By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter YEARS OF uncertainty over Nigeria’s $6.02 million in seized arms funds have ended with a US court ruling in favour of the West African nation. The funds were confiscated in 2014 after an arms broker attempted to sell military equipment to Nigeria without proper licensing, violating the United States...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter A POLITICAL and humanitarian era ended on Sunday as former United States President Jimmy Carter passed away at 100 in Plains, Georgia, surrounded by family. The Carter Center confirmed the news, marking the end of a life committed to service both in and out of office. Carter, who led the […]
By Joke Kujenya HEALTH CONCERNS are rising as the flu continues to spread across the United States. A former US President Bill Clinton, aged 78, has been discharged from MedStar Georgetown University Hospital after being treated for flu-related symptoms. Clinton was admitted on Monday following a fever and underwent testing and observation, a...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter GHANA’s PRESIDENT-Elect, John Dramani Mahama, is paying Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu a visit at the State House in Abuja. The courtesy visit is coming a week after Ghana’s Electoral Commission declared Mahama, of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the winner of the 2024 presidential ele...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s LEADER, President Bola Tinubu, played host to German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier during a significant three-day state visit to Nigeria. The meeting, held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Wednesday, underscored the strengthening of diplomatic and economic ties between the tw...
By JKNewsMedia NIGERIANS APPLYING for immigrant visas to the United States will face a new two-visit process at the U.S. Consulate in Lagos starting 1 January 2025. This updated procedure, announced by the U.S. Embassy on Tuesday via its X handle, aims to streamline the visa application process and minimise delays caused by incomplete document...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter GHANA’s 2024 presidential election has concluded with the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, John Mahama, declared president-elect. The Electoral Commission (EC) announced that Mahama secured over 50% of the votes, defeating the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate, Mahamadu Bawumia, by a s...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s PRESIDENT, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has congratulated Ghana’s President-elect, John Dramani Mahama, on his victory in the December 7 general elections. Tinubu, who is the current Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), expressed confidence that Mahama’s sec...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter EFFORTS TO enhance trade and investment relations between Nigeria and South Africa took a significant step forward on Tuesday. The two nations fully operationalized the Joint Ministerial Advisory Council on Industry, Trade, and Investment, an initiative first introduced during President Cyril Ramapho...
By JKNewsMedia LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES and allegations of voter disenfranchisement marred Namibia’s recent presidential election, culminating in the historic election of Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as the country’s first female president. Nandi-Ndaitwah, representing the ruling SWAPO party, won 57% of the vote, surpassing the required majority. Her c...
