By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent EXPANDED MILITARY cooperation between Washington and Abuja has led to the deployment of a small United States (US) military team to Nigeria to address terrorism and related security threats, the US military confirmed. JKNewsMedia.com reports that General Dagvin R.M. Anderson, Commander of US-Af...
Culled from The Punch ANXIETY HAS reportedly spread through Nigerian immigrant communities across the United States (US) as an aggressive immigration enforcement drive under President Donald Trump’s administration deepens. This has forced some Nigerians off the streets, out of their jobs, and, in some cases, back to Nigeria through quiet, self...
By Joke Kujenya MILLIONS MORE people fell ill with malaria in 2024, even as some countries marked major victories in the fight against the disease, the latest World Malaria Report (WMR) reveals. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Georgia, Suriname and Timor Leste were certified malaria free in 2025, while new malaria vaccines and next generation du...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NIGERIA’s FORMER Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has appeared at Southwark Crown Court facing five counts of accepting bribes and one count of conspiracy to commit bribery, prosecutors said. The court heard that between 2011 and 2015, Alison-Madueke allegedly received m...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent AIMING FOR a $5 billion trade volume, Türkiye and Nigeria reaffirmed the target on Tuesday as discussions moved forward during President Bola Tinubu’s state visit in Ankara. JKNewsMedia.com reports that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said talks on the trade target had already commenced, s...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent COCERNS OVER a brief stumble by President Bola Tinubu during a ceremonial reception in Türkiye have been addressed by the Nigerian Presidency, which said the incident was caused by a poorly laid surface and not by any health issue. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Presidency said Nigeria’s...
By Joke Kujenya BRIEF DISTRUPTION marked a ceremonial welcome in Ankara on Tuesday when President Bola Tinubu slightly slipped and fell during a parade organised for his reception in the Turkish capital. The incident occurred as the Nigerian leader walked alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and joined the guard of honour. JKNewsM...
By Joke Kujenya NOTIFICATION OF withdrawal has been received by the World Health Organization (WHO) from the United States of America (USA), prompting the agency to express regret over the decision and to confirm that the matter will be taken up by its governing bodies. JKNewsMedia.com reports the WHO as describing the US as a […]
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE EUROPEAN Union will provide €557 million in humanitarian aid to Nigeria and other African countries from its 2026 €1.9 billion budget, the EU announced. Modestus Chukwulaka, press officer to the EU delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, said the funding will target Nigeria’s north-west region. E...
By Joke Kujenya CONTROVERSIAL NEW global conflict resolution plans were unveiled on Thursday at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos with the launch of the Board of Peace by United States President Donald Trump. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the initiative, which Trump will chair, is intended to mediate and resolve international conflicts t...
