By Owei Lakemfa THE WORLD Cup 2026 opened on Thursday, June 11, with Mexico playing South Africa. It appeared the entire Africa turned out against our sister African country. In the 1990s, this would have been the reverse. That was when South Africa held a lot of promise for the human race as it busted Apartheid and announced the death of tha...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE FEDERAL Government (FG) has postponed the evacuation of Nigerian citizens seeking to return home from South Africa (SA) following a fresh wave of xenophobic violence targeting foreign nationals in parts of the country. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the first batch of evacuees, initially scheduled ...
By NAN The Police Command in Lagos State has apprehended 26 foreign nationals following investigations into a reported kidnapping case that was later found to be false. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that those apprehended comprised 19 Chadians and seven Cameroonians. A 22-year-old Cameroonian woman had reported to the police that s...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter FEDERAL GOVERNMENT has dismissed reports suggesting it has adopted or is considering new taxes on telecommunications services and petroleum products following the release of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Article IV Consultation Report on Nigeria. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the clarification fo...
By Owei Lakemfa THE WORLD Cup 2026 opened on Thursday, June 11, with Mexico playing South Africa. It appeared the entire Africa turned out against our sister African country. In the 1990s, this would have been the reverse. That was when South Africa held a lot of promise for the human race as it busted Apartheid and announced the death of tha...
By JKNewsMedia INITIATIVES FOR a media capacity building programme on responsible drug abuse reporting have been unveiled by the Nigerian Online Media Alliance (NOMA) ahead of the 2026 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. JKNewsMedia.com reports that NOMA, a coalition of digital media publishers and journalists commit...
By JKNewsMedia FREETV, a national digital television platform, will launch in Nigeria on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, by Nigeria's Federal Government (FG), providing households across the country with access to free digital television, more channels, clearer pictures and Nigerian content without monthly subscription fees. JKNewsMedia.com reports...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter ALL BRIBERY charges brought against former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison Madueke, have ended in acquittal after a jury at Southwark Crown Court in London found her not guilty on all six counts. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the jury cleared Alison Madueke of the charges on Wednesday ...
By Joke Kujenya AS PEOPLE grow older, one of the most familiar changes is the quiet loss of energy. Tasks that once felt easy begin to take more effort, recovery takes longer, and the body simply does not feel as responsive as it used to. JKNewsMedia.com reports that now, scientists in Germany say they may have uncovered one of the hidden rea...
By Premium Times The board said the document contains candidates' photographs, national rankings and other security features required for admission processing by tertiary institutions. . Candidates who sat for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) can begin printing their original result slips from Wednesday. The Joint Ad...
By Collins Nwadike, JKNewsMedia Reporter PROCEEDINGS OVER the deregistration of five political parties took a fresh turn on Tuesday as the Court of Appeal in Abuja ordered a stay of execution of a Federal High Court judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to deregister the parties. JKNewsMedia.com reports that...
By Fatimah Idera and Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporters -- When tradition meets violence, survivors carry lifelong trauma as justice lags behind. . . A 13-YEAR-old girl once narrated she was repeatedly raped in the place she should have been safest – home. Years later, her name still echoes through Nigeria’s unfinished conversation on Gen...
By Joke Kujenya AT MILE 12 Market in Lagos, traders call out prices of fruits and vegetables as buyers call out prices of fruits and vegetables as buyers pause between baskets of tomatoes, leafy greens and plantain, weighing what goes home and what is left behind. JKNewsMedia.com reports that in many households, the same daily calculation con...
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...
