By JKNewsMedia COMMERCIAL MOTORCYCLES operators in Oyo State will no longer be allowed to operate between 10:30pm and 5:30am following fresh security measures announced by Governor Seyi Makinde. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the governor announced the restriction during a statewide broadcast on Friday amid concerns over the abduction of teache...
By Owei Lakemfa THE FRENCH, following its revolution in 1790, gave humanity the enduring slogan “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.” They are ideals worth dying for; but the same French turned out to be some of the most bestial colonialists for whom human life meant nothing. The French colonialists were so vicious that famous African ...
By Fatimah Idera and Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporters — When tradition meets violence, survivors carry lifelong trauma as justice lags behind. . . A 13-YEAR-old girl once narrated she was repeatedly raped in the place she should have been safest – home. Years later, her name still echoes through Nigeria’s unfinished conversation o...
By Olukorede Yishau IT CAN almost be taken for granted that the next governor of Lagos State is Obafemi Hamzat, the man who has seen the in and out of governance in the last two decades. What cannot be taken for granted, however, is whether or not his administration will be able to deliver the […]
By CPJ Staff IN THE three years since Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office on May 29, 2023, journalists have been repeatedly arrested, attacked, and harassed — yet, the government has sought to deny this reality. Vice President Kashim Shettima suggested in February that no journalists have been harassed in Nigeria since Tinubu ...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter GROWING CONCERN over the availability and use of new and emerging tobacco and nicotine products has prompted the Ekiti State Government to pledge a review of its tobacco control law, warning that the products pose a significant threat to public health, particularly among young people. JKNewsMedia.com...
By Joke Kujenya The questions Nigerians keep asking as banditry, kidnapping and terror attacks persist. . . A nation cannot budget endlessly for security while citizens continue to budget for fear. . . The time has come to ask difficult questions about what is working, what is failing and what must change. . . DAILY […]
By Babafemi Ojudu IN 1977, I sat for the entrance examination into Christ School, Ado Ekiti. Like thousands of Ekiti children of my generation, attending Christ School was a dream. It was the gold standard of secondary education. It was the school every ambitious child wanted to attend, and every parent prayed their child would […]
By JKNewsMedia NIGERIA’s SPENDING on imported food declined in 2025 as new figures from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) fourth quarter 2025 statistical bulletin showed a reduction in food import expenditure even as total imports rose sharply. JKNewsMedia.com reports that food import spending fell to $2.34 billion in 2025 from $2.53 billion ...
By JKNewsMedia INTENSIFIED EFFORTS to tackle period poverty remained the focus as the Pad Me A Girl Empowerment Foundation (PMAGEF) called for collective action to ensure that no girl is denied education, dignity or opportunity because of menstruation. The call was made during the commemoration of World Menstrual Hygiene Day held at Isolog Co...
