By Joke Kujenya NEARLY ONE million deaths worldwide are now tied to loneliness, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), which has raised alarm over the escalating health toll of social isolation. One in six people worldwide is affected, as loneliness and social isolation drive up the risk of strokes, heart attacks, diabetes, depress...
By Owei Lakemfa PRESIDENT BOLA Ahmed Tinubu in commemoration of Democracy Day 2025, conferred posthumous national honours on famous writer and environmentalist, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogonis hanged in 1995. I attended part of their trial in Port Harcourt and had no doubt that the Tribunal was working towards a pre-conceived conclusion....
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia NIGERIA’s NATIONAL Drug Law Enforcement Agency holds a pivotal place in shaping Africa’s next strategy on drug control and crime prevention, according to the African Union Commission (AUC). During a strategic assessment visit to the NDLEA national headquarters in Abuja, the Commission said the Agency’s work ...
By Robert Egbe WHEN, DURING the 1920s, the American public began to identify smoking as the cause of their persistent cough, throat irritation, and other related diseases, tobacco companies – fearing a threat to their profits – began a devious media blitz. Using mostly models who posed as doctors, they falsely claimed that cigarettes were [&h...
By Joke Kujenya AFTER MEETING both the Nigerian leader, President Bola Tinubu and Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre, a Nigerian medical student, Bob Chikwem Amadi, has described the moment as profoundly inspiring. On being introduced to the two leaders. Amadi, said President Tinubu’s state visit to Saint Lucia has left a lasting impression on h...
By Joke Kujenya A STARK warning from the World Health Organization (WHO) has reignited calls for urgent global action as rising tobacco industry interference stalls momentum in public health efforts. The new Global Tobacco Epidemic 2025 report, launched at the World Conference on Tobacco Control in Dublin, presents a mixed picture, documentin...
By JKNewsMedia CLARIFYING THE significance of President Bola Tinubu’s state visit to Saint Lucia, Nigerian authorities have emphasised the move as a deliberate diplomatic engagement to strengthen ancestral, cultural, and economic ties between the two nations. The visit comes amid misinformation and misguided public commentary, prompting offic...
Bonface Orucho, Bird Story Agency FROM THE heart of Ghana’s busiest cancer ward, Naomi Oti, a nurse, has spent two decades strengthening cancer care through practice, training, and leadership. Her journey reflects how African professionals across fields are shaping progress with skill, purpose, and vision. At the crack of dawn, long before the...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent MULTIPLE DRUG traffickers including a former international football player, a 72-year-old grandmother, and Europe-based couriers have been arrested in sweeping operations carried out by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) across Lagos, Enugu, Delta, and Kwara States. Operatives at ...
By JKNewsMedia RENOWNED BROADCAST journalist and Channels Media Group Chairman, Dr John Momoh, OON, has urged media professionals to go beyond reporting crises and instead wield their platforms as instruments for nation-building, justice, and inclusion. Addressing journalists, editors, and media executives at the 2025 Nigerian Guild of Editor...
