By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PTERNITY TESTING is reported to be reshaping family dynamics in Nigeria, as new data reveals the country has the highest rate of paternity fraud in Africa and the second highest in the world. The 2025 Annual DNA Testing Report by Smart DNA Nigeria shows that paternity testing now accounts for [...
By Joke Kujenya SHOCKWAVES RIPPLED through Nigeria’s media and cultural circles following the passing of Evelyn Osagie, Assistant Editor (Arts) of The Nation Newspaper, who died in the early hours of Sunday, August 17, 2025, at the Catholic Ancillia Hospital in Fagba, Lagos. She was 50. Colleagues first learnt of her death through messages on ...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE (Published in ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune edition of Sunday, 17 August, 2025). … and compromise air travel safety and security THE SAYING goes that too many cooks spoil the broth; in like manner, too many vested interests have intervened to trump justice, thereby setting a bad precedent […]...
By Joke Kujenya MULTIPLE AWARD-winning Kenya’s investigative journalist Caroline Atieno Nyanga has made a global appeal for assistance after recounting how her media career, health, and fortune collapsed following years of dangerous reporting assignments and alleged encounters with forces of darkness. Nyanga, a respected figure in Kenyan medi...
By Abdulsalam Abdullah, TheCable Online THE KADUNA police command says its operatives have arrested a man with N25.9 million cash allegedly for vote-buying in the state’s by-election. In a statement on Saturday, Mansir Hassan, spokesperson for the police command in Kaduna, said the arrest was made in collaboration with the Department of State ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent MINISTERS HAVE been instructed by President Bola Tinubu to forward detailed records of projects handled by agencies and parastatals under their supervision to the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) for review and submission to his office. The directive followed Wednesday’s Federal Executive Cou...
By Joke Kujenya HIGH-LEVEL talks between United States (US) President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded in Alaska on Friday without an agreement on a ceasefire in Ukraine, despite both leaders describing the meeting as constructive. The three-hour summit, their first in-person encounter since 2019, produced expressio...
By JKNewsMedia MAJOR CHANGES have been announced at the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) as President Bola Tinubu approved the appointment of veteran media executive Rotimi Richard Pedro as the new Director-General of the state broadcaster. The move, which brings in a new leadership team at the NTA, is seen as one of the most significant [...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent CONCERNS OVER the state of Nigeria’s education sector have been raised by Joseph Ayodele of Africa Brands Review, who described the situation as the “death of quality assurance.” He warned that recent technical failures in national examinations reflect deeper structural problems and highlighted...
By Helen Okechukwu Millions could miss out on the National Health Service’s (NHS), new “miracle” weight-loss jab because official obesity measures don’t fit Britain’s ethnic reality, experts warn. DANIELLE JEFFERIES from health think tank the King’s Fund says BMI rules, which decide who gets treatments like Mounjaro, were built around White E...
