Despite the importance of Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) to the well-being and health of many Nigerians in rural communities, the federal government, Anambra State government and...
Increased rainfall, as a result of climate change, has impacted negatively on many parts of the world. In Anambra State, Nigeria, KELECHUKWU IRUOMA, writes that farmers have...
An investigative report published by Ripples Nigeria has emerged winner at the 2020 West Africa Media Excellence Awards (WAMECA), held on Saturday in Accra, Ghana. Kelechukwu Iruoma, ...
The process of procuring the new national identity card has been fraught with complaints, with many alleging extortion by staff of the National Identity Management Commission...
With over 2,000 cases reported annually, Ripples Nigeria’s KELECHUKWU IRUOMA visited the Leprosy Centres in Okija and Oji River to find out how the country was...
Four months after Ripples Nigeria, one of the country’s foremost multi-media online news platforms, did an investigation on how oil pollution is silently killing the people...
Soon after an investigative story by Ripples Nigeria on how thugs in Rivers State are used by local governments in Port Harcourt to harass, and collect illegal...
A six-month long investigative story, with laboratory tests, by RUTH OLUROUNBI and KELECHUKWU IRUOMA reveals how contaminants in the air, water and soil, as a result...
“In 2006, the Delta State government established the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) to address the issues of lack of development in its...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola while addressing state house correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting on November 6, said Nigerian roads were...
The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) said it has commenced an “independent investigation” against its officers exposed by an investigative report by Ripples Nigeria. The...
An investigative report published by Ripples Nigeria has been picked as winner in the 2019 PwC Media Excellence Awards. Kelechukwu Iruoma beat Chinedu Asadu of TheCable and Gbenga Ogundare to emerge winner in the...
In this second part of an investigation on how LAGESC officials extort Lagosians, KELECHUKWU IRUOMA spoke with some victims, and reveals how the agency’s officials exploit offenders’ ignorance...
Allegations of extortion by officials of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), especially those deployed to various pedestrian bridges in Lagos, had been rife. In...
There are 98 million Nigerians living in extreme poverty, according to a report by the United Nations. To survive, many, especially women engage in petty trading...
Nigeria’s estimated annual palm oil consumption is 2.4 million tons. Yet, the country has a deficit of 0.9 million tons of palm oil. The major drawbacks...
With 57 percent rate, Ebonyi state has the highest number of out of school children in the southeast. The state government in 2017 and 2018 allocated...
In 2005, Chevron Nigeria Limited established the Itsekiri Regional Development Council (IRDC) and disbursed N7.2 billion to it for the development of 24 Itsekiri communities. Eighteen...
International recognition has come the way of Ripples Nigeria. The platform was awarded third position in climate change reporting by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)...
In Benue, a state in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, as the governor battles conflicts thrown up by clashes between farmers and herdsmen, he is equally building million-dollar...
At the presentation of the 2018 national budget in Abuja last week, the Nigerian government allocated 7.04 percent of the 8.6 trillion budgets to the education...
In Benue, a state in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, persistent rains and heavy floods are ravaging farmlands, thereby affecting food production and forcing farmers to migrate. Ripples...
Nigeria is estimated to have the highest number of out-of-school children globally, with over 10.5 million children, according to United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization...
In this features, KELECHUKWU IRUOMA goes into the rural communities of Bayelsa State, south-south Nigeria to uncover the plight of residents plague with monkey pox disease,...
