By JKNewsMedia Reporter OFFICIAL RECOGNITION has been granted to the Nigerian Federation of American Football (NFAF) as the body to govern and develop American football in the country, the National Sports Commission (NSC) has confirmed. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Director General of the NSC, Bukola Olopade, announced the decision after ...
By JKNewsMedia Reporter CONDEMNATION OVER the killing of more than 160 people in Kwara State has come from the Embassy of Israel in Nigeria, which described the incident as a horrific act of violence against innocent civilians. A statement shared on the mission’s X handle on Friday said the embassy expressed deep sympathy with the […]...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter COCAINED CONCEALED inside the body of a China bound passenger triggered a string of arrests and seizures nationwide as operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted multiple drug consignments and dismantled a synthetic cannabis facility. NDLEA operatives arrested a 62-year-o...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FAR REACHING changes to sports funding and industry viability have been directed across key ministries and agencies of the Federal Government (FG) as President Bola Tinubu moves to reset Nigeria’s sports sector. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the President announced the plan on Friday evening in a...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE IN THE first instalment last week, the response to the question whether the new FG-ASUU agreement will end strikes in our universities was ambivalent. “Yes” to some but “No” to others. “Yes” if the agreement is seen as a means to an end and not an end in itself. If it is […]
By Joyce Anaba, JKNewsMedia Intern LIMITED HOUSEMANSHIP placements are leaving about 2,000 medical graduates without access to mandatory training each year, the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has disclosed. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the council’s Registrar, Fatimah Kyari, said the Centralised Housemanship System operating in ...
By Temitope Ajayi OUR HABIT of amending our electoral laws almost every election cycle deserves serious scrutiny. The popular justification, continuous improvement, sounds persuasive but does not withstand close examination. It cannot be the case that credible elections are only possible if electoral laws are rewritten every four years. If th...
By Adewale Adeoye CLOSE YOUR eyes for a minute and imagine this: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President, Kashim Shettima, Defense Minister Christopher Musa, Minister of Finance, Wale Edun and other top Government officials brutally murdered in a military coup in Abuja. That was the intention of some disgruntled, grossly irresponsible s...
By Owei Lakemfa LIAM CONEJO Ramos, five, a preschooler at Colombia Heights Public School, Minnesota, returned home on January 20, 2026. He might have looked forward to the warm embrace of his mother, but in the driveway of his home, United States, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), agents captured him and his father, Adrian. [&hell...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE FEDERAL government clarified that United States (US) military personnel in Nigeria are non-combat advisers providing intelligence and training support at its request, Defence Minister Rtd Gen Christopher Musa said. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the statement followed an announcement by the ...
