Woman Book Review Book: Woman, You Are Important Author: Blessing Abraham Publishers: Kabod Broadcasting, Lagos Number of Pages: 224 Reviewer: Banji Ojewale FORMER SECRETARY-General of the United Nations, Ghana’s Kofi Annan (1938-2018), said, ‘’There is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.’’ Nations across the...
By Tinuade Ogunlesi, newspotng.com “Men are naturally dependent on their wives. And they grow old and age gracefully when they are happy. What makes a man happy? A wife who respects him, cares for him and stays with him to watch over the children as they excel. When a woman makes life miserable for her […]
By Abrar Fayaz and Muqeet Mohammed Shah, Aljazeera Media Institute Shrinking press freedom, poor wages, and dwindling opportunities have placed Nigerian journalism on a similar path to Kashmir’s, where censorship and political interference erode the very principles taught in classrooms. Across Nigeria, young graduates face unemployment or set...
By Faith Obams, JKNewsMedia Intern CONCERNS OVER adolescent reproductive health and gender inequality in Nigeria have been heightened with new figures showing that 15 percent of girls aged 15 to 19 are either mothers or currently pregnant. The Federal Government disclosed this on Tuesday during the validation and adoption of Nigeria’s first N...
In Nigeria’s southeast, fear is palpable, and human rights have taken a back seat due to a grim new reality. Young, able-bodied men vanish without a trace after being arrested by joint law enforcement operatives. For the women left behind, wives, daughters, mothers, and sisters, life has become a haunting echo of the classic play […]
By Claire Mom, thecable.ng REPORTS OF a military coup in Cameroon ousting President Paul Biya have gone viral on social media. On Tuesday, jimmoexpress37, a TikTok account, posted an eight-minute video claiming that the Cameroonian military has taken over, leaving Biya nowhere to be found. The video has gathered over 41.2k views, 1.1k likes, ...
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...
