By JKNewsMedia JUST TWO days after marking his 90th birthday, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland, has passed away. The monarch died in the early hours of Monday, one year after officially receiving his staff of office from Governor Seyi Makinde on July 12, 2024. Born into the Okugbaja family in Ita Baale, […]
By Owei Lakemfa THE WORD Bank in its May 2025 Report stated that 75.5 per cent of rural Nigerians are engaged in deadly combats with poverty. The number in the urban areas, it said, is 41.3 per cent with an additional 13 million Nigerians, projected to slip below the poverty line by the end of […]
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE (Published in my ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper of Sunday, 6 July, 2025). WHAT A cenotaph! And what a controversy! What memories – bitter and sweet – of the dead! And what engaging scuffles among the living! In all of these, however, we learn useful lessons – […]
By Steve Osuji Listen Now I DIDN’T know I was attending a security briefing: The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), held her Biennial National Convention in Enugu from June 26th – 29th, 2025. The theme of the occasion was, Building A Secure And Cohesive Nigeria: The Role of Dialogue, Inclusion and The Media. The Keynote […]
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has suspended Mr Steve Osuji for breaching confidentiality rules during its 25th Biennial National Convention held in Enugu. According to a statement signed by Guild President Eze Anaba and General Secretary Onuoha Ukeh, the decision follows Mr Osuji’s unautho...
By Joke Kujenya CAPTURED IN Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, a Nigerian man forced into war under Russia’s penal system has emerged as a grim symbol of Moscow’s foreign recruitment drive. Kehinde Oluwagbemileke, 29, had been living in Russia for four years before being arrested on drug-related charges. His prison sentence was commuted on the co...
By Joke Kujenya HEAVY RAINS tore through Texas Hill Country overnight, unleashing flash floods that claimed at least 27 lives and left dozens missing, including over 20 girls from a Christian summer camp near Kerrville. Media reports note that more than 10 inches of rain pounded central Kerr County within hours, causing the Guadalupe River [&...
By JKNewsMedia A TWO-day national forum will hold on July 23 and 24 as Nigeria’s Federal Government moves to address persistent challenges in petrol pricing and downstream supply regulation. Francis Ogaree, Executive Director at the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), disclosed the initiative durin...
By JKNewsMedia RESIDENTS POURED into the streets in a spontaneous outburst of celebration as major infrastructure upgrades were unveiled across Lagos’ most populous constituency. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, flanked by his deputy Dr Obafemi Hamzat and members of the State Executive Council, commissioned two major road projects, Abaranje Road i...
By Olukorede Yishau CLIMB IN, buckle up, and adjust your mirrors because Olufunke Grace Bankole’s ‘The Edge of Water’ is no ordinary drive. It is a smooth, soulful cruise through winding emotional roads, sunlit stretches of cultural memory, and a few hairpin turns of fate that will leave you breathless. With Hurricane Katrina looming in [&hell...
