By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE SUDDEN use of “Rig and Die” as an election slogan has drawn a stern warning from the Independent National Electoral Commission, who say its association of electoral malpractice with death could put the lives of voters, polling officials, party agents and observers in danger ahead of the 2027 Genera...
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 WITH REPORTS of clashes at political gatherings raising concerns over the conduct of emerging election activities, President Bola Tinubu has issued a stern warning against attempts to use violence, intimidation or political thuggery to influence Nigeria's 2027 electoral process. JKNewsMedia.com reports ...
By JKNewsMedia NIGERIA SAID it has concluded monitoring of all 62 individuals linked to its Ebola index case without recording a single secondary infection, as health authorities maintain heightened surveillance against the disease. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) and the Federal Capit...
By Babafemi Ojudu NIGERIA IS bleeding. At a time of hardship, insecurity and deepening public frustration, our politics is becoming dangerously combustible. Political meetings are attacked, campaign vehicles burnt, billboards destroyed and citizens threatened for their choices. Every incident invites another grievance, another accusation, ano...
By JKNewsMedia STRONGER GOVERNMENT regulation of unhealthy food products, improved access to nutritious local foods and expanded primary healthcare services are needed to curb Nigeria’s growing diabetes burden, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), has urged. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the organisation made the c...
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 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 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 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 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...
