By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter LEADING UNIVERSITIES across Africa strengthened their presence in global higher education rankings for 2026, with institutions from South Africa and Egypt dominating the continent’s top 10 list while Nigeria’s University of Ibadan (UI) emerged as the only West African university to secure a place among ...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s YOUTH population remains the country’s greatest asset, President Bola Tinubu said on Tuesday in Abuja as he assured foreign investors that the nation’s ready to learn and tech savvy workforce can integrate into the global market. JKNewsMedia.com reports that speaking while receiving a deleg...
By Joke Kujenya FOR YEARS, 17-year-old Amina Yesufu thought the crippling pain that folded her in half every month was simply part of being a girl. When her period arrived, she missed classes, avoided friends and spent hours curled up in bed, clutching her stomach, she said while narrating her monthly experience to JKNewsMedia.com. Adults [&h...
By JKNewsMedia INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES and cultural assets from Nigeria will be showcased in Berlin, Germany, during the forthcoming Nigeria German Investment and Cultural Expo (NGICE). A press release issued on the event notes that the initiative follows previous international events hosted by Nigeria, including the Second World Black and Af...
By Owei Lakemfa JUSTICE PETER Odo Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja was far less known until June 15, 2026 when an ill-considered judgement he delivered led to political eruption in the country. It was capable of derailing the political process and, several persons and organisations including the judiciary, scrambled to douse the fires [&...
By JKNewsMedia A FORTIFIED industrial scale clandestine methamphetamine laboratory operated by a Nigerian Mexican cartel has been uncovered and dismantled in the forest of Tapa Village, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State, with five suspects arrested during the operation, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said. JKNewsM...
By Olayinka Oyegbile (PhD) What does a bottle of sugary drink have to do with literature and books? Quite a lot, actually. FOR MANY bibliophiles, reading is often accompanied by a cup of tea, coffee or a cold drink, along with snacks. Writing, too, is usually a solitary journey, travelled with characters, ideas, and imagination […]
By Eniola Olatunji reporting for Patmos Media Line … Held To Goalless Draw FORMER WORLD senior men’s football champions, the Three Lions of England failed to roar like the king of the jungle at the Boston Stadium in Foxborough on Tuesday night Nigerian time as the resilient Black Stars of Ghana held England regarded as […]...
By JKNewsMedia FRESH GAINS by the Naira at the official foreign exchange market saw the local currency close at N1,369.10 to the dollar on Monday, strengthening from N1,370.45 recorded at the end of trading on Friday. JKNewsMedia.com reports that data published on the website of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) showed that the currency [&hel...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter FORMER GREATER Manchester Mayor and Labour heavyweight, Andy Burnham, is set to become the United Kingdom (UK)’s next Prime Minister following the resignation announcement by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, ending a turbulent chapter in British politics less than two years after Labour’s lan...
