By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s ELECTORAL commission has pledged to keep artificial intelligence under human oversight during the 2027 General Elections, warning that deepfakes, cloned audio and digital impersonation could undermine voters’ ability to make informed choices. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Chairman of the In...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s ELECTORAL commission has pledged to keep artificial intelligence under human oversight during the 2027 General Elections, warning that deepfakes, cloned audio and digital impersonation could undermine voters’ ability to make informed choices. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Chairman of the In...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia THE FEDERAL Government (FG) has pledged to settle the remaining legacy debts owed to power generation companies next year, following payments of about N1.23 trillion through bonds, while promising to protect vulnerable groups and improve electricity supply across Nigeria. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Ministe...
By Bola BOLAWOLE "I am of the opinion that our elections suffer from a combination of leadership, followership, and structural problems. Systems alone will not cure it all!" OUR PEOPLE are fond of comparing notes, especially concerning things that work perfectly elsewhere - so it seems or so we think - against similar things that walk upside d...
By JKNewsMedia SUSTAINING ITS operations and responsible business practices in the country, Japan Tobacco International (JTI) Nigeria has reaffirmed its long-term commitment to the country’s economic growth and development. JKNewsMedia.com reeports that the company, in a statement, said its 18 years of business operations in Nigeria reflected...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s ECONOMIC growth outlook has improved slightly for 2026, but rising food and energy prices threaten to deepen poverty and food insecurity, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Fund raised its growth forecast for Nigeria to 4.2 per cent from 4.1 per...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter VOTERS IN Lagos can now use QR codes to locate designated Permanent Voter Card (PVC) collection centres as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) steps up preparations for the 2027 general elections. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Commission said voters can scan the QR codes through its ...
By Fatima Idera, JKNewsMedia Reporter CALLS FOR stronger safeguards against artificial intelligence (AI) generated political misinformation, electoral security threats and weak institutional accountability have emerged ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 general elections, with stakeholders warning that the risks could erode public confidence in the elec...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu’s re-election campaign has reshuffled key responsibilities across its political, financial and mobilisation structures, bringing serving governors, opposition figures and prominent public officials into strategic positions in the revised All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE WONDERS WILL never end in this country of one scandal, one day! Here, the more you look, the less you see. Yesterday, I ruminated on the reggae song “One Heart, One Nation” - a Best Legend Reggae Mixtape dedicated to the memories of six artists - Peter Tosh, Alpha Blondy, Lucky Dube, Jimmy Cliff, Dennis Brown, and Bob Marle...
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...
