By Modupe Coker, JKNewsMedia Reporter CONCERNS OVER timelines for submission of political parties’ registers of members have led to an adjustment in the revised timetable and schedule of activities for the 2027 general election. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) stated in a press release issued...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent ESCALATING CONFLICT linked to the Iran conflict have triggered sharp volatility across global energy markets, pushing oil prices higher and weighing on financial markets as governments respond to mounting supply and security concerns. JKNewsMedia.com reports that crude oil prices surged amid fe...
By James Emmanuel, JKNewsMedia Contributor STOCK FUTURE moved lower on Friday as major indexes sought to avoid a fifth consecutive week of losses, with investors tracking uncertainty surrounding the Iran war. JKNewsMedia.com reports that futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S and P 500 each declined 0.5%, while Nasdaq fut...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent EXPANDED MANDATE has been approved for the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas (PICNG), marking a shift in the government’s approach to transportation and energy use. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the initiative will now operate as the Presidential Initiative on CNG and Electric Ve...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent USE OF a courtroom for activities unrelated to judicial proceedings has drawn condemnation from the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) following an incident at the Federal High Court, Abuja. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the association expressed grave concern over an incident involving Omoyele Sowo...
By Olukorede Yishau IN THE wee hours of March 26, 2024, when much of the world slept and the waters of Baltimore’s harbour moved with its usual calm, a Singapore-flagged cargo vessel, MV Dali, lost power and struck a pillar of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Within seconds, steel that had stood since 1977 gave way, plunged into the waters of t...
By Joke Kujenya FOCUS ON mentorship and wellbeing shaped the maiden Female Journalists Timeout convened under the initiative of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) as part of activities marking Women’s Month. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the ace broadcaster and veteran journalist, Mrs. Bimbo Oloyede arrived first, fol...
By Joke Kujenya MILLIONS OF preventable child deaths continue despite decades of progress, with new estimates showing 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, including 2.3 million newborns. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the figures, released in a new report titled Levels and Trends in Child Mortality, show most of these ...
By JKNewsMedia APOLOGIES TO our much-respected audience. While silence is often read as absence, that wasn't the case with us. Inside JKNewsMedia.com, it signalled something else, while we couldn't not help the situation due to another important engagement; it also affords us the time to pause to rethink, recalibrate, and return with purpose....
