By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia THE NIGERIAN Guild of Editors (NGE) has raised alarm over the growing hardship confronting citizens, citing the strain of economic reforms, persistent insecurity, the crisis in education, and increasing threats to press freedom. In a communiqué released at the end of its Standing Committee Meeting in Owerri, Im...
By Joke Kujenya HIGH-LEVEL talks between United States (US) President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded in Alaska on Friday without an agreement on a ceasefire in Ukraine, despite both leaders describing the meeting as constructive. The three-hour summit, their first in-person encounter since 2019, produced expressio...
By Joke Kujenya UNITED STATES (US) President Donald Trump has pledged he will not conduct business with Russia until the war in Ukraine is resolved, as he heads to Anchorage, Alaska, for a high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said the talks would focus […...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent United States (US) President Donald Trump has signalled plans to impose sharply higher tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals, warning that rates could climb to as much as 250 percent within 18 months. In an interview with CNBC on Tuesday, Trump said the duties would start at a lower rate before ...
By Joke Kujenya SWEEPING REVISIONS to the United States of America (USA) visa process will soon require most non-immigrant applicants, including those seeking H-1B visas, to attend in-person interviews. The US Department of State confirmed that effective 2 September 2025, exemptions introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic will be rescinded, r...
By Joke Kujenya DEPLOYMENT ORDERS for two United States (U.S.) nuclear submarines have been issued by President Donald Trump in response to increasingly hostile exchanges with Russia’s former president Dmitry Medvedev. He remarked that the move signals a stark escalation in nuclear posturing as diplomatic tensions deepen over the war in Ukrai...
By Joke Kujenya MOUNTING PENSIONS between Washington and Pretoria have cast doubt over United States (US) President Donald Trump’s attendance at the upcoming G20 summit in South Africa this November. Speaking aboard Air Force One, Trump indicated he might delegate representation to another official, citing continued opposition to South Africa...
By Joke Kujenya UNITED STATES (US) President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday announced a transatlantic tariff agreement to avoid a full-scale trade war, hours before a White House-imposed deadline that threatened sweeping new levies on EU exports. The deal, reached during a one-hour bilateral meet...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent REDEMPTION CAME from 12 yards as Chloe Kelly converted the decisive penalty to crown England champions of Europe once again, following a tense 3-1 shoot-out victory over Spain after a 1-1 draw in the Women’s Euro 2025 final in Basel. Six of the Lionesses had been travelling a long road [&hellip...
By Joke Kujenya APPLUCANTS SEEKING asylum, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), or parole in the United States (US) will now face a revised fee structure as the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) rolls out sweeping changes to immigration-related charges effective July 22, 2025. Announced through a Federal Register notice ...
