By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FORMER NIGERIAN President Goodluck Jonathan has been escorted from Guinea-Bissau by military personnel as political instability deepened following a contested presidential election. Jonathan was in the country as part of a joint election observer mission deployed by the African Union (AU), ECOW...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent RISING INSECURITY across the country has prompted the federal government to declare a nationwide security emergency, accompanied by the immediate expansion of police and armed forces personnel. The statement authorised by Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu urged the police to recruit an addi...
By Joyce Eyaba, JKNewsMedia Reporter CLOSED-DOOR deliberations in Ibadan signalled a decisive shift in the security stance of the South-West Governors’ Forum (S-WGF) on Monday, as leaders of the six states jointly declared that the establishment of state police “can no longer be delayed” and unveiled a new framework for regional security coor...
TERRORISM AND Insurgency have ravaged Nigeria since 2009 when Boko Haram turned violent after its establishment in 2002 by the Late Mohammed Yusuf. Churches have been viciously attacked and many Christians killed in the Northern and North-Central parts of the country almost on a daily basis. Tens of thousands of Nigerians have been killed with...
By Babafemi Ojudu THERE WAS a time when this country walked tall, not because it was without problems, but because it possessed the will, the confidence, and the inner organs that responded to danger. Today, Nigeria staggers. Not in dramatic collapse, but in a slow, humiliating wobble, like a wounded giant searching desperately for a […...
By Owei Lakemfa AS THE year 2025 rolls to a close, there are citizens of the United States planning, in the new year, to charge their country with genocide against its “Black, Brown and Indigenous Peoples.” The Peoples’ Senate, one of the movements engaged in the “National Mobilisation Against Genocides”, declared that to mark the […]...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PROGRESS IN Nigeria’s tobacco control efforts formed the core of the country’s presentation at the ongoing 11th Session of the Conference of Parties to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Geneva, where the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfar...
By Eniola Olatunji reporting for Patmos Media Line …Leopard of Congo Shocks Indomitable Lions of Cameroon With a Lone Goal Victory THE SUPER Eagles of Nigeria left it late to ride the back of Panthers of Gabon into the finals of the African qualifier of the world cup play off with a sensational 4-1 win […]
By JKNewsMedia THE UNITED Arab Emirates (UAE) has reaffirmed its commitment to support the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and deepen collaboration in combating substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in Nigeria. The assurance was delivered during a courtesy visit by the UAE Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency Salem Saeed ...
By Joke Kujenya HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS intensified as 180 vulnerable Nigerians returned from Libya to Lagos amid renewed global scrutiny of the North African country’s human rights record. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed the return in a statement on Wednesday, disclosing that the repatriation flight arrived at the C...
