By JKNM CRIMINAL CHARGES have been filed by the Ogun State Government against two traditional rulers and other individuals over allegations of land grabbing across the state. The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Oluwasina Ogungbade, SAN, disclosed this in a statement, confirming that the state filed charges of forceful takeover o...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent RECOGNITION FOR Nigeria’s Super Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie reached new heights after she was ranked the fourth-best women’s goalkeeper in the world at the 2025 Ballon d’Or awards in Paris. The organisers of the prestigious awards released the final rankings on Monday, placing Nnadozie...
By Emeka Monye AS I reflect on my high school days, the figure of the principal looms large in my memory. The principal was an all-powerful entity, revered and feared in equal measure. Students would instinctively straighten their posture and comport themselves whenever the principal strolled along the veranda, eyes scanning for any signs of ...
By Paul Ejime DAVID AGUELE, a Nigerian citizen, and the Centre for Community Law (CfCL), an NGO, have jointly sued the President of the ECOWAS Commission and the Council of Ministers at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice (CCJ), challenging the regional organisation’s decision to retain in its employment staff members from Mali, Burkina Fas...
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “The judiciary have a wide scope for making political decisions.” J.A.G. Griffiths, “Constitutional and Administrative Law’ in Peter Archer & Andrew Martin (Eds), More Law Reform Now, 55 (1983) THE JUDGMENT of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on 19 January 2006 concerning the state of emergency in Plateau State came d...
By JKNewsMedia IMAGES CIRCULATING online falsely claiming to show Peter Obi in meetings with United States (US) President Donald Trump have been dismissed as fabricated. In a statement posted on his X handle, Mr Obi stressed that the photos currently being shared on social media are fake and doctored, describing the accompanying stories as en...
By JKNewsMedia POLITICAL EVENTS in Rivers State entered a new phase on Monday evening as Governor Siminalayi Fubara visited the Presidential Villa in Abuja for a private meeting with President Bola Tinubu. The engagement marked his first official presence at the State House since his reinstatement as governor after six months of emergency rul...
By JKNewsMedia FRENCH MEDIA conglomerate Canal+ has finalised its acquisition of MultiChoice Group in a transaction valued at $3 billion, gaining full ownership of the South African pay-TV operator and its flagship platforms DStv and GOtv. According to a joint statement issued on Monday, the transaction has become unconditional following appr...
By Joke Kujenya ESCALATING CLIMATE extremes are driving the world into a deepening water crisis, with catastrophic floods, prolonged droughts, violent storms, and accelerating glacial loss striking at rates described as abnormal and increasingly severe. This warning comes from the State of Global Water Resources 2024 report issued by the Worl...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent TRADING ON the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) closed on a positive note on Thursday as market capitalisation returned to the N90 trillion mark, with investors recording a gain of N143 billion. Market data showed that the rebound was supported by renewed investor demand in Guinness Nigeria, Eunisell In...
