By Joke Kujenya MOST UNITED States troops deployed for a joint counterterrorism mission in Nigeria’s Lake Chad Basin have been withdrawn following the conclusion of the operation, while intelligence sharing and other security support for Nigeria will continue. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Commander of US Air Forces in Europe Air For...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter WIDESPREAD KILLINGS, abductions and the destruction of places of worship marked the first six months of 2026, according to revelations contained in the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (ISCLRL)’s 2026 Midyear Report released in Enugu on Thursday, July 2. JKNewsMedia.com ...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter PROCEEDINGS FROM more than 400 suspected terrorists commenced another phase of mass trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the exercise is expected to last one week, with multiple judges presiding over simultaneous hearings in different courtrooms due to the ...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reports ABOUT 200 Islamic State linked terrorists have been eliminated and several high-profile commanders neutralised in coordinated Nigerian and United States (US) military operations across Nigeria’s North-East. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the operation is said to involved months of intelligence gathering...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter ILLICIT DRUG consignments concealed in water purifier machines shipped from the Netherlands to Lagos have been uncovered by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), while officers also intercepted military grade ammunition in Kaduna and arrested suspected drug traffickers in se...
By Joke Kujenya While politicians fight for power, many Nigerian children remain trapped in kidnappers’ dens. How does any leader sleep comfortably knowing this? SOMEWHERE IN Nigeria tonight, a child is crying in a forest. Not because of hunger alone. Not because of cold alone. But because fear has become the only language that child [&hellip...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter HOPE, RESILIENCE and inclusion formed the centre of President Bola Tinubu’s Children’s Day message as he celebrated Nigerian children and directed intensified rescue operations for abducted pupils and teachers across the country. JKNewsMedia.com reports that speaking on May 27, 2026, Tinubu celebrate...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter RAGING INSECURITY across Nigeria has drawn renewed concern after a United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) assessment estimated that about 30,000-armed Fulani militants operate in multiple regions of the country. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the commission, in its May 202...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter MORE THAN 20 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters have been killed in multiple United States (US)-Nigeria air strikes in Metele, Borno state, the Nigeria Defence Headquarters (NDH) has said. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Samaila Uba, Director of De...
By Oluwabunmi Akande, JKNewsMedia Reporter FORTY-EIGHT individuals and groups have been designated as terrorism financiers in Nigeria’s latest sanctions list, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) directing an immediate asset freeze across the capital market. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the NIGSAC, in a fresh publication on its o...
