By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES have arrested a 55-year-old kingpin, Mohammed Ali Abubakar, also known as Bello Karama, along with five members of his syndicate at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) in Kano. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said the group was responsibl...
By JKNewsMedia A LARGE-scale tree-planting exercise has been launched at Bodo City Girls Secondary School in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State through a partnership between Polaris Bank and the Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF). The project is aimed at tackling carbon emissions and promoting sustainable environmental practices ...
By JKNewsMedia THE CORPORATE Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has announced the commencement of its Youth Bootcamp for Food Justice 2025, beginning on Sunday, August 24, at the Ikogosi Warm Springs Resort in Ekiti State. The residential programme, organised in partnership with the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI),...
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu IN 1981, Chief Gani Fawehinmi was already 16 years at the Nigerian Bar and one of its brightest stars. He had also become a pioneer in the enterprise of legal publishing and a breakout litigator. One decade earlier, […]...
By Bola BOLAWOLE (Published in the ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper edition of Sunday, 24 August, 2025). “Chieftaincy titles, the crux of the current face-off between the Ooni and Alaafin, have these days become so debased they are bestowed on all sorts; it profiteth Yorubaland nothing” THESE DAYS, it is [&hellip...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter COMMITMENT TO strengthening strategic alliances with Japan and other international partners was reaffirmed at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) in Yokohama, where President Bola Tinubu led the Nigerian delegation in high-level engagements focused on power, infrast...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent CONVICTIONS OF two major drug traffickers have been secured by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) as a Federal High Court in Lagos sentenced 37-year-old Ajetsibo Emami, known as “Warri Kinsman,” and 51-year-old Solomon Akpomuai to a combined 10 years imprisonment. Emami was appreh...
By JKNewsMedia CONCERNS RAISED within Lagos State’s outdoor advertising sector about possible arbitrary enforcement have prompted a response from the Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA), which reaffirmed its commitment to fairness, professionalism, and sustainable industry growth. The Agency emphasised that its regulatory man...
By JKNewsMedia SEASONED JOURNALIST, Stella Din-Jacob, has been appointed Executive Director of News at the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) by President Bola Tinubu. This is noted to be marking a new phase for the broadcaster’s editorial leadership. Din-Jacob, from Plateau State, brings over three decades of experience in broadcasting, news...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent KISARAZU IN Japan has been named as the official hometown for Nigerians willing to live and work in the country. This is in a move designed to deepen cultural diplomacy, promote economic growth, and boost workforce productivity. The announcement came on Thursday on the sidelines of the 9th Toky...
