unfinished government-funded healthcare centre decay behind overgrown bushes. As expectant mothers travel dangerous roads, families sink into debt and lives are lost in medical emergencies, the abandoned project has become a painful symbol of broken promises and rural healthcare negle...
