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By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter MORE THAN 175,000 visas issued to foreign nationals have been revoked by the United States Department of State (USDS) under President Donald J. Trump over visa violations, criminal activity, fraud, threats to national security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 Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia CANDIDATES CAN now verify and upload their O’Level results from home as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) introduces a new system that allows direct verification with examination bodies, JAMB’s Acting Director of Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, said on Monday. JKNewsMedia.com repor...
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 Bolanle BOLAWOLE THE DECISION of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to probe the scandalously high price of cement could not have come at a more auspicious time. If anything, the question we should ask is, what has the Commission been doing all this while? What has been holding it back from action? The cement...
By JKNewsMedia CONTROVERSIAL PROVISIONS in the National Tobacco Control Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025 have raised questions over how they entered the consolidated legislation, prompting Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) to seek detailed legislative records from the National Assembly (NASS). JKNewsMedia.com reports ...
By Eniola Olatunji, reporting for Patmos Media Line NIGERIA’s U20 Women’s National Team, the Falconets, Monday night departed Nigeria for Poland after they had initial visa hitches to be at the 2026 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in Poland. The two-time World Cup silver medallists secured their place at the global tournament following a successfu...
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 Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia CANDIDATES CAN now verify and upload their O’Level results from home as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) introduces a new system that allows direct verification with examination bodies, JAMB’s Acting Director of Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, said on Monday. JKNewsMedia.com repor...
By JKNewsMedia.com NIGERIA's MARITIME policing efforts have earned international recognition after 95,255,690 votes secured the North America Legendary Africa Supercop of the Year Award (NALASYA) for Assistant Inspector-General of Policc, Okunade Ronke Nurat, in a continental contest involving senior law enforcement officers from 10 African c...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter CHALLENGES FACING Nigeria’s economy and insecurity, particularly those associated with elections, will feature prominently at the seventh yearly lecture of Freedom Online in Lagos on September 3. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the lecture will examine how Nigeria can tackle insecurity and conduct the 2027 ...
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...
