By JKNewsMedia Reporter UNITED STATES (US) President Donald Trump is set to convene his first “Board of Peace” summit in Washington, DC, as the newly launched panel faces scrutiny following months of Israeli ceasefire violations in Gaza. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the meeting comes nearly three months after the United Nations Security Counc...
By JKNewsMedia Reporter STRATEGIC COOPERATION between Nigeria’s BUA Group and United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based AD Ports Group and MAIR Group has drawn commendation from President Bola Tinubu following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Abu Dhabi. JKNewsMedia.com reports that President Tinubu described the MoU as a significa...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FIFTY-THREE migrants are feared dead after a rubber boat carrying 55 people capsized off the coast of Libya, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said. JKNewsMedia.com reports that only two Nigerian women were rescued during a search-and-rescue operation by Libyan authorities, acc...
By JKNewsMedia Reporter CONCERNS OVER Nigeria’s stability and the safety of Christians have prompted a warning from United States lawmaker Riley Moore. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Moore insisted a united Nigeria remains the best option for residents and citizens and cautioned that any move to destabilise the country could strengthen terroris...
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 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 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...
