By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent DRIVE INTENSIFIED in Abuja as government leaders, state governors, legislators, development partners, and civil society representatives converged for the National Dialogue on Health Financing in Nigeria. The four-day forum, themed “Turning Health Commitments into Tangible Impact through Governm...
By JKNewsMedia THE GANI Fawehinmi Memorial Organisation (GAFAMORG) has announced that it will hold an extended emergency meeting of its Governing Council and stakeholders on Thursday, 11 September 2025, at the Right House, Adeniyi Jones Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos. The organisation stated that the meeting, scheduled for 11:00am, will coincide with t...
By Joke Kujenya MORE THAN one billion people are currently living with mental health disorders, according to new data released by the World Health Organization (WHO). The findings, published in two new reports by World Mental Health Today and the Mental Health Atlas 2024 reveal that conditions such as anxiety and depression continue to impose...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent UPDATED EDITIONS of the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Model Lists of Essential Medicines (EML) and Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc) now feature new treatments for several cancers, diabetes with comorbidities such as obesity, as well as medicines for cystic fibrosis, psoriasis, haemop...
By The PUNCH SOME NIGERIANS in the United Kingdom (UK) are seeking legal means to remain in the country as the expiration of their student visas draws near, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. The moves came amid fresh migration policies and warnings recently issued by the UK government. The UK government, in an emergency alert published […]
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced it will sustain its monetary tightening stance to safeguard stability in the financial system, Governor Olayemi Cardoso has confirmed. Speaking at a fireside chat during the European Business Chamber (Eurocham Nigeria) C-Level Forum, moderated by ...
By JKNewsMedia Commitment to academic excellence and innovation has taken a new step as AcadPass™, Africa’s leading digital ecosystem for students, announced the appointment of Professor Mondy Selle Gold as its National Academic Adviser (NAA). The platform described the appointment as a milestone in its mission to combine technology with scho...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THOUSAND OF young Nigerians gathered at the Baptist International Convention Centre along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway for the Arise Congress 2.0, themed “The Emergence of Champions.” The event, which runs from Wednesday 3 to Saturday 6 September 2025, drew more than 24,000 participants. Deliver...
By Owei Lakemfa ONE OF the major challenges of Nigeria since colonial times had been corruption. But President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has now proclaimed its death. Corruption is gone! Futuristic laser technology must have been used to carry out such a comprehensive and professional operation on corruption in the body polity of Nigeria. So sophisti...
By Tunde Rahman LONG BEFORE President Bola Tinubu decided on Vice President Kashim Shettima, who turned 59 last week, as his running mate in the last presidential election, both of them had first collaborated across boundaries and different political parties several years ago to the present, when they are working together at the helm of [&hel...
