By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter MORE THAN 20 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters have been killed in multiple United States (US)-Nigeria air strikes in Metele, Borno state, the Nigeria Defence Headquarters (NDH) has said. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Samaila Uba, Director of De...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent UNITED STATES President Donald Trump has praised Nigeria for its partnership with Washington following the killing of Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, described as the second-in-command of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and one of the group’s most active battlefield commanders. JKNewsMedia.com repo...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter ACTIVATION OF mechanisms to deepen bilateral relations between Nigeria and Rwanda has been agreed by President Bola Tinubu and President Paul Kagame, following talks in Kigali, Rwanda. JKNewsMedia.com reports that upon arrival in Kigali for the Africa CEO Forum, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu met President...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter MORE THAN 20 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters have been killed in multiple United States (US)-Nigeria air strikes in Metele, Borno state, the Nigeria Defence Headquarters (NDH) has said. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Samaila Uba, Director of De...
By Jemima Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent COMPULSORY DRUG testing for secondary school students has been introduced by the Federal Government as part of efforts to curb rising cases of drug and substance abuse among adolescents across Nigeria. JKNewsMedia.com reports that under the new National Implementation Guidelines Against Drug and...
By Tunde Rahman THE RACE to the presidency in 2027 is getting more exciting. Last Thursday, May 14, 2026, at the ancient Mapo Hall in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Governor Seyi Makinde formally threw his hat into the ring and organised a spectacle that could only have been funded by Oyo State taxpayers' money. His declaration to contest for...
By JKNewsMedia RAGING ISSUES over the growing push towards water privatisation in Africa and the exclusion of affected communities from the implementation of the Africa Water Vision 2063 have been raised by the Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC), which warned that such an approach could weaken public accountability and threaten acc...
By Joke Kujenya A business built on hope, algorithms and endless labour ... EVERY MORNING, thousands of online publishers wake up and begin the same routine all over again, keeping their hopes alive that things might eventually click. They search for stories, verify facts, edit headlines, upload reports, resize images, fix website problems, ...
By Jemima Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent COMPULSORY DRUG testing for secondary school students has been introduced by the Federal Government as part of efforts to curb rising cases of drug and substance abuse among adolescents across Nigeria. JKNewsMedia.com reports that under the new National Implementation Guidelines Against Drug and...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter MORE THAN 20 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters have been killed in multiple United States (US)-Nigeria air strikes in Metele, Borno state, the Nigeria Defence Headquarters (NDH) has said. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Samaila Uba, Director of De...
By JKNewsMedia RAGING ISSUES over the growing push towards water privatisation in Africa and the exclusion of affected communities from the implementation of the Africa Water Vision 2063 have been raised by the Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC), which warned that such an approach could weaken public accountability and threaten acc...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE (Published in the ON THE LORD'S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune edition of Sunday, 17 May, 2026 edition). IT STILL looks like yesterday when, in 1971, the outgoing military governor of the then Western State, Brigadier Robert Adeyinka Adebayo, performed the foundation laying ceremony of the Owo General Hospital which, to...
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...
By Joke Kujenya ENDING MALARIA is now within reach as advances in science and innovation deliver new tools, even as global figures show the fight remains far from over. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the World Malaria Day 2026 centres on a renewed global campaign launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners under the theme “...
First published on February 10, 2013, by The Nation Newspaper. Concern over alleged wrong diagnosis from medical laboratories and diagnostic centres is growing, but these are not documented. (Back then) Assistant Editor (Investigations), JOKE KUJENYA, visited a number of such centres and reports. FROM CHILDHOOD, Miss Jemima (surname withheld...
