By Joke Kujenya FAILURE TO act on climate change is now claiming millions of lives every year, according to the 2025 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change released in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). The report warns that the world’s overreliance on fossil fuels and slow adaptation to rising global temperatures ...
By Fredrick Nwabufo “THE PRECISION strikes, coupled with enhanced battlefield awareness provided by the theatre’s Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) assets, gave troops additional leverage and impetus to respond with overwhelming and lethal force,” — Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, Spokesperson of the Joint Tas...
By JKNewsMedia GLOBAL RECOGNITION deepened as Group Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Bashir Bayo Ojulari, led a high-level delegation to Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited’s exhibition booth at the ongoing Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC 2025). The visit demonstrated the company’s commitment t...
By JKNewsMedia STRUGGLES TO regain economic stability after breast cancer treatment are often overlooked once the awareness campaigns fade each October. Responding to this critical recovery gap, Polaris Bank has launched the Adopt a Survivor Breast Cancer Support Initiative — a social impact programme created to empower survivors to rebuild t...
By Babafemi Ojudu GREAT NATIONS are not defined by how loudly they shout in moments of provocation, but by the wisdom, clarity, and steadiness they bring to bear. Today, Nigeria stands at a delicate juncture. Emotions are high, rhetoric is rising, and both global and domestic actors are testing nerves. But this is a time […]
By Owei Lakemfa THE IMAGES of the police taking on demonstrators in the streets of Tanzania and Cameroun, following disputed elections, remind me of the first time I was battered by policemen. I was 17 and had gone to the Kings Cinema on Lewis street, Lagos Island. After the film, my friend, Albert Biodun Okopie […]
FOR MANY expectant mothers, the dream of a less painful labour is a deeply held hope. In Ibadan, Oyo State, that hope can turn into horror when childbirth is accompanied by an act of mutilation disguised as tradition. Women in labour have not only endured pain but have also been subjected to the debilitating age-old […]
By Jemimah Wellington, THE NAIRA gained marginal strength against the United States (US) dollar as official figures from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) confirmed an appreciation in value across the foreign exchange market. According to the official trading data released by the CBN on its forex trading portal, the naira closed at N1,421.73 ...
By Eniola Olatunji …France lose to Orange Girls of Netherlands 6-7 on Penalties in Dramatic Match. THE ITALIAN U17 women’s football team on Sunday night lost a second opportunity to play at the semifinal stage of the tournament in Morocco on the training pitch instead of match day against Mexico as the soccer loving nation […]
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent LAST FEW days’ growing tension between Aso Rock and the White House over alleged attacks on Christians in Nigeria has prompted President Bola Tinubu to seek a meeting with United States President Donald Trump. Nigeria’s government notes that the planned dialogue aims to address concerns f...
