By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu LESS THAN a decade ago, the detention centre of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Scheveningen on the outskirts of The Hague could easily have been mistaken for a committee meeting of leaders of the African Union. One of its long-term guests was Laurent Gbagbo, a former president of Côte d’Ivoire. […]
By Martins Oloja AFTER WATCHING all the shenanigans, peccadillos, frills and thrills of the strange Democracy Day June 12, 2024, last week, I had wanted to write on the inconclusive list of ‘Heroes of Democracy” President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s historians drew up and made public on May 29, 2024. I wanted to deconstruct the list, […]
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNMedia Reporter SPEARHEADING A significant mentorship programme last Friday, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, the First Lady of Lagos State, led a group of young boys to the Lagos State House of Assembly. The initiative, she said, focused on the boy-child and aims to provide guidance and inspiration to young males in the state. [&he...
By Joke Kujenya FOLLOWING A court mandate, MultiChoice, the company behind DStv and GOtv, has rolled back its recent subscription price hikes. This decision comes in the wake of a legal ruling that found the earlier price increases to be unwarranted, which had led to a significant exodus of subscribers, especially in Nigeria. The company [&hel...
By Joke Kujenya MARKING AN increase of 0.26 percentage points, Nigeria’s headline inflation rate has climbed to 33.95% in May 2024, up from 33.69% in April 2024. Contained in the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report of May 2024, it says that on a year-on-year basis, this rate is 11.54 percentage points higher than the […]
By Justina Ashishana SALAMATU ABDULLAHI Abubakar, a recent Mass Communication graduate from Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida University, emerged as the overall winner of the 2nd Aisha Wakaso Award for Young Female Journalists. The first and second runners-up were also recent graduates for the award meant for upcoming female journalists and young fem...
By Joke Kujenya A STERN WARNING has been issued to the public following a recent cholera outbreak affecting multiple states across Nigeria by the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA). In a press briefing held in Abuja on Friday, June 14, 2024, NBMA Director General Dr. Agnes Asagbra highlighted the urgent need for caution as the [&helli...
By Elmuntasir Ahmed Historical Context: IN SUDAN, there’s a lot that’s led to crisis over the years: famine, land and water issues; they all stem from deep-seated factors that are made worse by civil conflict and disputes in the region. This is also compounded by involvement of international financial institutions such as International Monetar...
By Joke Kujenya HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS have been pouring in for Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), in honour of her 70th birthday on Thursday. Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu also extended his congratulations in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale,...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNMedia Reporter AMIDST THE recent cholera outbreak affecting 30 states, including neighboring Lagos, the Ogun State Government has unveiled a series of precautionary measures aimed at preventing the spread of the disease within its borders. This announcement comes in the wake of the Eid-el-Kabir festivities, a period marke...
