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COVID-19: The War Room in Nigerian Newsrooms

by Kúnlé AdébàjòHealth, Journalism, Media September 18, 2022September 18, 2022No Comments

Asides healthcare workers who are known to be on the frontline in the war against COVID-19, the media constitute a set of warriors in the struggle, albeit unsung. Globally, the media have followed every event on the COVID-19 pandemic, sometimes creating fear but generally raising hope that the pandemic does not mean the end for …

Nigeria’s Polio Survivors Not Out of the Woods Yet, but the System Hardly Cares

by Kúnlé AdébàjòHealth, Journalism September 17, 2022September 17, 2022No Comments

As a child growing up in Sango-Otta, Ogun State, Adeyemi Idowu loved to play soccer with friends. Like others in his age group, he also delighted in rolling tyres with a stick in his right hand as he scampered through the neighbourhood. But he soon had to bid farewell to that life of playful adventure …