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...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter ECONOMIC REFORMS of President Bola Tinubu has rescued Nigeria’s finances from a near-catastrophic breakdown and returned macroeconomic indicators to a path of solvency, according to Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State. Addressing a national audience during The Platform Nigeria on June 12, the ...
By Dare Ojepe AS WE mark two years since President Bola Tinubu assumed office, it is essential to evaluate his administration’s impact on Nigeria’s youth, a vital segment of the nation’s future. From the lens of students and young professionals, several initiatives and policies stand out, particularly the introduction of student loans, grants ...
By Claire Mom, thecable.ng REPORTS OF a military coup in Cameroon ousting President Paul Biya have gone viral on social media. On Tuesday, jimmoexpress37, a TikTok account, posted an eight-minute video claiming that the Cameroonian military has taken over, leaving Biya nowhere to be found. The video has gathered over 41.2k views, 1.1k likes, ...
By Vanguardngr COLONEL OLUSEGUN Obasanjo, back then, had asked some of the Radio Biafra workers to accompany him to Lagos where they would be reabsorbed by Radio Nigeria. Radio Biafra had many prominent names. People like Chinua Achebe, Uche Chukwumerije and Cyprian Ekwensi made contributions. At the time the war ended in January 1970, it [&he...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter SMOKE AND flames engulfed a densely populated neighbourhood in Ahmedabad after a passenger jet bound for London Gatwick crashed into residential buildings, killing all 242 people aboard and several on the ground. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner struck a housing complex for doctors and their families min...
