By Aisha Mahmud, JKNewsMedia Intern BURDEN OF survival has fallen on 25-year-old Queen Isah as she faces illness and poverty in Nasarawa while catering for her siblings. She is single-handedly raising her two younger siblings amid poverty, health crises, and abandonment after their mother was imprisoned for alleged fraud. Queen Isah wakes eac...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE WORLD Health Organization (WHO) has unveiled a sweeping restructuring of its global operations as it grapples with a projected salary gap of up to US$ 650 million for the 2026–27 biennium—largely triggered by the United States’ decision to halt its assessed contributions. In a direct address to ...
By Joke Kujenya ON HOSPITAL wards in Ogbomoso, Osun State, Nigeria—where the realities of HIV and malaria overlap daily—scientists have uncovered new insights into how Plasmodium falciparum behaves in immunocompromised individuals. New research has revealed that malaria parasites found in people living with HIV (PLWH) show unexpectedly low ge...
By Rosheedat Akinkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter AFTER YEARS navigating academic hurdles, students often dream of the moment they would finally bid campus life goodbye. That moment arrived in full colour at Ekiti State University, where hope mingled with pride as 15,961 graduates celebrated a defining chapter in the institution’s 29th convocation...
By Al Humphrey Onyanabo THERE COMES a point when a situation becomes so dire that silence is no longer an option. That point is now — and the crisis is tomatoes and peppers. Yes, the very foundation of Nigerian cuisine, the lifeblood of every stew, soup, jollof rice, and porridge. We are sounding the alarm […]
By Saturday Punch Newspaper SOME DOMESTIC workers of ex-First Lady, Patience Jonathan, who are being held in the Okaka Custodial Centre, Bayelsa State, have decried their maltreatment and delayed trial, saying they are undergoing hardship and torture. Two of the workers, who spoke exclusively to Saturday PUNCH on Friday, begged for help, sayi...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter IN A scathing critique of international financial institutions, Akinbode Oluwafemi, Executive Director of Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), presented a damning report that unveils how World Bank-backed water privatisation reforms have failed to address Nigeria’s growi...
By Joke Kujenya MARCH 30 yearly is a day of global significance in health care—it’s National Doctors’ Day, set to recognize the dedication, expertise, and compassion of physicians who tirelessly serve individuals and communities worldwide. The origins of National Doctors’ Day trace back to 1933, when Charles B. Almond, a medical director, led ...
By Gbemiga Ogunleye IF LIKE me, you have this bad habit of reading every inscription on buses or on walls, you probably would have seen this inscription on hospital walls: WE CARE; GOD HEALS! That was what I remembered that Saturday morning in Kaduna, as I lay on the surgeon’s operating table. I silently prayed […]
By Joke Kujenya IN NIGERIA, children of incarcerated parents remain among the most overlooked victims of the justice system, facing stigma, trauma, and economic hardship. This inspired a youth-led initiative, Hope for Children Left Behind (HfCLB), to take decisive steps to advocate for these children’s rights and welfare, shedding light on a g...
