By Maryam Adebiyi, JKNewsMedia Reporter UNEXPECTED PRICE rises in June pushed Britain’s annual inflation to 3.6percent, the highest in 18 months, posing a new challenge for the Bank of England as it weighs interest rate cuts against lingering cost pressures in the economy. The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (OFS) show ...
By JKNewsMedia with Agency Reports CUSTOMS DUTY revenues surged to historic highs in June, helping deliver a rare $27billion monthly budget surplus and signalling the growing weight of President Donald Trump’s tariff regime as a key funding pillar for the United States (US) government. Treasury data released on Friday confirmed that customs d...
By Joke Kujenya UNITED STATES (US) President Donald Trump has received a formal nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, following efforts to secure a ceasefire during the recent 12-day conflict. The letter of nomination was personally handed to Trump during a White House dinner, where Netanyahu com...
By Joke Kujenya GLOBAL AUDIENCE is expected to join mourners in Baton Rouge this weekend as funeral arrangements for the late Rev. Jimmy Swaggart unfold at the Family Worship Center, the church he founded and led for decades. The internationally renowned televangelist, who died on 1st July at the age of 90 following a heart […]
By Joke Kujenya CAPTURED IN Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, a Nigerian man forced into war under Russia’s penal system has emerged as a grim symbol of Moscow’s foreign recruitment drive. Kehinde Oluwagbemileke, 29, had been living in Russia for four years before being arrested on drug-related charges. His prison sentence was commuted on the co...
By Joke Kujenya HEAVY RAINS tore through Texas Hill Country overnight, unleashing flash floods that claimed at least 27 lives and left dozens missing, including over 20 girls from a Christian summer camp near Kerrville. Media reports note that more than 10 inches of rain pounded central Kerr County within hours, causing the Guadalupe River [&...
By Joke Kujenya AFTER MEETING both the Nigerian leader, President Bola Tinubu and Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre, a Nigerian medical student, Bob Chikwem Amadi, has described the moment as profoundly inspiring. On being introduced to the two leaders. Amadi, said President Tinubu’s state visit to Saint Lucia has left a lasting impression on h...
By Joke Kujenya IRANIAN NUCLEAR facilities sustained significant damage in weekend airstrikes carried out by US B-2 bombers, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei has confirmed. Speaking to Al Jazeera, Baghaei declined to provide detailed assessments but acknowledged that the impact was “badly damaging.” “Our nuclear installations h...
By Rosheedat Akinkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter SMOKE AND screams filled the air as a powerful bomb exploded inside a church in central Damascus, leaving at least 20 people dead and 52 wounded in Syria’s first major suicide attack since the fall of the Assad regime. The attack targeted the Saint Elias church in the Dwelaa district […]
By Daanish Anand The government issued a clarification after reports that the Boeing Dreamliner’s black boxes were being sent to the US for analysis. NEW DELHI: The Union civil aviation ministry on Thursday said the probe into the Air India AI -171 crash, is progressing steadily in India, with the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau ...
