Alex Howell, Football reporter at Amex Stadium for BBC ARSENAL SUFFERED their first defeat of the season as they were stunned by Brighton, who put three past the champions at Amex Stadium. On the back of fine wins over Coventry City and Manchester United, the Seagulls started the match in confident style. The Gunners struggled to deal with th...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE PROPOSED constitutional amendment to establish State Police Services has been transmitted to all 36 State Houses of Assembly, with the National Assembly (NASS) seeking their resolutions within 30 days. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Clerk to the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana, said the bill wa...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA's FEDERAL Government has ruled out an immediate electricity tariff increase, reaffirming its focus on improving power supply, expanding access to reliable electricity and accelerating universal metering, as it commissioned a 3MW solar hybrid power project at Yakubu Gowon University in Abuja (Uni...
By Olukorede Yishau PROFESSOR ADEBAYO Williams, who is five years away from joining the octogenarian club, has created many characters in his creative writing career. But one that I have always remembered and referred to is Samusangudu, a citizen of a crazy world where human life means nothing. In the crazy world of Samusangudu, the living co...
By JKNewsMedia THE RIGHT to peaceful protest and freedom of expression has been affirmed as Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) urges the University of Ibadan (UI) to end its dispute with three student activists and comply with a Federal High Court judgment ordering their reinstatement following a protest against ...
By Rimamnde Shawulu I wanted to share this new documentary series on Ndeya Live — The Middle Belt Files — hosted by Rimamnde Shawulu. ▶️ Watch here: https://youtu.be/hMdjswiJxjg?si=0lKtNMpmyWTO5R8e Episode 1 just dropped and it is unlike anything I have seen on Nigerian media about this region. What it covers: ✅ The true geography of the Midd...
By Eniola Olatunji reporting for Patmos Media Line THE GODFATHER of Nollywood (Theatre and Movies), legendary Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, skipped into glory Wednesday morning at the age of 84. Known worldwide with the stage name, Olu Jacobs, was born in Abeokuta, Ogun State of Nigeria was born on 11th July 1942 and had battled with Dementia and...
By Dr. George Elijah Otumu "It's not the voting that's Democracy; it's the counting”- Tom Stoppard WITHOUT A shred of a doubt, the United States (U.S) runs the world's oldest continuous constitutional democracy, being a city set on the Hill. America is the place where citizens enjoy strong constitutional rights, robust freedom of expression, ...
By Joke Kujenya THERE ARE actors whose faces become familiar to audiences, and there are those whose performances become part of a country's cultural memory. Olu Jacobs belonged to the latter group. JKNewsMedia.com writes that for generations of Nigerians, his deep voice, commanding presence and ability to bring authority to a character made ...
By Sunday Dare THERE IS a distinct, exhausting genre of Nigerian commentary that mistakes cynicism for sophistication, bitter partisanship for objective analysis, and venom for editorial depth. Steve Osuji’s intervention on the 2027 presidential landscape fits squarely into this well-worn mould. Dripping with unwarranted condescension, franti...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter MONDAY MORNING, millions of Nigerian children headed back to school with the safety of their classrooms under renewed scrutiny, as widespread gaps in fencing, security personnel and other protective measures expose schools to continuing threats of attacks and abductions. JKNewsMedia.com reports that ove...
By Joke Kujenya FOR MANY Nigerians, cancer does not announce its arrival with a funeral bell. It begins quietly, in a pain that refuses to disappear, a lump discovered almost by accident, unexplained weight loss, persistent fatigue or a medical examination that suddenly changes the direction of a life. JKNewsMedia.com reports that that is how...
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...
