By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent CALLS FOR increased investment in integrated health services to address the growing burden of severe noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) echoed across the 75th session of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa, where ministers of health and partners gathered to discuss ur...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu has renewed Nigeria’s call for Africa to secure permanent representation on the United Nations Security Council, declaring that the continent deserves equal privileges in global decision-making. Speaking at the plenary session on peace and stability during the 9th Tokyo Internation...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correpondent NIGERIANS APPLYING for United States (US) visas will now be required to provide details of their social media accounts from the past five years, according to a new directive by the US Mission in Nigeria. The mission confirmed the updated policy in a statement issued on Monday, noting that the [&...
By JKNewsMedia A SPIRITED gathering in Abuja commemorated Venezuela’s 214th year of independence as the Bolivarian Republic’s embassy in Nigeria hosted diplomats, civil society leaders and activists in a defiant celebration of sovereignty and solidarity. Venezuela’s Independence Day, marked annually on 5th July, honours the 1811 declaration t...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE DRIVE to transform Africa’s energy future gained fresh momentum as the European Union renewed its commitment to supporting African institutions in building robust regulatory frameworks and unlocking the potential of renewable energy and cross-border electricity trade. Speaking in Addis-Abab...
A new World Health Organisation (WHO) report and a powerful declaration from the World Conference on Tobacco Control reignite global calls to hold the tobacco industry liable in order to end decades of deadly deception, Joke Kujenya reports. INSIDE A brightly lit hall in Ireland, delegates from over 100 countries stood and applauded, not for [...
By Joke Kujenya with agency reports SHATTERED STOREFRONTS, gutted buildings, and smoke-stained skies marked the aftermath of Kenya’s most violent protests in a year, as the government accused demonstrators of seeking regime change and rights groups reported a mounting death toll. Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen claimed protesters aimed t...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter TERRORIST NETWORKS operating across the Sahel are intensifying efforts to push southward toward West Africa’s coastline, raising urgent alarms over potential coastal access that could supercharge smuggling, arms trafficking, and transnational terrorism. The warning came from United States Africa Com...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter HISTORY IS made as Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah assumes office as the nation’s first female president. Her inauguration on Friday reinforces the ruling South-West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)’s decades-long political dominance following her decisive victory in the November 2024 elections. Nandi-Nd...
By Paul Ejime THE crippling fuel shortages in Niger and the change in thinking towards development aid by the developed World are clear warnings to Africa on the urgent need to deepen regional integration, and more so for the self-proclaimed Alliance of Sahel States, AES countries, making a public show of quitting the Economic Community [&hell...
