By JKNewsMedia FRESH INCENTIVES for children took centre stage at Wema Bank’s Children’s Day Special Event as the bank unveiled new benefits under its Royal Kiddies account and ALAT Xplore platform. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the announcement came on Monday, May 25, 2026, during the event where Wema Bank’s One Day MD and CEO, Chinmamanda Di...
By Abiodun Oladunjoye “IT ISN’T enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.” – Eleanor Roosevelt. A stable and peaceful environment remains essential for national prosperity. Since assuming office, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has pursued bold reforms aimed at repositioni...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter HEALTH JOURNALISM must move beyond routine reporting and become a force that drives accountability, influences policy reforms, and improves healthcare delivery in Nigeria, media experts and health advocates have said. JKNewsMedia.com reporter who participated in the training, writes that the call was ma...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter TEMPORARY ENTERY restrictions have been imposed by United States (US) authorities on green card holders who travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in Africa within the last 21 days. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the order issued on Friday forms part of an expanded effort ...
By Adesola Alebiosu, JKNewsMedia Intern THIRD LARGEST borrower position from the International Development Association (IDA), the concessional lending arm of the World Bank (WB), has been retained by Nigeria despite a slight decline in its debt exposure in first quarter 2026. JKNewsMedia.com reports that according to IDA March 2026 financial s...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter GROSS DOMESTIC Product (GDP) growth rate in Nigeria slowed to 3.89 percent year-on-year in real terms in first quarter 2026 as the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released its latest GDP report on Monday. JKNewsMedia.com reports that NBS notes the figure marks a decline from 4.07 percent recorded...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter PRESENTATION OF Letters of Credence by Nigeria’s ambassador to the United States (US) took place at the White House in Washington DC, where Kayode Are formally presented his credentials to US President Donald Trump. JKNewsMedoa.com reports that the ceremony was held on Thursday, May 21 with an honour gu...
By Joke Kujenya A SERIOUS mental health condition known as Schizophrenia and affecting around 23 million people worldwide continues to be widely misunderstood, with many living with it facing stigma, discrimination and limited access to proper care. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the World Health Organisation (WHO) said the condition causes psy...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE (Published in the ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune edition of Sunday, 24 May, 2026). SINCE THE Minister of State for Education, Professor Suwaiba Said Ahmad, announced at the last stakeholders meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), that the tenure of its Registrar, Professor Ish...
By Emeka Monye IT WAS Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, who gave democracy one of its most enduring definitions: government of the people, by the people, for the people. The phrase is short, almost plain. But it carries a radical idea at its core — that legitimacy in politics comes not from […]
