Travel journalist & emerging filmmaker covering critical topics, including global health, development, human rights and social justice movements across Africa.
Valentine Benjamin is a journalist, drone videographer and emerging filmmaker who has dedicated his career to uncovering stories that matter. His reporting covers a range of critical topics, including global health, development, human rights, environmental issues, and social justice movements across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Committed to uncovering truth through meticulous research, compelling storytelling, and ethical journalism practices.
Deep-dive investigations that uncover systemic issues and drive meaningful change in communities.
International coverage spanning politics, global health, human rights, and cultural movements across continents.
Combining written journalism with photography, video, and interactive media for immersive storytelling.
Lagos's energy and vibrant nightlife earned it a reputation as a city that never sleeps. Chaotic yet magnetic, it is Africa's most populous city after Cairo, with an estimated 22 million people. But the same dynamism powering its growth is also driving its housing market to breaking point.
Declining fish populations are a common complaint in coastal areas and are often linked to the climate crisis, affecting water temperature, rainfall and fish distribution. But fishers and fish merchants also say the lagoon floor has changed: deeper dredged channels, murkier water, swirling currents, and nets snagging on an uneven bed.
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