Please note that this is just me stating that these are some of the articles I have written and published. Many of the reports here are not recent and should not be interpreted as such. The links to the original publications are provided at the bottom.
After it came to light that one of its operatives in Plateau State had killed a 20-year-old boy early in May, the Nigerian Army declared the next day that the soldier only fired because he had mistaken the victim for a fleeing crime suspect. Multiple accounts later received from witnesses, however, show that it could …
Read more “How Rinji, UNIJOS Student, was Tortured and Shot By Soldiers”
When the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released an executive summary of the 2019 Poverty and Inequality Report in Nigeria nearly two weeks ago, it was obvious the problems identified are more prominent in certain regions of the country. This, experts have suggested, is as a result of differences in literacy and fertility rates, access …
Read more “Why There’s No Federal Character in Nigeria’s Poverty Distribution”
The more educated a person is, at least up to the tertiary level, the richer he is likely to be, according to statistics recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Experts believe understanding this is key to effectively tackling Nigeria’s enormous poverty problem. The executive summary of the 2019 Poverty and Inequality report …
Read more “Can We Educate Nigerians Out of Poverty? What Data and Experts Say”
While governments and members of the public are celebrating medical workers across the world for their professional sacrifices in battling COVID-19, many doctors in the employ of the government in Nigeria are facing starvation and frustration. Last November, Victoria was full of high hopes as she resigned from her job at a private hospital where …
Read more “Medical Doctors Get Raw Deal, Go Five Months Without Pay While Fighting COVID-19”
FCT police spokesperson says nothing of such is going on despite proof to the contrary. By simply parting with money, some residents of Abuja got passes to circumvent the stay-at-home order for non-essential workers ㅡ and investigation by HumAngle indicates strongly that these tags originated from the Nigeria Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory. …
Read more “COVID-19: How Non-Essential Workers Get Lockdown Exemption in Abuja with N20,000”
In no other way has the battle between merchants of doctrine and empirical scientists been fiercer than is evident presently over steps by each to paint the novel coronavirus in lurid colours. Surprisingly, religious clerics from the Muslim and Christian fold are aligning with terrorist groups like Boko Haram in painting the position of science …
Life has not been the same for Nigerians living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) since the coronavirus pandemic started taking a huge toll on commerce and transportation in Nigeria. Many complain of not having easy access to their regular dosages of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, while some who have drugs are threatened by hunger. Ejiro …
Read more “Nigerians Living with HIV Struggle to Stay on Treatment as COVID-19 Crisis Persists”
Data journalism has been around since the 1960s, but despite tremendous improvements in computer and internet technology, many reporters in Nigeria still struggle to work at this crucial intersection of journalism and numbers. However, one media enterprise, Dataphyte, is gearing up to make a difference. Dataphyte’s managing director, Joshua Olufemi, sees the organization as a “child of …
Read more “Nigerian Startup Dataphyte Focuses on Data-driven Storytelling”
Ogechi Blessing, 23, was shocked on Wednesday, April 1, when she discovered she could no longer afford one of the medicines helping her to stay alive: hydroxychloroquine. Before the novel coronavirus pandemic, she could get a pack for N6,000 but when she called her regular dealer, he informed her that the new price was N25,000 …
Read more “COVID-19: Nigerians Living with Chronic Ailments Want to Access Essential Medicines”
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 …