A currently serving National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member posted to one of the Southwest states in Nigeria, JUMMIA EMMANUEL, JKNewsMedia Reporter, recounts her daily experience as water vanished, power failed and snakes crept into living spaces after she and some colleagues were unable to travel to their home states and remained at their ...
By Joke Kujenya PERSISTENT VIOLENCE against women and girls continues to undermine human rights, equality and development, with speakers warning that global efforts remain far from meeting agreed targets at a session co-hosted by CeHDI, Women Deliver Conference 2026, IPPF, ARROW, WGNRR, APCAT Media and CNS. At a SHE & Rights session held d...
. . .As bandits deploy a drone in Kogi, attacks continue in many northern states. By Ogalah Dunamis, Premium Times THE FAINT mechanical buzz that drifted across Ejiba, a community in Yagba West Area of Kogi State, sometime between 8 and 9 a.m. on Sunday, was unusual enough to make residents look up. In this […]
She set out to collect the certificate that would seal her academic journey. Instead, Temitope Akinwale, then 25, now 33, found herself fighting for survival in a swampy forest, blindfolded, terrified, and praying through four days of captivity, as she recounts her traumatising ordeal to JKNewsMedia Reporter, HELEN OKECHUKWU. FAINT TRACES of ...
Joke Kujenya JOYCE EYABA, 39, lives in a small rural town in Potiskum, Yobe State, in the northeastern part of Nigeria. For years, sharing with jknewsmedia.com, she said she has endured repeated physical and emotional abuse from her husband, which often left her with bruises hidden under long sleeves and silent nights spent worrying about [&h...
By Taiwo Obe I AM Elder Ubong Obot. I am an elder of The Apostolic Church. I am from Ikot Akpabin in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Poor background, breadwinner-mum’s death I am from a poor family with my mother, Elsie Bassey Obot, a strong businesswoman, as the backbone. She used […]
FOR MANY expectant mothers, the dream of a less painful labour is a deeply held hope. In Ibadan, Oyo State, that hope can turn into horror when childbirth is accompanied by an act of mutilation disguised as tradition. Women in labour have not only endured pain but have also been subjected to the debilitating age-old […]
By Joke Kujenya PAIN, ONCE thought to be a post-birth experience, begins far earlier, according to the Kingdom of Eswatini’s Ministry of Health study just released. The Ministry’s neonatal care clinical study has revealed that babies can feel pain while still in the womb dubbing it a finding that is reshaping how health practitioners approach ...
When the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015 (VAPP) was signed into law, many women’s rights advocates believed it would finally end dehumanising practices against widows. But 11 years on, the cruel ritual that inflicts physical and psychological pain on mourning wives still thrives in parts of Nigeria, taking on a new, sneaky, si...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter TO SAFEGUARD aquatic ecosystems and prevent environmental degradation across Nigeria, the Basel Coordinating Centre for the Africa Region (BCCCAfrica), Nigeria Chapter, has trained more than 300 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members to lead a nationwide campaign against plastic pollution. The tra...
