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Innocent Eteng

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Africa, Nigeria
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Covers:  Religion, social justice, health, democracy, environment, minority rights.
A journalist reconstructing the African narrative. Founder/publisher of @PrimeProgressng, Nigeria's leading solutions journalism platform.

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Innocent Eteng’s Biography

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A journalist reconstructing the African narrative. Founder and publisher of Prime Progress (primeprogressng.com), Nigeria's leading solutions journalism platform. Journalist Fellow with the Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California (2019-2023). Bylines: The Christian Science Monitor, Yes Magazine, TRT World, and many others.

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In Nigeria, documentary films spark social change

In Nigeria, documentary films spark social change

Nigeria's Niger Delta is rich with natural resources. But most of its residents live in 49 waterfront shack c…

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Doctor smartphone and other tales from the bedroom - Bhekisisa

Doctor smartphone and other tales from the bedroom - Bhekisisa

From how to spice up your sex life to the more mundane, "does this look weird to you", there are some questio…

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Poisonous haze: Why the air we breathe could kill us - Bhekisisa

Poisonous haze: Why the air we breathe could kill us - Bhekisisa

The dark-grey clouds slunk low over the city, like streaks of charcoal smeared across the sky. For more than …

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Police raids in Abuja lead to arbitrary arrests for prostitution and sexual abuse in custody - Wo...

Police raids in Abuja lead to arbitrary arrests for prostitution and sexual abuse in custody - Wo...

Abuja-On the evening of September 29, 2012, Dorothy Njemanze was waiting to meet her brother at the popular D…

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Why do Nigerians want a president that would take them 50 years backwards?

Why do Nigerians want a president that would take them 50 years backwards?

Ahead of Nigeria's February 16 presidential elections, the political climate is already tense, even among vot…

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'Two in one': meet the saviour of Sierra Leone's child soldiers

'Two in one': meet the saviour of Sierra Leone's child soldiers

It is an old story, 19 years old in fact. In 2000, on May 26, Sierra Leone's capital Freetown went wild with …

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One family, many faiths

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By Innocent Eteng Verified
| Broadview Magazine Verified
Every weekday, Imam Abdul Wasiu Ibrahim steered his 2003 Mercedes-Benz C-class along an untarred, dusty road in Aule community in Akure, the capital of Nigeria’s Ondo State. Inside the car, five children sit crammed together, playing and giggling on their way to school. Facebook This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. This field is hidden when viewing the form Which newsletters are you interested in receiving? Δ You may unsubscribe from any of our newsletters at any time.
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A survivor of Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war teaches Gen Z to remember

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By Innocent Eteng Verified
| The Christian Science Monitor Verified
Phonslyn Tity Turner, who turns 17 this month, has never known the horror of war. Her country, Sierra Leone, has settled into an uneasy peace two decades after its brutal, protracted civil conflict killed more than 50,000 people. She did not even understand why that war happened until a team led by Joseph Ben Kaifala, founder of the Center for Memory and Reparations, visited her school four years ago and explained why this rising generation must protect peace.
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Bringing Religion Reporting-and Understanding-to Nigeria

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By Innocent Eteng Verified
| crcc.usc.edu
Inspired by a fellowship with CRCC’s global project on engaged spirituality (2019-2023), journalist Innocent Eteng has found ways to improve reporting on religion in Nigeria. Nigeria is a country with over 250 languages/tribes and a Muslim-north and a Christian-south dichotomy. Both religious conflicts and interreligious dialogues are commonplace here. Yet, as religious as Nigeria is, there is no media organization dedicated to reporting on religion.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

A profile of an 83-year-old poor man begging on the streets of Nigeria's Port Harcourt city, titled:At 83 Equatorial Guinea Returnee Cries Hundry Dey Wire Me

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

How is social media changing news?

Complex