By JKNewsMedia ONE OF our previous tracking reports showed that emotional polarisation was on the rise and highlighted how it could play a significant role in fuelling division before, during and after the 2027 election. The current tracking evidence on stakeholders' use of emotional appeals in polarising communication shows that hope and hum...
By JKNewsMedia CANDIDATES WHO have lost access to their registered phone numbers or email addresses can now update their details through a controlled procedure introduced by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). JKNewsMedia.com reports that the board announced the service on Monday through its official X account, saying it comm...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter EFFORTS TO stabilise Nigeria's electricity system have restored 375MW of generation capacity, unlocked 912MW of transmission capacity and mobilised N1.23 trillion towards the power sector's debt backlog in the first 100 days, the Minister of Power, Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe, has said. JKNewsMedia.com re...
By Owei Lakemfa EARS ACROSS the globe have been virtually blocked since September 14, 2026, with news of Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, including its fuel pipeline and military infrastructure. The news outlets are jammed with stories of alleged Houthi aggression. These one-sided stories, some of which I will try to debunk here, portray Saudi ...
By JKNewsMedia THE FEDERAL government is facing renewed calls to cancel its concession agreement for King’s College, Lagos, as Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) warn that transferring the school’s management to a private association would undermine the government’s responsibility to fund and administer public ed...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter BRITAIN IS urging households to keep supplies of food and drinking water at home as part of preparations for severe national disruption, including war, cyberattacks and extreme weather. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the preparedness campaign is intended to help households cope with major emergencies, whi...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia FOR FIVE years, Professor Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello led Lagos State University (LASU) through a period of expansion, institutional reform and growing financial pressure, leaving office with a record shaped by new programmes, stronger revenue generation, infrastructure projects and a renewed push for research and in...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter FRESH LEADERSHIP chapter has opened at Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, with Professor Ayodeji Olawunmi Badejo formally assuming office as the institution's 10th substantive Vice Chancellor and promising to make dialogue and participation central to her administration. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Ba...
By JKNewsMedia THE FEDERAL government is facing renewed calls to cancel its concession agreement for King’s College, Lagos, as Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) warn that transferring the school’s management to a private association would undermine the government’s responsibility to fund and administer public ed...
By JKNewsMedia In the last few weeks, we have been revealing how stakeholders are using artificial intelligence as part of their campaign tools. In this latest tracking, we have identified potential harms associated with the use of this tool before and after the 2027 elections. According to our indicator, the consequences of confirmed AI-gene...
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...
