By Joke Kujenya FOCUS ON mentorship and wellbeing shaped the maiden Female Journalists Timeout convened under the initiative of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) as part of activities marking Women’s Month. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the ace broadcaster and veteran journalist, Mrs. Bimbo Oloyede arrived first, fol...
By Joke Kujenya MILLIONS OF preventable child deaths continue despite decades of progress, with new estimates showing 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, including 2.3 million newborns. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the figures, released in a new report titled Levels and Trends in Child Mortality, show most of these ...
By JKNewsMedia APOLOGIES TO our much-respected audience. While silence is often read as absence, that wasn’t the case with us. Inside JKNewsMedia.com, it signalled something else, while we couldn’t not help the situation due to another important engagement; it also affords us the time to pause to rethink, recalibrate, and return w...
By Joke Kujenya STRUCTURAL BARIERS limiting women’s advancement in the legal profession prompted a high-level roundtable dialogue in Lagos convened by East Africa Media Group (EAMG) in partnership with The Voice and Verdict Fellowship #Difference She Makes. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the event, titled “Unlocking Women’s Leadership in Law: Fr...
By Joke Kujenya MORNING ROUTINES rarely travel beyond the kitchen. A banana is peeled, eaten, and the day moves on. Yet on farms thousands of miles away, the plant that produced that fruit leaves behind a thick, water-heavy trunk, the pseudostem, that may soon reappear as part of a T-shirt, a notebook or even a […]
By Joke Kujenya PAINFUL MEMORIES, missed classrooms and broken childhoods framed the mood as survivors, nurses and advocates gathered ahead of the United Nation’s women’s summit, warning that millions of girls remain at risk of genital cutting and menstrual neglect despite world leaders’ promises to end both by 2030, with barely 58 months lef...
By JKNewsMedia COURSE DECISIONS rank among the most important steps in a student’s academic journey, shaping career prospects, personal growth, and long-term fulfilment. Yet many students fall into avoidable traps driven by pressure, limited information, or unrealistic expectations, mistakes that can lead to frustration and poor performance. J...
By JKNewsMedia SELECTING A university in Nigeria demands careful assessment of accreditation, course quality, fees, and campus environment. JKNewsMedia.com writes that the National Universities Commission (NUC) must fully accredit both the institution and the chosen course to ensure certificates are recognised by employers or professional bodi...
By Joke Kujenya NKECHI OKOLI, 55, was getting ready for her banking work when she paused in front of the mirror in her room but this time, longer than usual. It wasn’t one deep line or a dramatic change, she said. Just a tiny shift in the way her face looked in the early morning […]
By Joke Kujenya IN TODAY’s world, cheaper sugary drinks and alcoholic beverages are driving rising rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancers and injuries as weak tax systems keep harmful products affordable, particularly for children and young adults. The World Health Organization (WHO), in its latest newsletter, notes that con...
