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  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…

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…

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…

Fake WhatsApp messages in India and fabricated Facebook posts in Myanmar both led to real deaths. This piece breaks down how misinformation spreads, why framing beats facts, and what developing writers and platforms can learn from both cases.

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…

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…