By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter PERSONAL PARTICULARS and credentials of 19 presidential candidates and their running mates for the 2027 general election have been published by the Independent National Electoral Commission, paving the way for presidential campaigns scheduled to begin on August 19. JKNewsMedia.com reports that INEC desc...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter MORE THAN 175,000 visas issued to foreign nationals have been revoked by the United States Department of State (USDS) under President Donald J. Trump over visa violations, criminal activity, fraud, threats to national security and calls for violence against U.S. citizens. JKNewsMedia.com reports that th...
By JKNewsMedia SCORES OF Europeans are witnessing a rare total solar eclipse sweeping across parts of Iceland, Spain and a small corner of Portugal. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the event marks the first total solar eclipse visible from mainland Europe in more than two decades, with millions of people in prime viewing locations expected to wi...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter FEDERAL GOVERNMENT has approved a new investment framework aimed at unlocking up to US$50 billion in deep offshore investment and reviving large, capital-intensive offshore developments that have remained stalled for decades. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the reform establishes a transparent, rules-based...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter ECONOMIC FRAUD involving the purported Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) has established that the agency never existed and that its alleged Director General, Adeniyi Adeyemi Mathew, was never appointed by the Federal Government or any government authority, Chairman of the Indepen...
By Bola BOLAWOLE “TINUBU HAS called the independence of the EFCC into question - except the EFCC can emulate the president by summoning up courage to tell him ‘No, Sir, we have the powers to do what we did and do not take instructions from you!’ Anything short of that compromises the EFCC, damaging its reputation and integrity. It also leaves...
By JKNewsMedia TWENTY COASTAL communities in the oil-producing areas of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State have threatened to boycott the 2027 general elections unless the Federal and Ondo State governments intervene to protect them from an advancing ocean surge threatening their existence. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the communities,...
By Olayinka Oyegbile Newspapers - both online and physical - have become dead; no one wants to read them again, because they are filled with shallow pro-government stories. IT IS not in doubt that journalism around the world is undergoing tremendous changes and threat: technology, dictatorship, problems of funding and self-inflicted wounds (...
By JKNewsMedia RECRUITMENT HAS opened for suitably qualified candidates to fill nine positions across the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), with opportunities ranging from trainee roles to assistant management positions. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the government owned agency, responsible for port administration in Lagos, Port Harcourt, Onne, ...
By Tunde Rahman WITH JUST a few days before the August 15 Osun State governorship election, the political calculus is already shifting. The election is a two-way horse race between incumbent Governor Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke of the Accord Party (AP) and his challenger, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen B...
By Joke Kujenya, Fellow, Naija Cancer Watch TO THINK that, in this current age and times, people still uphold myths about a global condition as cancer beats one's imagination. Yet, misinformation surrounding the disease continues to shape how some Nigerians understand its causes, treatment and prognosis, sometimes with serious consequences fo...
By Joke Kujenya A POUNDING headache can be easy to dismiss. So can another sleepless night, an upset stomach or that frustrating moment when concentrating on even the simplest task suddenly feels difficult. But when such experiences begin to pile up, the body and mind may be responding to more pressure than they can comfortably manage. Stress...
By Joke Kujenya, Fellow, Naija Cancer Watch TO THINK that, in this current age and times, people still uphold myths about a global condition as cancer beats one's imagination. Yet, misinformation surrounding the disease continues to shape how some Nigerians understand its causes, treatment and prognosis, sometimes with serious consequences fo...
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...
