Emmanuel Oluwadola

How Rumuekpe Residents Are Rebuilding Years After Oil Pollution

  By Ifeyinwa Francis Friday Isiah was still young when oil pollution started affecting a community around Rumuekpe in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. More than two decades later, the 33-year-old practising civil engineer still remembers what the…

AI Is Making Fake Ads More Convincing. Here’s the Danger

Ifeyinwa Francis I remember being scammed online. I trusted what I saw. I believed the promise and parted with my money, only to discover the person behind the screen was a scammer who failed to fulfil his promise. The experience…

FALSE: Ganabi Normalizer cannot cure hypertension in 10 days

Ifeyinwa Francis  Claim: A Facebook ad promoting Ganabi Normalizer claims that the product can cure hypertension within 10 days. Full Text Hypertension, commonly known as high blood pressure, is a chronic condition in which the force of blood against the…

Despite billions in ecological funding, Oyigbo communities battle floods, silence

By Ifeyinwa Francis For residents of Oyigbo Local Government Area in Rivers State, home has become a place of fear. Incessant flooding, worsened by collapsed drainage systems, has reduced once-stable buildings to rubble and mud. Many buildings, once the pride…

If headlines could talk, what would Nigerian news say about us? 

By Similoluwa Oludayo Years ago, while passing a popular newspaper stand in my neighbourhood in Agege, Lagos, Nigeria, I noticed a cluster of people, both old and young, staring intensely at some newspapers.  The bold fonts, long text, and urgency…

The Art of Storytelling

Saheed Ibrahim Why do some stories linger in our minds long after we have read them, watched them, or heard them, while others disappear almost instantly? We consume thousands of pieces of information every day. Headlines flash across our screens.…