By JKNewsMedia RECOGNTION OF tobacco control efforts across Africa followed the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s announcement of the World No Tobacco Day 2026 Awards, with the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) and two Nigerian born public health experts named among five African regional winners. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Corpo...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent UNITED STATES President Donald Trump has praised Nigeria for its partnership with Washington following the killing of Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, described as the second-in-command of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and one of the group’s most active battlefield commanders. JKNewsMedia.com repo...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter ACTIVATION OF mechanisms to deepen bilateral relations between Nigeria and Rwanda has been agreed by President Bola Tinubu and President Paul Kagame, following talks in Kigali, Rwanda. JKNewsMedia.com reports that upon arrival in Kigali for the Africa CEO Forum, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu met President...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter MORE THAN 20 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters have been killed in multiple United States (US)-Nigeria air strikes in Metele, Borno state, the Nigeria Defence Headquarters (NDH) has said. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Samaila Uba, Director of De...
By Jemima Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent COMPULSORY DRUG testing for secondary school students has been introduced by the Federal Government as part of efforts to curb rising cases of drug and substance abuse among adolescents across Nigeria. JKNewsMedia.com reports that under the new National Implementation Guidelines Against Drug and...
By Emeka Monye A LOT of politicians are still misreading Nigeria. That’s especially true of the new entrants to the country’s political circus, the ones who mistake money for momentum and assume that deep pockets can buy power, influence, and the right to decide who gets what, when, and how. Nigerian politics doesn’t work like that. Nowhere d...
By JKNewsMedia RAGING ISSUES over the growing push towards water privatisation in Africa and the exclusion of affected communities from the implementation of the Africa Water Vision 2063 have been raised by the Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC), which warned that such an approach could weaken public accountability and threaten acc...
By Joke Kujenya A business built on hope, algorithms and endless labour ... EVERY MORNING, thousands of online publishers wake up and begin the same routine all over again, keeping their hopes alive that things might eventually click. They search for stories, verify facts, edit headlines, upload reports, resize images, fix website problems, ...
By Jemima Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent COMPULSORY DRUG testing for secondary school students has been introduced by the Federal Government as part of efforts to curb rising cases of drug and substance abuse among adolescents across Nigeria. JKNewsMedia.com reports that under the new National Implementation Guidelines Against Drug and...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter MORE THAN 20 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters have been killed in multiple United States (US)-Nigeria air strikes in Metele, Borno state, the Nigeria Defence Headquarters (NDH) has said. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Samaila Uba, Director of De...
By JKNewsMedia RAGING ISSUES over the growing push towards water privatisation in Africa and the exclusion of affected communities from the implementation of the Africa Water Vision 2063 have been raised by the Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC), which warned that such an approach could weaken public accountability and threaten acc...
By Bamidele Johnson NOT LONG before the now-departed Jose Peseiro was hired as technical adviser to the Super Eagles, I found myself listening to one of those radio stations where everybody is committed to sounding like they schooled at Eton. I was driving, which was my first mistake. The second was leaving the radio on. The programme was a p...
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...
