By JKNewsMedia GUNFIRE SHATTERED the early hours of Friday in Damaturu when unidentified attackers struck the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) council secretariat in Yobe State, wounding a police officer on duty. The incident occurred at about 2.00am on 19 September 2025 when armed assailants opened fire on the secretariat building. The att...
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 Ambassador Akinyemi Farounbi THE NIGERIAN media has always been more than a chronicler of events. It has been a weapon, a shield, and a voice. Our struggle for independence was not only fought on the streets, but also on the pages of newspapers—through bold agitational columns and powerful editorials that stirred the conscience of [&hellip...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent GLOBAL JOURNALIST, George Otumu has reflected on his childhood, education, career milestones and the challenges he faced in over three decades of investigative reporting. He recounted how his early life in Abeokuta, Ogun State, laid the foundation for a career that later earned him internationa...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent  RENOWNED FOR decades of impactful work in journalism and governance, Gbenga Omotoso has become a central figure in Nigeria’s media and public communication space. His career reflects a blend of editorial leadership, public service, and mentorship that continues to shape both journalism and gov...
By Juliana Francis, Securitynewsalert.com MS. ENE Oshaba, an investigative journalist with Blueprint Newspaper, has become a reporter to watch, earning admiration not only for her fearless fieldwork but also for doing so while caring for her nursing baby. Driven by her strong advocacy for exclusive breastfeeding, Oshaba often takes her baby al...
By JKNewsMedia SUBMISSIONS HAVE opened for the 34th Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME), with entries invited across 25 categories that span reporting, commentary, documentary-drama, aesthetics, and overall awards. The organisers led by Mr. Lanre Idowu, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Editor-in-Chief, Diamond Publications Ltd, confir...
