By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent COMPUTER-BASED West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) for School Candidates, 2026, has recorded 1,959,636 candidates from 24,207 schools as the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) said preparations were in place for the remaining papers. Speaking during a press brie...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent RECURRING XENOPHOBIC attacks against West African citizens in South Africa drew sharp concern at the first ordinary session of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament in Abuja, where lawmakers called for investigation, accountability, and stronger regional protection m...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent VOLUNTARY EVACUATION flights have opened for Nigerians in South Africa as tensions escalate and anti foreigner protests spread across several cities. JKNewsMedia.com reports that no fewer than 130 Nigerians have registered for voluntary evacuation flights from South Africa amid rising tensions. ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent COMPUTER-BASED West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) for School Candidates, 2026, has recorded 1,959,636 candidates from 24,207 schools as the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) said preparations were in place for the remaining papers. Speaking during a press brie...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent LATEST CHANGES to the Senate Standing Orders have reversed a controversial amendment that required senators elect to take their oath before participating in the election of presiding officers. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the senate adopted the reversal on Thursday during plenary presided over ...
By Kunle Oshobi THERE IS a number that should shame every official in the Federal Executive Council, rattle every technocrat in the Ministry of Finance, and haunt every Nigerian who has ever waited in a queue for a passport, driven across a collapsed bridge, or sat in the dark through yet another power outage. That number is $24.5 billion, Ni...
By JKNewsMedia NINE YEARS of digital banking innovation is being marked as Wema Bank Plc celebrates the anniversary of ALAT by Wema, described as Africa’s first fully digital bank. Launched in 2017, ALAT by Wema was introduced as a response to limitations in traditional banking including long queues, physical barriers, and slow processes. The...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE (Published in the ON THE LORD'S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper edition of Sunday, 10 May, 2026). I READ somewhere that the People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the forthcoming Ekiti state governorship election, Oluwole Oluyede, warned that the election, slated by the Independent National Electoral Commi...
By Eniola Olatunji reporting for Patmos Media Line ...Ghana Bags 2nd Ticket, Beats Uganda 3-2. NIGERIA's FALCONETS on Saturday maintained a perpetual appearance at the world u20 female championship as the team edged out the Young Scorchers of Malawi on goals aggregate of 3-2. Malawi had boasted to scorch out Nigeria importing two professional...
By Emeka Monye IN NIGERIAN politics, timing and coalition are often more decisive than individual popularity. As the 2027 presidential race begins to take shape, one calculation keeps recurring in political circles: the path for Peter Obi to unseat President Bola Tinubu runs through Atiku Abubakar. The 2023 election proved that Nigeria’s elec...
By Kunle Oshobi THERE IS a number that should shame every official in the Federal Executive Council, rattle every technocrat in the Ministry of Finance, and haunt every Nigerian who has ever waited in a queue for a passport, driven across a collapsed bridge, or sat in the dark through yet another power outage. That number is $24.5 billion, Ni...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent COMPUTER-BASED West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) for School Candidates, 2026, has recorded 1,959,636 candidates from 24,207 schools as the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) said preparations were in place for the remaining papers. Speaking during a press brie...
By Joke Kujenya LIVES ARE being lost on roads at an alarming rate, with 1.19 million people dying every year from road traffic crashes, while between 20 million and 50 million more suffer non-fatal injuries, many resulting in disability. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the United Nations Road Safety Week (UNRSW), scheduled for 8 to 12 May, highl...
By Joke Kujenya ENDING MALARIA is now within reach as advances in science and innovation deliver new tools, even as global figures show the fight remains far from over. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the World Malaria Day 2026 centres on a renewed global campaign launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners under the theme “...
First published on February 10, 2013, by The Nation Newspaper. Concern over alleged wrong diagnosis from medical laboratories and diagnostic centres is growing, but these are not documented. (Back then) Assistant Editor (Investigations), JOKE KUJENYA, visited a number of such centres and reports. FROM CHILDHOOD, Miss Jemima (surname withheld...
