They turn to Facebook to find a cure for diabetes— and became victims of Online Health Disinformation Exploiting Africans
By Olayinka Shehu It began with a 2023 Facebook post…
They turn to Facebook to find a cure for diabetes— and became victims of Online Health Disinformation Exploiting Africans
By Olayinka Shehu It began with a 2023 Facebook post claiming to cure diabetes; what was uncovered was a web of deception built on false hope. No one responded meaningfully to Mantebe Raphoto’s plea for help. No other members of the group responded with concern or caution about the post that had appeared in a…
How AgriTech innovations, GMOs, are helping Nigerian farmers grow more, cut losses
By ADEDOKUN THEOPHILUS AgriTech innovations and genetically modified crops (GMOs) are transforming the agriculture industry with sustainable solutions to address pressing challenges such as productivity, harvest losses, and climate vulnerability. ADEDOKUN THEOPHILUS, reported how these technologies are helping farmers to grow more, reduce the cost of cultivation, increase income, and strengthen the livelihood of farmers….
Doctors’ Deadly Scribbles: How poor handwriting in prescriptions jeopardizes patients’ Safety
By Oluwatoyin Hawal Momolosho and Ibrahim Arafat In hospitals around the globe, prescriptions are handed out like roadmaps to healing, but to most patients, they read more like secret codes. The ink sprawls in cryptic loops and curls, forcing pharmacists into daily games of guesswork and assumptions. Watching from the sidelines, patients can only hope…
The Danger of Relying on “Average”
By Gbolahan A. Salahudeen When I first took a statistics course in school, I didn’t understand most of the cryptic language the lecturer was speaking. With that, lecturers who had no business with being in a classroom were the ones teaching the course. Unintuitive and boring. Most students, including me, thought they were the problem….
When Adventure Meets Celebration: Àradamilola Guides over 50 Tourists to Yemoji Natural Pool to commemorate World Tourism Day, Launches New Travel Brand
By Agency The serene and historic Yemoji Natural Pool in Ijebu Ode came alive as Àradamilola led more than 50 tourists to the site in celebration of World Tourism Day 2025. The colorful event also marked the official launch of the “Tour with Àradamilola” brand, a cultural tourism initiative aimed at showcasing hidden treasures, preserving…
The Cost of Words: In Nigeria, Alleged Blasphemy is a Death Sentence
In Nigeria, the law promises everyone the right to believe, to speak, and to worship freely. But in reality, some people face great danger when accused of saying something against another person’s religion. Instead of waiting for the law to decide, angry mobs have taken matters into their own hands, attacking, burning, and even killing…
Killing Mobs: In Nigeria, Alleged Blasphemy is a Death Sentence
Despite Nigeria’s constitutional guarantees of freedom of religion and expression, religious-motivated mobs have continuously taken justice into their own hands to lynch, burn, and kill people who they accused of insulting and blaspheming their religious principles. From marketplaces to university campuses, allegations of this kind carry a deadlier weight than the law itself. Adedokun Theophilus…
EFCC Blows N563 Million on Computer, Photocopiers in 5 years. Unregistered Company got Awarded. Now, It pushes for a jaw-dropping N300 Million in 2025
ALTHOUGH NIGERIA’S ANTI-CORRUPTION agency, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) spent N563 million on the purchase of computer systems and photocopying machines in the last five years, it still budgeted the sum of N300 million for similar expenditures in 2025. Southern Herald found out that this huge amount was released for various purchases between 2020…
The Cost of Cheap Energy: Dangote’s Industrial Push for Coal Leaves Benue’s Rivers Poisoned. Now, Communities are in Health Peril
Eighteen Indigenous communities, including Otukpo, the traditional home of the Idoma ethnic group in Benue State, are in danger as a result of a coal mining operation by Dangote Coal Mines Ltd, a subsidiary of Dangote Group. Southern Herald’s THEOPHILUS ADEDOKUN reveals how deadly contaminants such as Lead, Arsenic, Mercury and Cadmium from Dangote Coal Mine sites seep…
Huge Defence Budget Fails to Curb Nigeria’s Terrorism Crisis As Global Position worsens
DESPITE THE EXORBITANT funding earmarked to tackle and address the teething issues of insecurity and defence in the 2024 fiscal year, the report shows that Nigeria has been worse at solving these challenges, making it become a hotspot of terrorism attacks and mortality. A recent report by the Global Terrorism Index, a think tank on Economics…
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