By Bolanle BOLAWOLE “In Japan, a corrupt person kills himself. In China, they kill him. In Europe, they jail him. (But) In Africa, he presents himself for election!”– Prof. PLO Lumumba. WHY WILL a person accused of corruption in Japan kill himself even before he is hauled before the court, tried, found guilty, and sentenced? […]...
By Bola BOLAWOLE NIGERIANS ARE feverishly preparing for another General Election. Presidential and National Assembly elections have been slated for Saturday, 16 January, 2027 while governorship and state House of Assembly elections come up two weeks after – on Saturday, 6 February, 2027. The elections will gulp over a trillion Naira; yet...
By Joke Kujenya THE MEDICAL evacuation of the Ebola patient and her husband to Switzerland has left Nigeria with no active case of the disease, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Mohamed Janabi. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Janabi disclosed this in a statement on his official X handle on Monday, ...
By Owei Lakemfa PRESIDENT BOLA Ahmed Tinubu this week featured prominently in the newest theatre of the absurd staged by Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Jimoh Folorunsho Ibrahim. The stage was the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, where, on October 19, 2026, Ibrahim presented the seven-volume UN 2027 draf...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter ESCALATING INSECURITY and conflict have driven the number of Nigerian refugees abroad up by 36 per cent in six years to 478,150, with the sharpest increase recorded in 2025 despite increasingly restrictive immigration policies in major destination countries. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the latest repor...
By JKNewsMedia CURRENTLY, PUBLIC disposition towards campaign conversations remains largely positive. Our tracking also reveals a relatively significant level of negative sentiment, further reinforcing that Nigerians are engaging with both dimensions of reaction, either opposing or supporting the meanings embedded in these conversations. R...
By JKNewsMedia Introduction: Analysts have urged Nigerians to critically assess campaign messages from political actors and their supporters to make informed decisions ahead of the 2027 elections. AWAY FROM tracking the activities of political and electoral actors, in this current tracking, we examined how Nigerians are processing and reactin...
NDEYA LIVE | Security Update | 4–12 Oct 2026 By Rimmande Shawulu – Zamfara hit twice in 6 days: Bindin camp and mine (5 Oct, 25+ soldiers killed per eyewitnesses), Bukkuyum convoy (11 Oct, 13 killed per AFP) – Lakurawa: Kebbi superhighway site (3 killed), Borgu, Niger State (11 killed incl. 4 vigilantes) – ISWAP: […]
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s ELECTORAL commission has pledged to keep artificial intelligence under human oversight during the 2027 General Elections, warning that deepfakes, cloned audio and digital impersonation could undermine voters’ ability to make informed choices. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Chairman of the In...
By Bola BOLAWOLE “I am of the opinion that our elections suffer from a combination of leadership, followership, and structural problems. Systems alone will not cure it all!” OUR PEOPLE are fond of comparing notes, especially concerning things that work perfectly elsewhere – so it seems or so we think – against similar t...
