By Segun Majekodunmi, JKNewsMedia Reporter COMMISSIONING OF Nigeria’s first dedicated Polychlorinated Biphenyls treatment facility in Abuja has drawn commendation from Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), which described the project as a key step in national chemicals and waste management. JKNewsMedia.com reports ...
By JKNewsMedia MENSTRUAL SUPPORT and welfare assistance reached displaced girls and women across three states as the Pad Me A Girl Empowerment Foundation partnered with Access Bank to conduct a multi-location humanitarian outreach from February 6 to 9, 2026. JKNewsMedia.com reports that it was under the Access Pad Me A Girl 2.0 Initiative. Th...
By Joyce Anaba, JKNewsMedia Intern LIMITED HOUSEMANSHIP placements are leaving about 2,000 medical graduates without access to mandatory training each year, the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has disclosed. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the council’s Registrar, Fatimah Kyari, said the Centralised Housemanship System operating in ...
By JKNewsMedia Reporter FRESH CONCERNS over snake safety in homes and neighbourhoods have followed the death of Abuja-based music talent, Ms. Ifunanya Nwangene after a snakebite, as health experts and authorities promptly detailed preventive measures and urgent actions required when bites occur. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Nwangene, a sopran...
By Joke Kujenya SUDDENLY, CARE becomes urgent in Gummi as the rainy season drives a surge of complicated malaria cases, filling the wards of the Doctors Without Borders or Médecins Sans Frontières (DWB/MSF) supported hospital in northwestern Nigeria. JKNewsMedia.com gathered that inside the facility, mothers sit beside metal beds, watching chi...
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 CHIAMAKA OBI suddenly noticed unusual bleeding and persistent fatigue. But she said she delayed seeing a doctor because she was unaware that a common virus could threaten her life. Today, she said her condition is compounded as she’s managing her health. Similarly, across Nigeria, thousands of women face dicey risks from...
By Joke Kujenya PREVENTION AND cure remain achievable for cervical cancer when women have proper access to screening, vaccination and treatment, the United Nations (UN) has said, as global attention turns again to awareness and elimination of the disease. The UN stated that cervical cancer remains one of the most significant health challenges...
By Joke Kujenya LIFE-SAVING services for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are experiencing ongoing disruptions, leaving many communities at heightened risk despite continued global efforts, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed. The health agency reported that an estimated 40.8 million people were living with HIV worldwide in...
By Joke Kujenya GLOBAL IMMUNISATION campaigns have prevented an estimated 59 million measles deaths since 2000, yet infections surged in 2024, highlighting persistent gaps in vaccination coverage and public health systems, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported. WHO revealed that around 95,000 people, predominantly children under fi...
