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  • 1 week ago | gavi.org | Ekpali Saint

    On a hot Saturday afternoon in May, Maryam Umar left her small drug store in Bosso Low-Cost, a locality in Nigeria’s Niger state, and headed out into the community. “Visiting [homes] to create awareness of diphtheria disease and to vaccinate children is part of my duty,” she explained. Umar pushed open a small red gate and was greeted by familiar faces. “They are children I have administered vaccines to,” she said.

  • 1 month ago | religionunplugged.com | Ekpali Saint

    ABUJA, Nigeria — Zachariah Fufeyin, a priest from the Catholic Diocese of Bomadi in southern Nigeria, had only one mission when he started livestock farming at Our Lady of the Waters Farm in November 2019: To help the poor and provide animal protein to low-income families. “Protein was always lacking in the food of the poor. It was a challenge for them,” said Fufeyin, who raises pigs, goats and chickens.

  • 2 months ago | thefishsite.com | Ekpali Saint

    Nine years after Fezino Farms Limited began operations in Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja in 2014, it shut down. Wale Bello, the manager, explains that a combination of challenges – such as the poor power supply for the pumps, the high cost of feed, the lack of access to loans and funding for expansion, unstable pricing, and increasing cost of petrol and diesel for generators – contributed to the closure of the farm. “How do we survive?” Bello asks.

  • 2 months ago | ipsnoticias.net | Ekpali Saint

    LAGOS, Nigeria – Cuando a principios de febrero el periodista Philip Mayifilua* habló en la radio acerca de los problemas de la libertad de prensa en la República Democrática del Congo (RDC), nunca pensó que podría terminar detenido.

  • Mar 27, 2025 | ijnet.org | Ekpali Saint

    When journalist Philip Mayifilua* discussed press freedom challenges in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with colleagues on a popular radio show in early February, he never expected it could lead to being arrested.

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Ekpali Saint
Ekpali Saint @EkpaliS
9 Jan 25

RT @gijnAfrica: An investigation by @EkpaliS, with supported from @tigereyefound & @macfound, details how the extraction of barite — a mine…

Ekpali Saint
Ekpali Saint @EkpaliS
24 Dec 24

Although highly significant in the oil & gas industry, the extraction of barite—a mineral used to prevent blowout during drilling—is poisoning Nigeria’s farmlands, streams, and human bodies. Thanks to @tigereyefound, @macfound for supporting this project https://t.co/gvFuSyj4X2

Ekpali Saint
Ekpali Saint @EkpaliS
8 Dec 24

RT @PrimeProgressng: After a careful selection of 5 out of 70+ applications for the Prime Progress Biodiversity Reporting Challenge, on Dec…