By Olabode Opeseitan IN THE long, often winding arc of Nigerian academia, few figures have managed to combine intellectual rigour, administrative steel and an instinctive feel for human complexity quite like Professor Ibiyemi Ibilola Olatunji-Bello. Her tour of duty as Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University, which ended this month, was not...
By JKNewsMedia PHYSICAL FITNESS and mental resilience are receiving renewed emphasis in the Nigerian Air Force as personnel across formations and units nationwide took part in the third quarter route march exercise. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the exercise, held in Abuja and replicated across the Service, tested the stamina, endurance and me...
By JKNewsMedia NIGER IA’s DRIVE to develop local capacity in the power sector has received a boost after Chinese equipment manufacturer TBEA committed to establishing a power and energy equipment industrial park in the country. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the commitment followed a high-level meeting between the Minister of Power, Joseph Tegb...
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 JKNewsMedia CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES on the 125-kilometre Benin-Asaba Expressway are expected to accelerate from October as weather conditions improve, with the project concessionaire appealing to motorists and host communities for patience. The Benin-Asaba Expressway Concession Company Limited, BAECC, said persistent rainfall had affected ...
By JKNewsMedia APPLICATIONS HAVE opened for the 2027/2028 Commonwealth Scholarships and Fellowship Plan, with the Federal Ministry of Education inviting qualified Nigerian graduates to apply for study opportunities in the United Kingdom (UK). JKNewsMedia.com reports that the application window closes on October 20, 2026, according to a notice...
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 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 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 Olabode Opeseitan IN THE long, often winding arc of Nigerian academia, few figures have managed to combine intellectual rigour, administrative steel and an instinctive feel for human complexity quite like Professor Ibiyemi Ibilola Olatunji-Bello. Her tour of duty as Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University, which ended this month, was not...
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...
