By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter DESPERATE EFFORTS to traffic illicit drugs across Nigeria’s borders were crushed last week as operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), arrested multiple suspects, including a woman attempting to smuggle cocaine to Iran by hiding it in her private part, stomach and handbag, an...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE “IF THE problem is in the name or nomenclature employed by Utomi, then, we may have to search for a less “provocative” name, but no one should tell us that our democracy does not need a vibrant opposition or that the institutions in place at the moment are up to the task. […]
By JKNewsMedia OVER 1.5 MILLION Nigerian students scored below 200 in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), sparking national concern over academic preparedness and digital readiness. In response, digital solutions provider Globacom has spotlighted its Examination Preparatory Service as a targeted remedy to the crisis. T...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter NINETEEN PASSENGERS, including two boat operators, were kidnapped by sea pirates during a brazen daylight assault on the Isaka River in Okrika, Rivers State, prompting swift response efforts from the police and a strike threat from the maritime union. Police launch rescue efforts for 19 kidnapped in Ri...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter FEW JOURNALISTS have left as indelible a mark on Nigerian media as Chief Dare Babarinsa. F or more than four decades, his pen has chronicled power, challenged tyranny and carved a dignified path through Nigeria’s turbulent press history. Born in Okemesi, Ekiti State on 9 May 1955, Babarinsa’s journalism...
By JKNewsMedia Faiths NEWLY SELECTED Pope Leo XIV assumes office amid a turbulent legacy of financial scandals, opaque accounting, and stalled reforms at the heart of the Catholic Church. The American-born pontiff is reported to inherit not only spiritual leadership over 1.4 billion Catholics but also responsibility for stabilising the Vatica...
By Joke Kujenya RUSSIA’s MILITARY posture is fuelling urgent warnings across Europe after Western intelligence officials revealed that President Vladimir Putin is preparing for potential conflict with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) within a year of the Ukraine war’s end. At Moscow’s Red Square on Friday, Putin presided over one...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter ISSUES OF agricultural investment and food security took centre stage at the State House in Abuja, where President Bola Tinubu received a special envoy from the Amir of Qatar to discuss expanding bilateral cooperation. The envoy, Dr Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, who serves as Qatar’s Minister ...
By JKNewsMedia STRATEGIC COOPERATION is gaining momentum in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector as two industry giants commit to a united push for energy security and national prosperity. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) and Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals (DPRP) have expressed their commitment to deepening...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter SWEEPING INTERVENTIONS to reverse decades of developmental neglect in Anambra State and the Southeast took centre stage on Thursday as President Bola Tinubu addressed a civic reception in Awka. Addressing a crowd at Alex Ekwueme Square, Tinubu committed to resolving Anambra’s omission from both the Nati...
