By Joke Kujenya UNITED STATES (US) President Donald Trump has received a formal nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, following efforts to secure a ceasefire during the recent 12-day conflict. The letter of nomination was personally handed to Trump during a White House dinner, where Netanyahu com...
By JKNewsMedia GROWING THREATS to journalism through digital surveillance and censorship will take centre stage as Angela Quintal, Africa programme director at the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), delivers the keynote at the 17th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture. The event, themed ‘Surveillance, Safety and the Silencing of Truth’, bri...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NIGERIA’s OFFICIAL minimum age for university and other tertiary admissions is now set at 16, following a federal policy directive mandating strict nationwide compliance. The decision was announced in Abuja by Education Minister Dr Tunji Alausa during the 2025 policy meeting of the Joint Admiss...
By JKNewsMedia THIRTY-FIVE hybrid Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-powered buses have been officially transferred to the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas (Pi-CNG) by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd, in a strategic push to advance the nation’s gas-powered transport system. The handover ceremony took place at the...
By JKNewsMedia TWELVE NEW aides and twenty-seven liaison officers have been appointed to key roles across Ogun State as Governor Dapo Abiodun moves to strengthen his administration’s grassroots engagement and executive capacity. A statement issued by Secretary to the State Government, Tokunbo Talabi, confirmed the governor’s approval of eleve...
By JKNewsMedia NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT was at the core discourse as one of Nigeria’s leading financial institutions, the Union Bank, joined civil servants, policymakers, and international development partners at the country’s first International Civil Service Conference. The event, held on 25 and 26 June 2025 at Eagle Square Arena in Abuja, spot...
By JKNewsMedia A SPIRITED gathering in Abuja commemorated Venezuela’s 214th year of independence as the Bolivarian Republic’s embassy in Nigeria hosted diplomats, civil society leaders and activists in a defiant celebration of sovereignty and solidarity. Venezuela’s Independence Day, marked annually on 5th July, honours the 1811 declaration t...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NIGERIA’s ECONOMIC transformation is gathering momentum as policymakers push through painful but necessary reforms aimed at stabilising the country’s finances and unlocking its vast growth potential. The impact is beginning to show, but rising inflation, entrenched poverty, and a volatile globa...
By Joke Kujenya GLOBAL AUDIENCE is expected to join mourners in Baton Rouge this weekend as funeral arrangements for the late Rev. Jimmy Swaggart unfold at the Family Worship Center, the church he founded and led for decades. The internationally renowned televangelist, who died on 1st July at the age of 90 following a heart […]
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent A FRESH blow to Nigeria’s economic recovery may be on the horizon as United States (US) President Donald Trump renews threats to impose additional tariffs on BRICS-aligned nations. The looming 10 percent tariff, if enforced, could further destabilise Africa’s largest economy, which has battled ...
