By Faith Obams, JKNewsMedia Reporter HIGHEST NATIONAL recognition in the Caribbean Island was conferred on Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu, who received the title of Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Lucia (KCOSL) in tribute to his leadership and efforts to strengthen enduring cultural and historical bonds between Africa and the Island n...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent TOBACCO-LINKED diseases have killed over 8 million people each year, yet billions in public funds continue to flow into mitigating the damage caused by one of the world’s most harmful industries, the Make Big Tobacco Pay (MBTCP) coalition has said. Governments worldwide, the MBTCP notes, includ...
A new World Health Organisation (WHO) report and a powerful declaration from the World Conference on Tobacco Control reignite global calls to hold the tobacco industry liable in order to end decades of deadly deception, Joke Kujenya reports. INSIDE A brightly lit hall in Ireland, delegates from over 100 countries stood and applauded, not for [...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter CENTURIES-OLD ties between Saint Lucia and Nigeria took centre stage in Parliament as lawmakers welcomed President Bola Tinubu during a landmark state visit. Lucia’s Senate President Alvina Reynolds, citing an 1815 British census, revealed that of the 3,488 African-born enslaved people in Saint Lu...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NIGERIAN HAS formalised diplomatic relations with Saint Lucia as President Bola Tinubu declared a renewed Pan-African vision anchored in shared heritage, economic collaboration, and cultural exchange with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). Addressing a special joint session of...
By Ken Ugbechie THE GUILD of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), the holy grail of online publishing in Nigeria, has told its own story. A privilege. Not many associations live to etch their story on the boulders of history. GOCOP is the foremost body of online publishers in Nigeria. And it has just told its story. […]
By JKNewsMedia The All Progressives Congress (APC) has notified that it will convene its National Executive Committee meeting on July 24 to nominate a substantive National Chairman following the resignation of Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Details of the upcoming meeting were disclosed on Monday by the Deputy National Secretary of the APC, Festu...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent SMOKE FILLED the cabin of a Rano Air flight on Sunday, forcing pilots to initiate emergency procedures and return to base mid-air. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has now grounded the aircraft pending a full investigation into the incident. The affected flight, operated by aircraft...
By Joke Kujenya NEARLY ONE million deaths worldwide are now tied to loneliness, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), which has raised alarm over the escalating health toll of social isolation. One in six people worldwide is affected, as loneliness and social isolation drive up the risk of strokes, heart attacks, diabetes, depress...
By Owei Lakemfa PRESIDENT BOLA Ahmed Tinubu in commemoration of Democracy Day 2025, conferred posthumous national honours on famous writer and environmentalist, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogonis hanged in 1995. I attended part of their trial in Port Harcourt and had no doubt that the Tribunal was working towards a pre-conceived conclusion....
