By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correpondent NIGERIANS APPLYING for United States (US) visas will now be required to provide details of their social media accounts from the past five years, according to a new directive by the US Mission in Nigeria. The mission confirmed the updated policy in a statement issued on Monday, noting that the [&...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter EFFORTS HAVE been intensified by African countries one year since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, recording measurable progress in curbing the spread of the virus. Coordinated action between governments, WHO, the Africa Centre for Dise...
By Olugbenga Adebamiwa SHOLA OSHUNKEYE is a celebrated Nigerian journalist whose distinguished career spans over three decades of impactful reporting, editorial leadership, and pioneering human-interest storytelling across West Africa. Renowned for blending sharp investigative skills with deep compassion for the human condition, his work has ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent A THREE-year manhunt for 36-year-old drug kingpin Sunday Ibigide ended in Asaba, Delta State, when operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted him on Sunday 10th August 2025 with 250 blocks of skunk weighing 138 kilogrammes. NDLEA stated that Ibigide had been decla...
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...
