By Owei Lakemfa IT WAS Palm Sunday, March 29, “The Year of Our Lord” 2026. Terrorists dressed in military-style uniforms, and riding motorcycles, arrived in Angwan Rukuba, a district of the picturesque city of Jos. They opened fire indiscriminately killing at least 27 persons. Dozens were injured. There was an immediate outcry. So...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NIGERIA’s N68.32 trillion 2026 appropriation bill has been signed into law on Friday by President Bola Tinubu, setting out aggregate expenditure for the fiscal year. JKNewsMedia,com reports that Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, announced in a statement...
By Joke Kujenya GLOBAL SHIPPING through the Strait of Hormuz has resumed after Iran declared the waterway fully open to commercial traffic following weeks of disruption that unsettled energy markets. “The Strait of Hormuz is completely open and ready for business and full passage, but the naval blockade will remain in full force and effect [&h...
By Olukorede Yishau OBAFEMI HAMZAT’s tale is, in many ways, that of a Lagos political tradition that prefers the patient man to the noisy one, the understudy to the showman, the one who waits his turn and, crucially, knows when to step back. When, in 2018, he stepped down for Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the decisive […]
By Joke Kujenya ISRAEL AND Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, Unted States (U.S.) President Donald Trump announced on Thursday, following diplomatic discussions involving the two countries in Washington. JKNewsMedia.com reports that President Trump said he had spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese Presiden...
By JKNewsMedia STRAGEGIC DEPLOYMENT of police personnel and resources across approved examination centres in the Federal Capital Territory has been ordered to secure the 2026 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Computer-Based Test. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Commissioner of Police, FCT Police Command, Ahmed Mohammed Sanusi, directe...
ByManasseh Mbachii Premium Times The Police have confirmed the kidnapping of the JAMB UTME candidates, saying 14 passengers were abducted. GUNMENT HAVE abducted at least 14 passengers, including candidates of the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) organised by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), along t...
By JKNewsMedia THE SUSPENSION of University of Ibadan (UI) student activists, Ayodele Aduwo and Mide Gbadegesin, has been nullified by the Federal High Court in Ibadan on Wednesday. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) commended the ruling and is also calling for their immediate rei...
By Owei Lakemfa It was too quick. Humanity heaving a sigh of relief on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 when a two-week ceasefire in the United States/Israel-Iran war came into effect. The very next day, one of the most savage attacks in the war took place in Lebanon. Israel, a sidekick of the US, carried out […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE PRUSSIAN WAR strategist, Carl von Clausewitz, defines war as the continuation of politics by other means. In other words, when diplomacy fails, nations resort to war to achieve the same objectives they had set out to achieve with diplomacy. Thus, war is not an end in itself but a means to an […]
