By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu ANAMBRA NORTH senatorial constituency comprises seven Local Government Areas (LGAs). These are: Anambra East, Anambra West, Anyamelum, Ogbaru, Onitsha North, Onitsha South, and Oyi. The contest to represent it in the election to the Senate in 2007 turned out to be memorable for all the wrong reasons. Voting in the elec...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE GOVERNMENT of United Kingdom (UK) has said it is preparing to tighten visa rules for citizens of countries with high rates of overstaying, potentially affecting applicants from Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. An internal assessment by the Home Office identified a pattern of individuals from the...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE THERE IS the saying, to wit, “an elder running in the afternoon: if he is not pursuing something, something is pursuing him” As was wont our practice, we rubbed minds as those of us who were friends and aides sat at table with Governor Ayodele Fayose at Osuntokun House, as the Ekiti […]
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter ABOUT 90 newly qualified medical technicians have bolstered the Nigerian Air Force’s health corps following their graduation from the School of Medical Sciences and Aviation Medicine in Kaduna. The graduates—drawn from the Sundry Medical A1 Upgrading Course 6/2025 and Basic Medical Course 3/2025—com...
By Owei Lakemfa CAN YOU imagine being born 50 years ago with poison in your system; assured that the only remedy is death? That was the fate of about three million Vietnamese who were sprayed herbicides called Agent Orange, specially manufactured by the United States, (US), to ensure the victims were not only exterminated but […]
By JKNewsMedia BANKLY’s STRUGGLE to maintain liquidity and serve customers reliably has prompted a significant intervention from C-One Ventures Platform, which has agreed to acquire the Nigerian microfinance bank’s licences, technology, and key operational assets. The deal marks a critical juncture for the embattled fintech, once hailed for d...
By Joke Kujenya AS WORLD Malaria Day marked its April 25, 2025, observance yesterday, millions of lives around the world hung in the balance. Mosquito nets sway limply over worn mattresses in the small community of Ayobo, Ipaja, in a semi-remote Lagos State, where Hafsat Musa, 29, clutches her three-year-old daughter. Just weeks ago, Hafsat, ...
By Kelen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter TEACHER EDUCATION in Nigeria is set for a major transformation as Federal Colleges of Education (FCOEs) begin awarding bachelor’s degrees alongside the National Certificate in Education (NCE) from September 2025. This shift follows the 2023 passage of the Dual Mandate Act, allowing FCOEs to offer both ...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE WORLD Bank has forecast a troubling increase in poverty levels in Nigeria over the next five years, projecting a rise of 3.6 percentage points by 2027. The projection, revealed in the Bank’s latest Africa’s Pulse report, comes during the ongoing Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fu...
By Joke Kujenya ON HOSPITAL wards in Ogbomoso, Osun State, Nigeria—where the realities of HIV and malaria overlap daily—scientists have uncovered new insights into how Plasmodium falciparum behaves in immunocompromised individuals. New research has revealed that malaria parasites found in people living with HIV (PLWH) show unexpectedly low ge...
