By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE INTERNATIONAL Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it has registered more than 284,000 missing persons worldwide as a result of armed conflicts, disasters, and migration, stressing that the figure represents only documented cases and does not capture the true scale of the humanitarian challenge. T...
By Temitope Ajayi When Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba addressed African leaders and multilateral development partners who converged on the port city of Yokohama at the just-concluded 9th Tokyo International Conference, he was clear about the impending mission. Delving into the summit’s history, which started in 1993 as his launching pad,...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu has departed Brasília, Brazil, for Abuja after concluding a high-level state visit focused on strengthening bilateral cooperation between Nigeria and Brazil. The presidential jet departed from Brasília International Airport Air Force Base at about 12:57 p.m. local time on ...
By Bola BOLAWOLE (Published in TREASURES column in New Telegraph newspaper edition of Wednesday, 27 August, 2025). “MORNING, THEY say, shows the day! For your information, two other buy-and-sell elections are coming up very soon, one in Ekiti and the other in Osun. That’s where the vultures are heading right now!” “Do you still remember [&he...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent COMMITMENTS TO deepen collaboration in solid minerals formed the focus of deliberations between Nigeria’s Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, and officials of the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) in Yokohama, Japan. The discussions, which took place...
By JKNewsMedia STAKEHOLDERS IN Nigeria’s education sector will gather later this month for Eduthrive, a two-day conference organised by Fidelity Bank Plc to equip school owners with strategies for growth and sustainability in the new academic session. The event, themed “Positioning Your School for Growth”, will run from 28 to 29 August 2025 a...
By Sunday Dare Three visits in less than a year. That is not mere coincidence, it is deliberate strategy. And as usual, disingenuous reportage from a section of the press is insinuating some obsession of President Tinubu with Brazil. Well, Yes. But It is an obsession in pursuit of economic partnerships and opportunities for Nigeria. […...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES have arrested a 55-year-old kingpin, Mohammed Ali Abubakar, also known as Bello Karama, along with five members of his syndicate at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) in Kano. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said the group was responsibl...
By JKNewsMedia A LARGE-scale tree-planting exercise has been launched at Bodo City Girls Secondary School in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State through a partnership between Polaris Bank and the Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF). The project is aimed at tackling carbon emissions and promoting sustainable environmental practices ...
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu IN 1981, Chief Gani Fawehinmi was already 16 years at the Nigerian Bar and one of its brightest stars. He had also become a pioneer in the enterprise of legal publishing and a breakout litigator. One decade earlier, […]...
