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 David Nield AUTOAIMMUNE DISEASES, where the body’s own immune system mistakenly goes on the attack, are much more common in women – and a new study analyzing more than 1.25 million blood cells goes a long way to explaining why. The analysis, led by a team from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in […]
By Brianna Abbott A BLOOD pressure drug has the potential to combat one of the most common, difficult-to-treat bacterial infections, according to a new study. A team of researchers, led by scientists at the Houston Methodist Research Institute in Texas, has shown that the drug Candesartan cilexetil could help stop a kind of antibiotic-resistan...
By Joke Kujenya CONCERN OVER a hantavirus outbreak linked to the expedition cruise vessel MV Hondius has spread across social media following the deaths of three passengers and several reported illnesses during a voyage across the Atlantic. JKNewsMedia.com reports the World Health Organization (WHO) saying that the outbreak most likely did no...
By Joke Kujenya PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu’s reported redeployment of former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, from a proposed ambassadorial posting to Germany to South Africa has reopened debate about the kind of diplomacy Nigeria needs at a delicate moment in its foreign relations. The initial reports linking Fani-Kayode to Germany generated ...
By Olukorede Yishau JUDE DIBIA, ‘In The Quiet That Remains’, follows three friends in a sparkling novel in which misunderstandings fester in quiet spaces and silence reveals the interplay between individual agency and external pressure. We peer into the inner turmoils of these friends with a haunting honesty. We also see how their...
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 JKNewsMedia Presidential Expression of Interest and Nomination forms have been submitted to the All Progressives Congress by President Bola Tinubu. President Bola Tinubu on Thursday submitted his presidential Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Tinubu’s nomination forms were submitted at the ...
By Babafemi Ojudu SOMETHING NEW is emerging in my country, Nigeria, so new that it resists easy definition. It is a phenomenon that should engage political scientists, philosophers, and thinkers across the world. A man belongs to one party in the morning; by evening, he has shifted to another. By the next day, he is […]
By JKNewsMedia FLASH FLOODING may occur across 19 states following warnings issued by the Nigerian Meteorological (NiMet) Agency over increased surface runoff during early heavy rains. JKNewsMedia.com reports that NiMet, in an advisory issued on Thursday, said increased surface runoff and flash flooding could occur during heavy early rains du...
