By Owei Lakemfa THE ARE intense discussions going on in Nigeria. Is the United States of America, United States of Nigeria (USA) preparing to attack? If it is, what are the targets? A Government increasingly incapable of securing lives and property? The people, so terrified that they self-impose movement restrictions? Terrorists roaming aroun...
By Owei Lakemfa ALIKO DANGOTE has become the first African-born billionaire to reach and surpass a $30 billion net worth. This October, 2025, with a new valuation gain of $430 million, he achieved a net worth of $30.3 billion. But his on-going quixotic contestations with the Nigerian Constitution and the United Nations Universal Declaration of...
By Owei Lakemfa The resolve, determination, precision and speed with which the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) took on Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, frightened the ruling elites. They clearly had written off the Nigerian working people and their ability to strike if necessary. The elites had com...
By Owei Lakemfa JANUARY 8, 1959. CUBAN youths led by a 34-year-old bearded lawyer, Fidel Castro, drove in a convoy into Havana. A week earlier, the dictatorship of Batista, propped by bayonets, had collapsed. Fidel, the leader of the triumphant youths, then began his drive from his Santiago base at the head of a convoy […]
By Owei Lakemfa YUSUF BALA Usman, noted historian, fiery politician, co-author of the 1977 Minority Report of the Nigerian Constitution and prolific writer, departed on September 24, 2005. Given his role in the Nigerian life, intellectual prowess and mentorship of generations, were he alive, what would he be telling Nigerians? Those who were ...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter NOT A few Nigerians are grappling with escalating economic challenges, affecting their livelihoods and consequently, their mental health. Mustapha Musa, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member in Omoku, confesses he faces an uphill battle. His dream of becoming a photographer was dashed when his ph...
By Bola BOLAWOLE IT IS a terrible thing when a man’s expectations are cut off. Proverbs 23: 18 says: “For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off” (King James version). Proverbs 24: 14 also says: “So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to thy soul: when thou hast found […]
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNMedia Reporter PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu has issued a stern directive targeting civil servants who have relocated abroad but continue to draw salaries from the Nigerian government without formally resigning. This announcement came during the award night organized by the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Feder...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE LAST WEEK Wednesday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu marked the second Democracy Day in office. Ordinarily it ought to have been an occasion of great celebration for Tinubu in particular for his pro-democracy credentials and the role he played, known and unknown, to shift Democracy Day from May 29 to June 12. Unfortunately, [&h...
By Joke Kujenya AN URGENT advisory to Nigerians has been renewed by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), cautioning against the perilous practice of using hazardous chemicals to preserve food items. The agency’s latest alert highlights issued Sunday morning, present the grave dangers associated with ...
