By JKNewsMedia ESCALATING SECURITY issues have prompted an emergency meeting between President Bola Tinubu and top military and intelligence chiefs at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the meeting began around 2:00pm on Monday and marks the first item on the president’s schedule since his return to Abuja on Friday ...
By JKNewsMedia NOT LONG after recent attacks on military bases in Borno State, terrorists have killed a Nigerian Army commanding officer and six soldiers in Monguno following an overnight assault on a military formation that troops repelled. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Nigerian military said troops of Sector 3 under the Joint Task Force ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT to the arrival time for candidates in the first session of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has been announced by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). JKNewsMedia.com reports that the arrival time has now been revised to 7:00am, replac...
By Oluwabunmi Akande, JKNewsMedia Reporter FORTY-EIGHT individuals and groups have been designated as terrorism financiers in Nigeria’s latest sanctions list, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) directing an immediate asset freeze across the capital market. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the NIGSAC, in a fresh publication on its o...
By Elizabeth Adamson, JKNewsMedia Intern GROWING ENVIRONMENTAL and humanitarian concerns have been raised in Abereke community of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, where recurring oil spills and ocean surges have destroyed livelihoods and submerged large parts of the area. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Corporate Accountability and...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent A NONAGENARIAN, Pa Friday Ahukanna Chigbu, was among the criminals nabbed in a sweeping nationwide crackdown on drug trafficking has led to the arrest of the 93-year-old great grandfather. Arrested alongside him was a 69-year-old medical doctor as operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement...
By Babafemi Ojudu HISTORY IS not a passive record; it is an active force. It shapes memory, guides judgment, and ultimately determines how men are weighed long after they are gone. To distort it is not a harmless indulgence. It is an assault on truth itself. Indeed, as the philosopher George Orwell warned, “Who controls […]
By Owei Lakemfa It was Palm Sunday, March 29, “The Year of Our Lord” 2026. Terrorists dressed in military-style uniforms, and riding motorcycles, arrived in Angwan Rukuba, a district of the picturesque city of Jos. They opened fire indiscriminately killing at least 27 persons. Dozens were injured. There was an immediate outcry. So...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE “I am proud of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria…” “Which senate are you talking about – our rubber-stamp senate or the senate of the Republic of somewhere else?” “I mean our own senate and not another! For the very first time, I watched them speak like men with balls, […]
By JKNewsMedia CHRONIC UNDERSFUNDING and policy gaps in Nigeria’s health sector have drawn sharp criticism as Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) called on governments to urgently address what it described as a worsening crisis. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the organisation made the call in a statement marking Wor...
