By JKNewsMedia Reporter CONCERNS OVER Nigeria’s stability and the safety of Christians have prompted a warning from United States lawmaker Riley Moore. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Moore insisted a united Nigeria remains the best option for residents and citizens and cautioned that any move to destabilise the country could strengthen terroris...
By JKNewsMedia DEFEAT OF terrorism and banditry formed the centrepiece of President Bola Tinubu’s address on Monday as he declared the threats unacceptable and foreign to Nigeria’s values. JKNewsMedia.com reports that declaring open the Second National Economic Council Conference (SNECC) at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, the Presid...
By JKNewsMedia Reporter CONDEMNATION OVER the killing of more than 160 people in Kwara State has come from the Embassy of Israel in Nigeria, which described the incident as a horrific act of violence against innocent civilians. A statement shared on the mission’s X handle on Friday said the embassy expressed deep sympathy with the […]...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter COCAINED CONCEALED inside the body of a China bound passenger triggered a string of arrests and seizures nationwide as operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted multiple drug consignments and dismantled a synthetic cannabis facility. NDLEA operatives arrested a 62-year-o...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent  THE FEDERAL government clarified that United States (US) military personnel in Nigeria are non-combat advisers providing intelligence and training support at its request, Defence Minister Rtd Gen Christopher Musa said. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the statement followed an announcement by the ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent EXPANDED MILITARY cooperation between Washington and Abuja has led to the deployment of a small United States (US) military team to Nigeria to address terrorism and related security threats, the US military confirmed. JKNewsMedia.com reports that General Dagvin R.M. Anderson, Commander of US-Af...
By JKNewsMedia Reporter CALLS FOR a strong national response and sustained support for an alternative development programme dominated a briefing by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa retired, as he urged stakeholders to curb illicit cannabis cultivation, up...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent TERRORISM-RELATED charges have been filed against nine men accused of carrying out a deadly attack on Yelwata community in Nigeria’s central Benue state that killed about 150 people. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Nigerian prosecutors on Monday brought 57 counts at the Federal High Court (FHC) in...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent VIOLENT CONFRONTATIONS erupted at the Lagos State House of Assembly (LHA) as Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) condemned what it described as the violent, unlawful and deeply reprehensible actions of the Lagos State Government (LASG) and the Nigerian Police Force ...
By Ofem John, JKNewsMedia Intern SEVEN SUSPECTED human traffickers have been arrested in Calabar, Cross River State, during an intelligence led operation carried out by troops of Headquarters 13 Brigade of the Nigerian Army in collaboration with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). Disclosing this develop...
