By JKNewsMedia GHANA AND South Africa have been drawn against Ecuador and Uzbekistan respectively in the preliminary phase of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 Play-Off Tournament. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the draw held at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, on August 20, 2026, placed Ghana in Group C with Ecuador, while South Africa ...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter MORE THAN 175,000 visas issued to foreign nationals have been revoked by the United States Department of State (USDS) under President Donald J. Trump over visa violations, criminal activity, fraud, threats to national security and calls for violence against U.S. citizens. JKNewsMedia.com reports that th...
By JKNewsMedia SCORES OF Europeans are witnessing a rare total solar eclipse sweeping across parts of Iceland, Spain and a small corner of Portugal. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the event marks the first total solar eclipse visible from mainland Europe in more than two decades, with millions of people in prime viewing locations expected to wi...
By JKNewsMedia CANDIDATES WITH pending admission offers from the 2020 to 2025 admission cycles must accept or reject the offers by August 31, 2026, or risk possible forfeiture, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has warned. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Board advised affected candidates to check their admission status and take th...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia A CENTENARIAN, Esther Ogunmabo, has been arrested for selling skunk in Ilisan, Ogun State, as the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives intercepted cocaine concealed in edible cassava fufu and seized Loud worth more than N4.4 billion at the Apapa and Lekki ports in Lagos. JKNewsMedia.com report...
By Babafemi Ojudu HAVE YOU seen the exchange between Mr Tony Elumelu, Chairman of UBA, and the young lady who addressed him simply as “Tony”? That brief encounter says something about the cultural transition taking place in our society: the sometimes-awkward marriage between Western informality and traditional African notions of respect. A you...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter A MAJOR international cocaine trafficking cartel that used Nigeria as a transit hub for moving illicit drugs to the United Kingdom (UK), other parts of Europe and Asia has been dismantled, with its alleged Nigerian arrowhead arrested while attempting to flee the country. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the...
By Eniola Olatunji reporting for Patmos Media Line DIMINUTIVE KANSAS City Forward, Temwa Chawinga of Malawi bagged the Golden Boot for the highest scorer of the WAFCON 2026 tournament with 5 goals snatching the coveted award mostly won by Nigerian players like legendary African female Football of the year, Asisat Lamina. Oshoala. Her rivals w...
By JKNewsMedia CHIEF EXECUTIVE Officer (CEO) Sundar Pichai, has announced that Google’s Gemini AI Assistant has surpassed 1 billion monthly users, becoming the company’s 14th product to reach the milestone and its fastest-growing product ever. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the company announced the achievement on August 11, after Gemini’s mont...
By Eniola Olatunji reporting for Patmos Media Line ...Gulp Debutante Scorchers of Malawi 3-0 in the finals FORMER THREE times WAFCON Silver Medalists, Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon refused the shocking waves of debutante Scorchers of Malawi in the grand finale of the 14th tournament played at the Stade Moulay Hassan in Rabat consuming t...
By Ben Church, CNN Cristiano Ronaldo has hinted that this could be his last year playing professional soccer, after what’s been a record-breaking career. The 41-year-old is widely considered one of the best players in history, winning five Ballon d’Or awards in addition to a host of major trophies and record-breaking achievements. “This is pro...
By Babafemi Ojudu I WAS sixteen when I left secondary school. My father believed that education should be followed immediately by responsibility. A young man, in his view, had to begin to work, earn something and learn to fend for himself. He therefore found me a job in the old Ondo State Civil Service, and I was posted to Ikare-Akoko, about n...
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...
Relief at returning home has quickly given way to haunting memories for survivors of the Oriire school abduction in Oyo State. In her first detailed account of the ordeal, rescued principal Mrs Rachael Alamu revealed that male teachers endured the harshest treatment in captivity, with some reportedly blindfolded, handcuffed, chained and restra...
