By Joke Kujenya AT SOME point, as Nigerian journalists, we need to pause and ask an uncomfortable question: how did our work become everyone’s free resource? This is not just about poor salaries in newsrooms. That conversation is old and exhausting. It is about something broader and more insulting, the quiet assumption across Nigerian society...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NIGERIA’s SENATE has passed a landmark legislation seeking to protect millions of domestic workers, apprentices, and interns from sexual abuse, exploitation, and unfair labour practices across the country. Promptly reacting via a press statement dated 13 November 2025, the Executive Director of...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NIGERIA’S NEWLY enacted minimum wage of N70,000 has been described by the United States (US) government as insufficient to lift millions of citizens out of poverty. The position was contained in the 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, released on 12 August 2025 by the US Department ...
By Joke Kujenya and Rosheedat Akunkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter . . .Labour Day Sparks National Calls for Wage Reform Amid Soaring Cost of Living SCORES of Nigerian workers troop out today in commemoration of the International Workers’ Day (IWD). In solidarity, Senate President Godswill Akpabio and First Lady Oluremi Tinubu extended comm...
By Jemimah Wellinton, JKNewsMedia Reporter AS WORKERS across Nigeria marked International Workers’ Day (IWD), the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) issued a stern call for government action, insisting that only the implementation of a living wage can stem the tide of deepening poverty and economic hardship among...
