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Valentine Benjamin

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As seen in: CNN International, MSN, MSN UK, The Guardian, Yahoo Canada, Yahoo News UK, VICE, Flipboard, MIT Technology Review, The Christian Science Monitor and
Covers:  Global Health, Social Justice, Development
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Valentine Benjamin’s Biography

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Valentine Benjamin is a Nigerian travel journalist and documentary filmmaker. Over the past years, his approach towards journalism has been shaped by observations of happenings in his immediate environment across Nigeria and Africa.

His work, published in English and French, has appeared in several international publications including Stanford Social Innovation Review, MIT Technology Review, The (UK) Guardian, The Christian Science Monitor and more, focusing on global health issues, social just…

Valentine Benjamin’s Journalist Portfolio

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School Kidnappings in Nigeria Are Forcing Hundreds Out of Education

School Kidnappings in Nigeria Are Forcing Hundreds Out of Education

Six hundred schools have decided to close as the government struggles to deal with the crisis.

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Protesters in Nigeria Demand a Proper End to Police Unit That Tortures Detainees

Protesters in Nigeria Demand a Proper End to Police Unit That Tortures Detainees

President Buhari promised to abolish the controversial police unit SARS on Monday, but activists say they wan…

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There Are 200 Million People in Nigeria. Only 1 Million Have Been Vaccinated

There Are 200 Million People in Nigeria. Only 1 Million Have Been Vaccinated

And disinformation is spreading fast.

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Democratizing Women's Health (SSIR)

Democratizing Women's Health (SSIR)

Daleela AI seeks to empower Arabic women with access to information about sexual and reproductive health.

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AI Medical Diagnostics (SSIR)

AI Medical Diagnostics (SSIR)

minoHealth AI Labs seeks to streamline diagnostic imaging to accelerate health-care treatment and improve hea…

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Can a bra detect breast cancer? This Nigerian entrepreneur thinks so

Can a bra detect breast cancer? This Nigerian entrepreneur thinks so

An aunt's death led Kemisola Bolarinwa to develop a wearable device that can pick up Nigeria's most common ca…

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‘Every time the rain falls, the fear comes back’: life in Lagos under the constant threat of floods

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Valentine Benjamin Sat, July 11, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. UTC 6 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People empty buckets of flood water from their submerged homes in Okota, Lagos. All photographs by Valentine BenjaminPhotograph: Valentine Benjamin Murky water first tore down a perimeter fence, then bubbled into the yard before spilling into every room. Within minutes, electronics, kitchen appliances, furniture, documents and academic certificates lay submerged.
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Smoke, soot and toxic fumes: Nigerian families living in shadow of burning oil well six years after blowout

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Perched on a narrow hospital cot across from her son, Bodunwa Orugbemi can hear the distant Atlantic Ocean and smell the stench of crude oil on the air drifting in from the shore. For days, her 21-year-old son has been lying in this hospital in the Niger Delta, swallowing small spoonfuls of food without being able to speak. Seventy‑year‑old Orugbemi says Ijadopin started coughing one evening in May, inside their small wooden home in Awoye on Nigeria's Atlantic coastline.
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‘The sea took everything away’: how Nigeria’s ‘Happy City’ is disappearing beneath the waves

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In the early hours of 15 February 2019, the Atlantic Ocean came for Arowo Victoria's livelihood. The 60-year-old retired midwife was asleep when neighbours began banging on her door, shouting that the sea had started covering buildings along the nearby coastline. By the time she got to her small shop, she discovered that the Atlantic had already swept it away, destroying the business she had built with borrowed money after retirement.
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What tools and software do you use to do your job?

I use Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Corel Draw, Adobe Audition, Final Cut Pro X, iMovie and I'm advanced in the use of practically all social media tools.

What's your favorite social network?

Twitter

Why did you become a journalist?

To enlighten the world and tell stories of marginalized people and communities, and thereby contribute to positive change ...and because this is the only profession I truly enjoy.