By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter IN AFRICA, the problem is not a shortage of achievers. It is the failure to consistently recognise, document and celebrate their contributions. As a matter of fact, daily across the continent and its diaspora, countless people are making a difference in their communities and professions, yet their stori...
By Joke Kujenya UNITED STATES President Donald Trump has blamed his party’s losses in the midterm elections on his absence from the ballot, while saying he was “absolutely willing to accept” the election results. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Trump made the remarks following projections by US media that Democrats had secured control of both th...
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 Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA's ELECTRICITY expansion drive is gathering momentum, with the Federal Government (FG) pursuing plans to raise generation capacity towards 20,000 megawatts, invest $2 billion in a new transmission super grid and restore critical infrastructure following recent supply disruptions affecting Lagos an...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter MORE THAN 1.6 million student loan applications have been processed, while over 156,000 trainees have received support under the Federal Government’s education interventions, as the President Bola Tinubu administration reports progress across Nigeria’s education system. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the ...
By Olukorede Yishau I REMEMBER a common practice at The Nation the day Democrats kicked the Republicans out of control of the United States Senate and House of Representatives. In those days, it was a standard practice to compile a list of winners and losers anytime a major election was held. The list always went beyond the candidates; it acc...
By JKNewsMedia THE FEDERAL Government has been advised to urgently confront deep-rooted constitutional and structural weaknesses, including revisiting previous national conference recommendations, to avert what a political science professor describes as an impending national catastrophe. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Professor of Comparative P...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter EFFORTS TO restore electricity supply to parts of Nigeria affected by prolonged outages are gathering pace, with the Federal Government announcing plans to return affected generating units to service within 48 to 72 hours while recovering critical transmission equipment that has remained stranded at the ...
By Owei Lakemfa TEN WEEKS before the contentious and increasingly violent general elections in the country, Justice Peter Odo Lifu of the Federal High Court Abuja nullified the leadership of one of the two main opposition parties, the African Democratic Congress (ADC). He did not only purport to remove the David Mark-Rauf Aregbesola leadershi...
By JKNewsMedia THE FEDERAL Government has fixed December 3, 2026, for the inauguration of the Kaduna-Kano Standard Gauge Railway, as construction reaches approximately 90 per cent completion. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the 203-kilometre railway project, which connects Kaduna, Zaria and Kano, is among two major rail developments in Northern ...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE “In Japan, a corrupt person kills himself. In China, they kill him. In Europe, they jail him. (But) In Africa, he presents himself for election!”- Prof. PLO Lumumba. WHY WILL a person accused of corruption in Japan kill himself even before he is hauled before the court, tried, found guilty, and sentenced? Personal dignity ...
By Steve Osuji NEVER TRY to convince me that a dog is a monkey! This is a brutal Yoruba adage. The saying mocks someone who's telling what is regarded as a 'foolish lie'. Someone who tries to deceive and cheaply hoodwink another. Maa pe aja l'obo funmi, the victim would retort, always angrily. It also means, "don't take me for a fool; do you t...
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...
