By Jeremiah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NATIONAL NUTRITION planning advanced as the National Council on Nutrition ((NCN) approved Nigeria’s National Policy on Food and Nutrition (NNPFN) 2026 to 2035 for transmission to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for final ratification. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Council directed all 3...
By Joke Kujenya UNIVERSAL HEPATITIS burden drew renewed concern as the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that Nigeria and nine other countries accounted for 58 percent of Hepatitis B related cases in 2024. JKNewsMedia.com reports thar the finding was contained in the 2026 Global Hepatitis Report (GHR)published on Tuesday, which also st...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FOREIGN POLICY leadership shifted as President Bola Tinubu appointed Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu as Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs following the resignation of Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Presidency stated that Tuggar stepped down to participate in the...
By JKNewsMedia GAS INFRASTRUCTURE expansion advanced as Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited said it has confirmed the successful completion of the River Niger Crossing on the 130 kilometre Obiafu Obrikom Oben Gas Pipeline. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the NNPC Gas Infrastructure Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of NNPC Limite...
By Eniola Olatunji reporting for Patmos Media Line THE TECHNICAL committee of the Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF) has invited Forty-(40) pugilists for the final phase of its 2026 Commonwealth Games open camping in Lagos. The boxers, which are mostly finalists at the last National Boxing Open Trials held in February, consist of Twenty-(20) male...
By JKNewsMedia HUMAN CAPITAL development remains central to Nigeria’s economic ambitions, with Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) positioning education at the core of its corporate social responsibility agenda. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the bank stated that its approach is built on the understanding that future customers, entrepreneurs and employe...
By Olukorede Yishau AROLAKE LUNGES at Saro and, in one swift motion, bares her breasts, igniting an almost uncontrollable reaction in him. Their desire flares quickly, hands tracing the contours of femininity and masculinity. This scene in Kunle Afolayan’s ‘Anikulapo’, particularly the exposure of breasts, sparked conversati...
By Eniola Olatunji, reporting for Patmos Media Line THE WORLD football confraternity awaits the qualification of Nigeria’s Falconets (U20) women football team this Saturday at the Remo Stadium, Ikenne in Ogun State as Nigeria clashes with their counterparts, The Scorchers of Malawi in the final hurdle to the World women’s U20 Cup ...
By Bola BOLAWOLE (Published in TREASURES column on the back page of the NEW TELEGRAPH newspaper of Wednesday, 29 April, 2026). THE COUNTRY’s leading opposition political parties descended, last week Saturday, on the historic city of Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state, sounding frantic – and they were right! The existential threat they sai...
By Owei Lakemfa TAIWAN IS a defined territory with claims to being a sovereign state. This is partly because powerful countries like the United States (US); Japan, New Zealand, Australia and the European Union member countries, maintain strong informal diplomatic and economic relations with it. Claiming to be the Republic of China, ROC, Taiwa...
