By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter ECONOMIC GROWTH and national security must remain central to Nigeria’s 2027 elections as the country seeks to consolidate democratic gains, strengthen reforms and create greater opportunities for its growing young population, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said. JKNewsMedia.com reports that...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter DEVELOPING ECONOMIES can strengthen global energy security by building resilient power systems capable of withstanding geopolitical pressures, Minister of Power Joseph Tegbe said on Tuesday. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Tegbe made the remarks in a keynote address at the opening plenary of the Middle Eas...
By JKNewsMedia THREE HUNDRED trained volunteers have begun monitoring developments that could shape the credibility, peace and inclusiveness of Nigeria’s 2027 general elections. JKNewsMedia.com reports that three hundred volunteers have been deployed to track developments capable of affecting the credibility, peace and inclusiveness of Nigeri...
By Olukorede Yishau IN THE days leading to the last governorship election in Osun, the state of the living spring, it looked like the heavens would collapse and the world of those within it would cease to exist. But, when the day came, heaven didn't fall. Instead, Ademola Adeleke, the incumbent governor, was not only returned, but he was also...
By JKNewsMedia AN INDEPENDENT investigation into the reported teargassing of peaceful pensioners protesting unpaid entitlements has been demanded by a coalition of Civil Society Organisations, which also accused the Lagos State Police Command of attempting to conceal the alleged assault. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the coalition described th...
By JKNewsMedia THREE HUNDRED trained volunteers have begun monitoring developments that could shape the credibility, peace and inclusiveness of Nigeria’s 2027 general elections. JKNewsMedia.com reports that three hundred volunteers have been deployed to track developments capable of affecting the credibility, peace and inclusiveness of Nigeri...
By JKNewsMedia LoOWER FUEL costs will be expected to translate into cheaper transport fares from October 1, 2026, after state governors agreed to adopt Compressed Natural Gas and electric vehicles to reduce commuting costs nationwide. JKNewsMedia.com reports that President Bola Tinubu announced the plan on Thursday following a meeting with th...
By Bola BOLAWOLE YOU MUST have heard it said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has the Nigerian media in his pockets. You may want to wonder how “deep” Tinubu’s pockets are that he can swallow all Nigerian media organizations! In some sense, that idiomatic expression can be true: Tinubu belongs to the tribe of a few Nigerians with “deep” pocket...
By Joke Kujenya, 2026 Naija Watch Cancer Fellow WHEN TOSIN Adewale began experiencing stomach pain, constipation and blood in his stool in 2020, he had no idea that the symptoms would eventually lead to a cancer diagnosis and change the direction of his life. For years, he recounted that he sought medical attention as his condition worsened, ...
With Rimande Shawulu Last week, 60 people were taken from a mosque in Niger State during Friday prayers by a group called Lakurawa. Lakurawa entered Nigeria from Mali in 2017. The US bombed their camps in Sokoto on Christmas Day 2025. In February this year, they killed 162 people in Kwara State — after warning the village with letters two wee...
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...
By Joke Kujenya, Fellow, Naija Cancer Watch TO THINK that, in this current age and times, people still uphold myths about a global condition as cancer beats one's imagination. Yet, misinformation surrounding the disease continues to shape how some Nigerians understand its causes, treatment and prognosis, sometimes with serious consequences fo...
