By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent SENATORS ON Tuesday reversed an earlier decision rejecting a proposal for real‑time electronic transmission of election results, yielding to pressure from labour unions, civil society groups and lawyers seeking to prevent electoral fraud. JKNewsMedia.com reports that last week, senators voted a...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter SEVERE FUNDING constraints limited the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to N36m out of the N218bn appropriated for its 2025 capital expenditure, significantly hindering the execution of critical health projects, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare Prof Muhammad Ali Pate, ...
By JKNewsMedia DEFEAT OF terrorism and banditry formed the centrepiece of President Bola Tinubu’s address on Monday as he declared the threats unacceptable and foreign to Nigeria’s values. JKNewsMedia.com reports that declaring open the Second National Economic Council Conference (SNECC) at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, the Presid...
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 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 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 ...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter AN ARMY battalion has been deployed to Kaiama district in central Kwara State after suspected jihadist fighters killed 170 people in an overnight assault, the President’s office said on Thursday. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Tuesday’s attack on Woro village marked the deadliest incident in the state this...
By JKNewsMedia Reporter CALLS FOR a strong national response and sustained support for an alternative development programme dominated a briefing by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa retired, as he urged stakeholders to curb illicit cannabis cultivation, up...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FEDERAL AUTHORITIES have dismissed claims that a textbook titled ‘Living History’ received approval for use in Nigerian schools, stating that the publication is neither approved nor recommended under the national curriculum. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Federal Ministry of Educa...
