By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent A TOTAL of 20,838 new Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections were recorded between January and March 2026, with Lagos and Benue states reporting the highest numbers. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Lagos accounted for 2,298 cases, followed by Benue with 1,949. Akwa Ibom also reported 1,159 ...
By Owei Lakemfa A DIPLOMAT from the Group of Seven, G7, countries in March 2026, invited me to dinner in Abuja. The first thing he asked was how I was coping with water supply. The diplomatic mission, like some others, is suffering disruption of water supply. I explained that since I relocated to Abuja from […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE KARL MARX, the man who taught the world the Marxist ideology and after whom it was named, described religion as the opium (or opiate) of the people. His exact words, in his 1844 work titled “A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right”, goes thus: “Religion is the sigh of […]
By Eniola Olatunji reporting for Patmos Media Line …Iran Sent Costa Rica to the Slaughter Slab 5-0. NIGERIA’s SUPER Eagles on Tuesday in Turkey failed to cross over Jordan’s Chilvairous Ones in a disappointing 2-2 draw before a crowd of 7,428 fans in an international senior men’s friendly football encounter. Nigeria ran...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NATURAL GAS price for power generation companies has been increased to $2.18 per metric million British thermal units from the previous $2.13 per MMBTU, according to a circular issued by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). JKNewsMedia.com reports that ...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Correspondent IMPLEMENTATION OF the capital component of the 2025 budget has been extended by the national assembly from March 31 to June 30 following the passage of an amendment bill. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the approval came after consideration and passage of a bill seeking to amend the 2025 appropriation...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent RESULTS FOR the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mock have been released, with candidates advised checking their scores via Short Messages (SMS). JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced that participants can access their r...
By JKNewsMedia RISING EGGS prices have reached as much as N8,500 per crate as scarcity intensifies in parts of Nigeria, driven by limited access to day old chicks. JKNewsMedia.com reports Mojeed Iyiola, chairman of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Lagos, as attributing the increase and shortage to the unavailability of day-old chicks...
By JOCELYN GECKER THE SCENE is right out of the 1950s with students pecking away at manual typewriters, the machines dinging at the end of each line. Once each semester, Grit Matthias Phelps, a German language instructor at Cornell University, introduces her students to the raw feeling of typing without online assistance. No screens, online [...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter APPROVAL HAS been granted by the Senate for President Bola Tinubu’s request to obtain external loans totalling $6bn following consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the report was presented by the committee chairman, Senator Aliyu W...
