By Joke Kujenya CALLS FOR urgent protection of journalists and decisive action against insecurity have been directed at the administration of Bola Tinubu, state governors and Federal Capital Territory authorities by the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). JKNewsMedia.com reports that t...
By JKNewasMedia INCREASING TERRORISM concerns have led the United States (U.S.) to urge its citizens in the United Kingdom (UK) to remain vigilant after authorities announced a severe threat level. JKNewsMedia.com reports that authorities in the UK raised the national terrorism threat level from substantial to severe on Thursday after an antis...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent ESCALATING ATTACKS across northern Mali have forced government troops and allied Russian mercenaries to surrender a strategic military base to armed rebel groups. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Mali’s army and its Russian allies withdrew from the Tessalit super camp near the Algerian border on Fr...
By Joke Kujenya CALLS FOR urgent protection of journalists and decisive action against insecurity have been directed at the administration of Bola Tinubu, state governors and Federal Capital Territory authorities by the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). JKNewsMedia.com reports that t...
By Joke Kujenya CEUDE OIL prices rose above $111 per barrel on Tuesday following the decision by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to exit the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). JKNewsMedia.com reports that the UAE said the move will take effect from May 1, 2026, and stated that the decision was based on the country’s nati...
By Emeka Monye AS THE race for the 2027 presidential election gathers momentum, Nigeria’s political landscape is already shifting like a chessboard before the first move. Major political bigwigs are jostling for party tickets, testing alliances, and calculating the odds of securing the ultimate prize: Aso Rock. Permutations have begun in earne...
By JKNewsMedia NINE YEARS of digital banking innovation is being marked as Wema Bank Plc celebrates the anniversary of ALAT by Wema, described as Africa’s first fully digital bank. Launched in 2017, ALAT by Wema was introduced as a response to limitations in traditional banking including long queues, physical barriers, and slow processes. The...
By Owei Lakemfa NIGERIANS AND Africans have no friends in Israel. They may, amongst the Israeli people, but not in its establishment which is wedded to a philosophy of violence, repression, exploitation and genocide. Therefore, Nigerians must be on alert and view with suspicion, Israel's overt and strenuous attempts to befriend the continent,...
By Babafemi Ojudu THERE ARE moments in the life of a people when difficult questions must be asked, not for provocation, but for the preservation of conscience. This is one of such moments. Across Nigeria today, there is a growing perception—fair or unfair—that the Yoruba, once regarded as a stabilizing moral force in the national equation, a...
By Humphrey Ukeaja NIGERIA’s SUGAR-sweetened beverage (SSB) market is not just growing; it is expanding its product lines and accelerating the establishment of new plants in a country already carrying a heavy and costly burden of non-communicable disease (NCD). Evidence indicates that SSB consumption in Nigeria rose by 123 percent between 200...
By Owei Lakemfa MAY DAY! May Day!! May Day!!! The desperate calls from Chicago, United States workers in 1886, taken up by workers of the world, now sounds more desperate. But the world seems to have gone deaf with the May Day calls becoming almost inaudible. In fact, the US, the country from which May Day emanated, does not even allow such a...
By Joke Kujenya LIVES ARE being lost on roads at an alarming rate, with 1.19 million people dying every year from road traffic crashes, while between 20 million and 50 million more suffer non-fatal injuries, many resulting in disability. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the United Nations Road Safety Week (UNRSW), scheduled for 8 to 12 May, highl...
By Joke Kujenya LIVES ARE being lost on roads at an alarming rate, with 1.19 million people dying every year from road traffic crashes, while between 20 million and 50 million more suffer non-fatal injuries, many resulting in disability. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the United Nations Road Safety Week (UNRSW), scheduled for 8 to 12 May, highl...
By Joke Kujenya ENDING MALARIA is now within reach as advances in science and innovation deliver new tools, even as global figures show the fight remains far from over. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the World Malaria Day 2026 centres on a renewed global campaign launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners under the theme “...
First published on February 10, 2013, by The Nation Newspaper. Concern over alleged wrong diagnosis from medical laboratories and diagnostic centres is growing, but these are not documented. (Back then) Assistant Editor (Investigations), JOKE KUJENYA, visited a number of such centres and reports. FROM CHILDHOOD, Miss Jemima (surname withheld...
