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...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter MORE THAN 175,000 visas issued to foreign nationals have been revoked by the United States Department of State (USDS) under President Donald J. Trump over visa violations, criminal activity, fraud, threats to national security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 REFINERIES WILL not be allowed to waste away after years of huge investments, President Bola Tinubu has said, pledging in-depth research, restructuring and leadership to reposition the facilities to deliver value and profit. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Tinubu gave the assurance on Thursday in Abuja whe...
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 Bolanle Bolawole THE DUST raised by Archbishop John Onaiyekan over the closed-door meeting the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) had with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is yet to settle; thanks be to opposition politicians and other sundry Tinubu opponents who never miss any opportunity - real or imagined - to drag the president! R...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter A 48-YEAR-OLD businessman has been arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, while attempting to board a flight to New Delhi, India, with 1.550kg of cocaine concealed in his bag. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said Nwankwo Innoce...
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 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 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 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 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...
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...
