By Joke Kujenya CEUDE OIL prices rose above $111 per barrel on Tuesday following the decision by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to exit the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). JKNewsMedia.com reports that the UAE said the move will take effect from May 1, 2026, and stated that the decision was based on […]
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent DEADLINE FOR sale of 2026 Direct Entry application forms has been extended to May 8, offering prospective candidates more time to complete their registration for tertiary education. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced the extension, stating...
By Eniola Olatunji reporting for Patmos Media Line …Cameroon Beats Tanzania 3-1 From a Goal Down in Yaounde REMO STARS Stadium in Ikenne, Shagamu blew off in great joy on Saturday afternoon as Falconets (U20 female team) of Nigeria flew half-way to the Poland world cup finals with two second half goals over the hard […]
By Emeka Monye AS THE race for the 2027 presidential election gathers momentum, Nigeria’s political landscape is already shifting like a chessboard before the first move. Major political bigwigs are jostling for party tickets, testing alliances, and calculating the odds of securing the ultimate prize: Aso Rock. Permutations have begun in earne...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent DECISIONS ON minimum Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) cut off marks for the 2026 to 2027 academic session will be taken on Monday, May 11, as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) schedules its annual policy meeting on admissions. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the ...
By Joke Kujenya LIVES ARE being lost on roads at an alarming rate, with 1.19 million people dying every year from road traffic crashes, while between 20 million and 50 million more suffer non-fatal injuries, many resulting in disability. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the United Nations Road Safety Week (UNRSW), scheduled for 8 to 12 May, [&hel...
By Owei Lakemfa MAY DAY! May Day!! May Day!!! The desperate calls from Chicago, United States workers in 1886, taken up by workers of the world, now sounds more desperate. But the world seems to have gone deaf with the May Day calls becoming almost inaudible. In fact, the US, the country from which May […]
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE (Published in “ON THE LORD’S DAY” column in the Sunday Tribune edition of Sunday, 3 May, 2026). EXCEPT ONE takes time out to carefully peruse the 2026 amendments to the Electoral Act, its critics will run away creating the impression that digital or non-digital transmission of election results is the only...
By Babafemi Ojudu THERE ARE moments in the life of a people when difficult questions must be asked, not for provocation, but for the preservation of conscience. This is one of such moments. Across Nigeria today, there is a growing perception—fair or unfair—that the Yoruba, once regarded as a stabilizing moral force in the national […]...
By Owei Lakemfa NIGERIANS AND Africans have no friends in Israel. They may, amongst the Israeli people, but not in its establishment which is wedded to a philosophy of violence, repression, exploitation and genocide. Therefore, Nigerians must be on alert and view with suspicion, Israel’s overt and strenuous attempts to befriend the cont...
