By JKNewsMedia SPOTLIGHT TURNS to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie this week as CNN African Voices Changemakers prepares a feature on the acclaimed Nigerian author in its 30-minute magazine programme sponsored by telecommunications company Globacom. The broadcast captures an engaging conversation between Adichie and the show’s anchor, Larry Madowo, a...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent RIVERS STATE Governor Siminalayi Fubara returned to the state on Friday, arriving at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, after six months of suspension from office during the emergency rule imposed by President Bola Tinubu. The governor’s aircraft touched down at about 11:55am, bef...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent ABOUT ELEVEN people deported from the United States of America (USA) to Ghana have taken legal action against the West African nation’s government, challenging what they describe as unlawful detention. Their lawyer, Oliver-Barker Vormawor, confirmed the suit and insisted that his clients had not...
By Ajibola Oladele, JKNewsMedia Reporter PASSPORT PRODUCTION will no longer be carried out at multiple centres across Nigeria, as the Federal Government of Nigeria has announced the transition to a single, centralised system for the first time in 62 years. Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made this known on Thursday while inspecti...
By Owei Lakemfa THE AMERICAS tilted towards war this week as the United States, US on Monday September 15, 2025 and the next day, attacked and destroyed two boats it said are Venezuelan. The attacks in which an unspecific number of people were killed, followed a similar US announcement on September 1, 2025, that it […]
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PASSPORTS WILL soon be issued within seven days of application filing, the Federal Government announced on Thursday, following upgrades at the Nigeria Immigration Service. Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, gave the assurance after inspecting the newly completed Data Personalisation Cent...
By Comrade Gerald O. Katchy MILITARY INTERVENTIONS in Africa are no longer the exception; they are fast becoming a pattern. In many countries the arrival of juntas is greeted with hope for reform. But soon enough, the bright promises of “restoring order” darken into mechanisms that ensure rulers remain seat-tight: constitution-tweaks, delayed...
By Favour Olisah, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE OGUN State government has dismissed as deliberate misinformation a report alleging that it stopped an ongoing federal road project along Paddy-Arikawe Oye Igbimo Road to settle political scores with the facilitator of the project. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media and Strategy to ...
By Favour Olisah, JKNewsMedia Reporter ROYAL PAGEANTRY at Windsor Castle gave way to political discussions on Thursday as Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosted United States President Donald Trump at his country residence of Chequers. The visit marked the second state trip of the US leader to Britain and was described by Trump as “the highest [&...
By Carol Olatunji, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE RIVERS State House of Assembly has resolved to investigate the finances managed during the six-month emergency rule administered by retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas as sole administrator. The resolution was taken on Thursday as the lawmakers reconvened for their first plenary session since the sus...
