By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent AN IMMEDIATE end to intimidation targeting Comrade Oumar BA General Secretary of the International Human Rights Day (IHRD) has sparked heightened tension in Senegal water sector and set the stage for a forceful appeal from the Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition. The coalition states that repr...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE SENATE has approved the deployment of Nigerian troops to the Republic of Benin for a regional peace-stabilisation mission, following a request from President Bola Tinubu. The approval provides legal backing for the troop presence in the country, which is expected to last for a short period. The ...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE FEDERAL Government has prohibited ministries, departments and agencies from collecting physical cash for revenue transactions, citing persistent violations of e-payment and treasury single account policies. The directive was issued in four treasury circulars dated November 24, signed by Shamseldeen ...
By Bola BOLAWOLE THESE ARE interesting times in Osun state aka “State of the Living Spring”, with governorship elections already slated for August 8, 2026. Noted for its world-class tourist attraction called Osun-Osogbo festival, the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, located in Osogbo, the capital of the state, was recognised, in 2005, by UNESCO as a...
By JKNewsMedia TREASON CHARGES against peaceful citizens continue to be described as an assault on their fundamental freedoms by the Initiative Against Human Right Abuse and Torture (INAHURAT). INAHURAT states that the ongoing prosecution of the eleven Abuja End Bad Governance peaceful protesters rests on fabricated accusations that do not re...
By Babafemi Ojudu I SPENT more than an hour this morning listening to Edmund Obilo’s interview with Col. Victor Banjo’s daughter, Prof. Oluyinka Omigbodun. As she narrated her father’s life — his brilliance, his courage, his idealism — what leapt out at me was the gaping, almost tragic strain of naïveté that ran through his story. It was alar...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent SECURITY DISCUSSIONS dominated the agenda in Abuja as a visiting United States (US) congressional delegation met with Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, to examine steps for strengthening nationwide protection. The US Congressman, Riley Moore described the meetings as focused on ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NIGERIA AIR Force C-130 aircraft carrying 11 military personnel has been forced to land after allegedly entering Burkina Faso’s airspace without authorisation. The Agence d’Information du Burkina, the state-run news agency, published a statement from the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) deta...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE NIGERIAN Air Force (NAF) has provided clarifications regarding the diversion of a C-130 aircraft during its ferry mission to Portugal on 8 December 2025. Following takeoff from Lagos, the crew identified a technical concern that necessitated a precautionary landing at Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkin...
IN 1776, Benjamin Franklin the Father of America’s nationalism arrived France as America’s First Ambassador to the then monarchy. As a media owner back home, he helped shaped public opinion in favour of the thirteen colonies taking up arms against their then colonial masters – the United Kingdom. When he arrived in France, he helped negotiate ...
By Joke Kujenya THE FUTURE of health demands responsible Artificial Intelligence according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Sweeping across hospital corridors and rural clinics alike, the march of artificial intelligence is already reshaping the way patients are diagnosed, medicines are discovered, and epidemics are tracked, the world h...
By Joke Kujenya SCIENTISTS ANNOUNCED they have disclosed that critical patterns hidden in the bloodstream are helping them decode how malaria progresses, unlocking a path to faster, life-saving treatments for severe cases. Researchers at Karolinska Institute said they have identified more than 250 proteins that undergo dramatic changes durin...
By Joke Kujenya A STARK warning from the World Health Organization (WHO) has reignited calls for urgent global action as rising tobacco industry interference stalls momentum in public health efforts. The new Global Tobacco Epidemic 2025 report, launched at the World Conference on Tobacco Control in Dublin, presents a mixed picture, documentin...
