By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter A 17-YEAR manhunt for an international drug trafficker came to a dramatic end in Lagos, marking a breakthrough in global anti-narcotics collaboration. This earned the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) high praise from South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) after the arrest of O...
By Joke Kujenya FEDERAL AGENCIES will no longer be bound to high-cost downtown locations under sweeping changes signed by President Donald Trump, reshaping how the government manages public buildings and spends taxpayer money. Trump’s executive order, issued Tuesday, repeals decades-old directives by Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton t...
By cmlee@insider.com (Lee Chong Ming) on yahoo.com BILL GATES said AI could solve shortages in two key professions: teaching and medicine. The billionaire said AI would help plug labour gaps, even in blue-collar roles. He also said AI could make early retirement or shorter workweeks possible. Bill Gates said the long-standing shortage of docto...
By JKNewsMedia DELTA STATE’s longstanding infrastructure hopes sharpened on Wednesday as Governor Sheriff Oborevwori urged the Federal Government to fast-track the completion of the Ogwashi-Uku Dam, underscoring its vital role in regional agriculture and water access. The governor made the appeal during a courtesy visit from the leadership of...
By Joke Kujenya A PHONE tucked under the pillow. Notifications pinging through the night. Eyes locked on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram for hours. Across bedrooms, classrooms and dinner tables, young people are living through their screens — and paying a quiet but costly price. The modern child is more connected than ever, yet experts warn tha...
By Rosheedat Akinkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter ONCE AGAIN, Bayelsa State is under threat as swelling riverbanks and intensified rainfall signal the arrival of yet another hazardous flood season. With southern coastal states facing early downpours and surging water levels, concerns are growing fast across low-lying communities already feeling th...
By Joke Kujenya ON HOSPITAL wards in Ogbomoso, Osun State, Nigeria—where the realities of HIV and malaria overlap daily—scientists have uncovered new insights into how Plasmodium falciparum behaves in immunocompromised individuals. New research has revealed that malaria parasites found in people living with HIV (PLWH) show unexpectedly low ge...
By Senator Babafemi Ojudu, CON “Something is wrong with us. In my town, Ado-Ekiti, you beg artisans—welders, bricklayers, carpenters, electricians—to work for you. And people still claim there are no opportunities.” THAT WAS a short message I posted on my Facebook page a few days ago. What I didn’t add is that when these artisans […]...
By Bola BOLAWOLE RITA, BOB Nesta Marley’s widow, says who feels it knows it but in Nigeria, the reverse is the case! Here, who feels it does not know it and who does not feel it knows it! The lyrics of “Who feels it (Knows it)”, recorded in 1980 but released in 1981 goes thus: […]
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE LONG-awaited reconstruction of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano federal highway has officially begun, signalling a major shift in infrastructure renewal for Northern Nigeria. The flag-off ceremony was held on Sunday in Jere, Kagarko local government area of Kaduna State, where Governor Uba Sani, repr...
