By JKNewsMedia THE CENTRE for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) has announced the opening of entries for the 2025 edition of its Excellence in Journalism Awards, calling on journalists, fact-checkers, editors, and media organisations across West Africa to submit their work. Now in its second year, CJID said the award celebrates out...
By Hope Gift, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE NIGERIAN media community will gather in Lagos this week to honour the memory of Evelyn Eseoghene Osagie, Assistant Editor, Arts at The Nation newspaper, whose death has been described as a painful loss to journalism and culture reporting. Her family, in collaboration with the Nigerian Media, Art & Cul...
By Lanre Idowu THE PASSAGE of Dr. Doyin Abiola (nee Aboaba) on 5th August has rightly elicited an outpouring of tributes on her place in history. It is not an exaggeration to say no woman has matched her influence in Nigerian journalism history, and few men have surpassed it. Throughout her lifetime, she was a […]
By Femi Adesina WHEN YOU have a Bachelor’s degree in English and Drama tucked in your belt and follow up with higher degrees in Communication Studies up to doctoral level, you are poised to conquer the world of journalism. And that was what she did. Dr Doyin Abiola (née Aboaba) took Nigerian journalism by storm. […]
By Hope Gift, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE NIGERIAN Meteorological Agency has issued a weather outlook warning of thunderstorms and rainfall across the country between Monday and Wednesday. According to the forecast released on Sunday in Abuja, isolated thunderstorms with moderate rainfall are expected on Monday morning over Kaduna, Gombe, Bauchi...
By Joke Kujenya GLOBAL CHOLERA statistics released by the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the disease has killed more people for the second consecutive year, with over 6,000 deaths recorded in 2024 despite cholera being both preventable and treatable. The new data revealed that reported cholera cases rose by 5 per cent and deaths [&...
JKNewsMedia SHAPING THE lives of vulnerable children through education and sound moral guidance has remained central to the mission of Baytur Rahmah Orphan Foundation (BROF), which continues to extend full or partial support to thirty-four orphans across Nigeria. The organisation confirmed that ten of these children are currently pursuing stu...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE FEDERAL Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has reaffirmed that Nigerians will not be required to obtain a separate Tax Identification Number (TIN) before they can open or operate bank accounts under the new framework set to take effect in January 2026. In a statement issued on Saturday, Arabinrin Aderonk...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter MANAGEMENT OF the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), has ordered an end to all social activities extending beyond 6.00pm across its campuses. The directive, contained in a statement signed by the Acting Public Relations Officer, Mr Inya Egwu, followed the incident of 12th September in which a business...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent CROWDS WATCH history unfold at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos on 12th September 2025 when celebrity chef Hilda Baci cooked what she described as the largest pot of jollof rice ever attempted. The Guinness World Record feat, which attracted thousands of supporters, food lovers and fans, has n...
