By JKNewsMedia OUTDOOR EXCURSION activities such as school excursions, field trips have been suspended across Oyo State following security concerns. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the directive was contained in a circular issued on Friday 22 May 2026 by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and signed by the Permanent Secretary, Mrs...
By Emeka Monye NIGERIA STANDS at a crossroads. Sixty-five years after independence, the question of how we govern ourselves remains unresolved. We run a federal system in name, but in practice, we operate a heavily centralised, unitary structure where power, resources, and institutions all gravitate toward Abuja. The result is a state that fe...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter RISK OF pandemics and deadly disease outbreaks has increased compared with the period before COVID despite advances in vaccines and diagnostics, a report by scientific experts have disclosed. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the caution comes amid Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks overseas and one of Australia...
By Joke Kujenya MORE THAN a third of all cancer cases globally are preventable, according to a recent analysis from the World Health Organization (WHO). JKNewsMedia.com reports that the analysis found that in 2022 there were nearly 19 million new cases of cancer, with roughly 38 percent of diagnoses linked to 30 changeable risk factors. [&hell...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter FRESH BORROWINGS by the Federal Government of Nigeria rose to N11.89 trillion in the first nine months of 2025, while spending on capital projects stood at N3.10 trillion during the same period, according to the 2025 Third Quarter Budget Implementation Report (BIR) released by the Budget Office of the F...
By AriseTV News MINISTER OF Defence, General Christopher Musa (retd.), has stirred nationwide debate after awarding the administration of President Bola Tinubu a 65 to 70 per cent performance score on security, despite persistent attacks, kidnappings and banditry across parts of the country. Musa gave the assessment during an interview on ARI...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Correspondent ECONOMIC REFORMS, infrastructure development and social intervention programmes formed the centrepiece of President Bola Tinubu’s address marking the third anniversary of his administration. JKNewsMedia.com reports that speaking to Nigerians, Tinubu said his government inherited significan...
By Mohammed Idris TODAY MARKS the third anniversary of the inauguration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and an opportunity to reflect on the very concrete achievements of the Renewed Hope agenda – a comprehensive eight-point vision designed to touch the lives of every Nigerian and reposition our country. The agenda – spanning energy and natur...
By Joke Kujenya While politicians fight for power, many Nigerian children remain trapped in kidnappers’ dens. How does any leader sleep comfortably knowing this? SOMEWHERE IN Nigeria tonight, a child is crying in a forest. Not because of hunger alone. Not because of cold alone. But because fear has become the only language that child [&hellip...
By Owei Lakemfa IN MY second year at the University of Ife (UNIFE) in 1979, two students from the Federal Government College, Kano joined the Faculty of Arts. Awam Ampah and Funso Alabi fitted in perfectly. I was so impressed that when I went for youth service in Kano, one of the first places I […]
