Our work

What we have done

Over ten years this desk has covered Ojodu LCDA, Lagos, Nigeria and the world — and run its own community work. We file original reporting, never republished. We take anti-drug and security seminars into schools ourselves. Below is the work we point to when people ask what we do.

• Ojodu LCDA reportingThe local government desk is the oldest part of this newsroom. Council sittings, roads, drainage, markets, schools — reported from the ground, with names and dates.
• Anti-drug seminars for studentsWe go into secondary schools with talks on drugs and the choices around them, then file the report ourselves. Staff, students and parents are all in the room.
• Security talks with communitiesEstate associations and community groups have called this desk for talks on security awareness. We explain what residents can watch for and who to call.
• Lagos, Nigeria and world coverageThe same reporter who covers an Ojodu street will follow a Lagos story, a national story and a world story. Local first, then out — that is the order.

How we report it

We report what we have seen ourselves, or what we can verify with people who were there. Every file carries a date and a byline, and every report is ours — we do not republish other outlets' work. When we get something wrong, the correction is published and dated on the report.

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