By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE 2026 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index has exposed a sharp reversal in poverty reduction, with 17.9 million additional people in Nigeria falling into multidimensional poverty between 2021 and 2024, the largest increase recorded globally among countries with comparable data. JKNewsMedia.com repor...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE FEDERAL Government has approved an increase in the feeding budget for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members during orientation courses, with the revised allocation expected to take effect in 2027. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, announ...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu’s re-election campaign has reshuffled key responsibilities across its political, financial and mobilisation structures, bringing serving governors, opposition figures and prominent public officials into strategic positions in the revised All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE WONDERS WILL never end in this country of one scandal, one day! Here, the more you look, the less you see. Yesterday, I ruminated on the reggae song “One Heart, One Nation” - a Best Legend Reggae Mixtape dedicated to the memories of six artists - Peter Tosh, Alpha Blondy, Lucky Dube, Jimmy Cliff, Dennis Brown, and Bob Marle...
By JKNewsMedia SUSTAINING ITS operations and responsible business practices in the country, Japan Tobacco International (JTI) Nigeria has reaffirmed its long-term commitment to the country’s economic growth and development. JKNewsMedia.com reeports that the company, in a statement, said its 18 years of business operations in Nigeria reflected...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s ECONOMIC growth outlook has improved slightly for 2026, but rising food and energy prices threaten to deepen poverty and food insecurity, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Fund raised its growth forecast for Nigeria to 4.2 per cent from 4.1 per...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter VOTERS IN Lagos can now use QR codes to locate designated Permanent Voter Card (PVC) collection centres as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) steps up preparations for the 2027 general elections. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Commission said voters can scan the QR codes through its ...
By Fatima Idera, JKNewsMedia Reporter CALLS FOR stronger safeguards against artificial intelligence (AI) generated political misinformation, electoral security threats and weak institutional accountability have emerged ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 general elections, with stakeholders warning that the risks could erode public confidence in the elec...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu’s re-election campaign has reshuffled key responsibilities across its political, financial and mobilisation structures, bringing serving governors, opposition figures and prominent public officials into strategic positions in the revised All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential...
By JKNewsMedia.com PRAYERS AND prophetic declarations for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (PBAT) will headline a planned march across selected Nigerian cities as a support group prepares activities ahead of his formal re-election campaign. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu aka PBAT Sovereign Movement (PSM) said the initi...
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...
