By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter BRITAIN HAS a new prime minister after King Charles III appointed Andy Burnham on Monday following Keir Starmer's formal resignation. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Buckingham Palace said, “Andrew Burnham MP accepted The King’s offer and kissed hands upon his appointment as Prime Minister,” adding that th...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter BRITAIN HAS a new prime minister after King Charles III appointed Andy Burnham on Monday following Keir Starmer's formal resignation. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Buckingham Palace said, “Andrew Burnham MP accepted The King’s offer and kissed hands upon his appointment as Prime Minister,” adding that th...
By Joke Kujenya FOOTBALL AND political leaders will converge at the FIFA World Cup 2026 final on Sunday as the White House confirmed President Donald Trump will attend the championship match between Spain and Argentina at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the White House said the final will be the only World Cup matc...
By Ajibila Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter SENIOR ADVOCATE of Nigeria (SAN), Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, has been elected the 33rd President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), becoming only the second woman in the association's 93-year history to occupy the office. JKNewsMedia.com reports that her victory followed a fiercely contested ...
By JKNewsMedia THE FEDERAL Government has renamed the 750 kilometre Lagos Calabar Coastal Highway after the incumbent President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Minister of Works, David Umahi, announced the decision on Thursday in Abuja while addressing journalists. The Tinubu-led administration commenced the highway after...
By Rimamnde Shawulu PRINCE ADENIYI Adeyemi Mathew has been re-arrested and is expected back in court over allegations of forgery, impersonation and conspiracy. But the bigger story is this: 📺 Watch the full episode and share your thoughts. https://youtu.be/bAyAMjtcdE4?si=K3MqzEtU5_TS4hFS How did an agency the government says never existed repo...
By JKNewsMedia LATEST INTELLIGENCE-led operations targeting a transnational drug trafficking syndicate have led to the interception of two trailers conveying 1,630,000 pills of tramadol 250mg concealed in fabricated compartments after the consignments were smuggled from Togo through Benin Republic into Nigeria, the National Drug Law Enforceme...
By Rimamnde Shawulu PRINCE ADENIYI Adeyemi Mathew has been re-arrested and is expected back in court over allegations of forgery, impersonation and conspiracy. But the bigger story is this: 📺 Watch the full episode and share your thoughts. https://youtu.be/bAyAMjtcdE4?si=K3MqzEtU5_TS4hFS How did an agency the government says never existed repo...
By Joke Kujenya SPAIN ARE the 2026 World Cup champions after defeating Argentina 1 0 following 120 tense minutes in Sunday's final. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Ferran Torres emerged as the match winner after the second half substitute broke the deadlock in the 106th-minute of extra time to secure Spain's second World Cup title. Argentina fai...
By Lekan Moses, JKNewsMedia Sports ANOTHER HISTORIC milestone was recorded at the just-concluded 2026 FIFA World Cup as the tournament’s top scorer, Kylian Mbappé, became the first player in football history to win the Golden Boot twice. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the France captain and Real Madrid forward finished the competition with 10 g...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter BRITAIN HAS a new prime minister after King Charles III appointed Andy Burnham on Monday following Keir Starmer's formal resignation. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Buckingham Palace said, “Andrew Burnham MP accepted The King’s offer and kissed hands upon his appointment as Prime Minister,” adding that th...
By Joke Kujenya SOME WORLD Cup finals are decided in a flash, a mistake, a moment of individual brilliance, a penalty shootout that leaves one team celebrating and another wondering what might have been. This was different. Spain’s victory over Argentina was not built on one dramatic incident. It was constructed patiently over 120 minutes, th...
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...
By Joke Kujenya How Intelligence, Special Forces ended 57 days of captivity for Oyo schoolchildren and teachers . . . FIFTY-SEVEN harrowing days after gunmen stormed three schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, abducting pupils, teachers and a school principal, a painstaking multi-agency security operation finally brought ever...
For years, residents of Olufa in Ondo State have watched an unfinished government-funded healthcare centre decay behind overgrown bushes. As expectant mothers travel dangerous roads, families sink into debt and lives are lost in medical emergencies, the abandoned project has become a painful symbol of broken promises and rural healthcare negle...
