By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter HEADINNG FOR Iran through Port Harcourt, a businessman has been arrested after ingesting 53 wraps of cocaine by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The agency also uncovered major drug trafficking operations across airports, seaports, and border regions within Nigeria...
By Tunde Rahman AROUND THIS period in 1993, precisely on June 12, 1993, the day of that historic election, this writer operated in two different but mutually reinforcing capacities. While I was the Political Correspondent of the old Daily Times, covering the then-unfolding electoral process in Abuja, I was also an officer in the Nigerian [&he...
By Babafemi Ojudu I FIND it deeply troubling—and frankly, disappointing—the virulent mob outrage currently directed at a young woman whose only real offense appears to be that she dares to be different. That she dressed in a way some consider unconventional, that she spoke with a cultural tone shaped not by our narrow expectations but [&helli...
By Al Humphrey Onyanabo Week 2 of our series on Mental Health: Nigeria Is Hard – And So Is Your Mental Load “NO BE ONLY YOUR BODY DEY CARRY WAHALA. YOUR MIND DEY CARRY AM TOO.” Let’s be honest: Nigeria is tough right now. From skyrocketing prices in the market to fuel scarcity, job uncertainty, […]
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter GRIEF ONCE cast a long shadow, yet quiet strength has now taken its place as one young woman reclaims joy without spectacle. That’s the story of the noble daughter of late banking magnate Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe, who has now returned to public view with a gentle smile and renewed resolve, [&he...
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu WHEN HE opened the All Nigerian Judges Conference in February 2003, then Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Mohammed Lawal Uwais, who died on 6 June 2025, six days short of his 89th birthday, lamented the fact that State Chief Judges in Nigeria “go begging for funds from their governors”: a practice […]
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE ‘Those of us at The PUNCH newspapers were completely blotted out; yet we stood and fought for June 12 more than anyone else; even more than the Concord newspapers owned by MKO Abiola, the symbol of the June 12 struggle. I stand to be corrected because facts and figures back up this […]
By Rosheedat Akinkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter THURSDAY, A lone passenger walked bloodied and limping from the wreckage of an Air India Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad, leaving a stunned world grappling with the scale of the tragedy, and the impossibility of his survival. Video footage emerged hours after the Thursday afternoon disaster showing a...
By Ofem John Obongha JKNewsMedia Reporter THE POSTHUMOUS pardon of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni activists by President Bola Tinubu has drawn cautious praise from Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA). It however insists that honouring the slain environmentalists must go beyond symbolism to deliver justice, re...
By Joke Kujenya DECADES OF unparalleled commitment to journalism came full circle as Prince Sam Amuka-Pemu, renowned newspaper publisher and pioneer media figure, marked his 90th birthday with national accolades and glowing tributes. Revered across Nigeria newsrooms as “Uncle Sam,” he remains the country’s oldest practising newspaperman and on...
