By Joke Kujenya, Fellow, 2026 Naija Cancer Watch Fellowship AS THE Naija Cancer Watch Fellowship boot camp moved into its next session, none of us quite knew what to expect. The organisers had held their holding rights to the programme fluid, revealing each presentation only as it came. There was none of the usual scramble to capture every sli...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Report AGREEMENT ON the complete disarmament of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza has been announced by United States (US), President Donald Trump, while Hamas and Israeli officials outlined conditions and responses surrounding the proposed plan. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Trump said on Truth Social tha...
MORE STUDENTS benefited from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) in the South-West than in any other geopolitical zone, with 308,998 beneficiaries, according to the latest data released by the agency. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the figures compiled by NELFUND showed that North-Central followed with 290,102 beneficiaries, while North-W...
By Ebunoluwa Ololade, JKNewsMedia Reporter PROTECTION OF the integrity of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will remain the foremost priority of its new Registrar, Segun Aina, as he assumes office with a commitment to strengthen transparency, fairness and service delivery. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Aina, a professor of co...
By Owei Lakemfa THERE ARE one hundred and thirty active wars lit around the world today and three outstanding men can be linked to many of them. But President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine has emerged the best tactician and strategist of the threesome. Always playing the victim, he just pulled off a major tactical link between the two most a...
By JKNewsMedia VACANCIES ACROSS several professional roles for 2026 have been announced by the British Council (BC) for qualified candidates seeking opportunities in Nigeria. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the organisation said it is recruiting talented, forward thinking and driven professionals who are passionate about creating measurable glob...
By Progress Oluranti, JKNewsMedia Reporter RECOGNITION, COMPENSATION and reconciliation have been sought from the Federal Government by the family of the late Major General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi Ironsi, Nigeria's first military Head of State, six decades after his death. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the demand was made this week as...
By Joke Kujenya, Fellow, 2026 Naija Cancer Watch Fellowship AS THE Naija Cancer Watch Fellowship boot camp moved into its next session, none of us quite knew what to expect. The organisers had held their holding rights to the programme fluid, revealing each presentation only as it came. There was none of the usual scramble to capture every sli...
By JKNewsMedia LEGAL PRACTICAL, litigation staff, court registrars and other personnel have been directed to stop using the title "Barrister" as a prefix to their names in all official dealings with the Supreme Court of Nigeria (SCN) with immediate effect. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the directive was conveyed in a memorandum dated July 13, ...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter HUNDREDS OF thousands of young lives could be saved every year through optimal breastfeeding, yet millions of children continue to face the effects of undernutrition as too few infants receive recommended feeding during the earliest months of life. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the World Health Organizat...
By JKNewsMedia VACANCIES ACROSS several professional roles for 2026 have been announced by the British Council (BC) for qualified candidates seeking opportunities in Nigeria. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the organisation said it is recruiting talented, forward thinking and driven professionals who are passionate about creating measurable glob...
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...
For years, residents of Olufa in Ondo State have watched an unfinished government-funded healthcare centre decay behind overgrown bushes. As expectant mothers travel dangerous roads, families sink into debt and lives are lost in medical emergencies, the abandoned project has become a painful symbol of broken promises and rural healthcare negle...
