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...
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...
