Travellers shun vaccination …as touts take over
In the course of this investigation, several factors were discovered to be responsible for why Nigerian travellers shun the taking of the vaccines. Out of over 20 Nigerian travellers TOBORE OVUORIE spoke with at the Lagos international airport, only one of them was knowledgeable and gave it as his reason for simply paying for the card without taking the vaccines.
“If it sounds too good to be true, then it is too good to be true!”
July 27th, 2019, the founder of the Media Initiative Against Human trafficking and Women Rights Abuse (MIAHWRA); Ms. Tobore Ovuorie, was a guest on Nigeria Info 99.3FM, Lagos talking about human trafficking.
It was a potpourri of emotions. Tobore (as she is often called by associates and friends), gave deeper insight into the criminality called human trafficking.
Tobore Ovuorie Productions, American Corner, Empowers 71 Nigerians with photo-storytelling skills
Multiple award-winning Investigative journalist Ms. Tobore Ovuorie has empowered 71 Nigerian youths with photo-storytelling skills. This, she did alongside her partner, The American Corner, CCHub, Yaba, Lagos.
The training tagged: TOP Photo-storytelling Masterclass, was birthed and executed by Tobore Ovuorie Productions (TOP).
INJUSTICE ALERT
Speaking up and being a voice to the voiceless has never been more vital than in times like this when truth is constantly being suppressed.
TOBORE OVUORIE
For four months, Nigerian investigative journalist Tobore Ovuorie posed as a sex worker determined to shine a light on the plight of women trafficked for sex, only to become trapped by the very people she sought to expose. Her report, published in 2014, revealed the full horror of her experience. She had uncovered a network of violence, murder and organ harvesting.
INTERVIEW: More Nigerians risk mental breakdown over country’s chaotic conditions — Psychiatrist
Nigeria has been in chaos for several weeks with unending queues at fuel stations, poor power supply nationwide and increase in prices of commodities, even water. Dr. Bolanle Ola, a Consultant Psychiatrist and head of psychiatry department, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, says these could grievously affect Nigerians’ mental health.
INVESTIGATION: How Nigerian health officials connive with hawkers to steal, counterfeit mosquito nets
Even as malaria remains prevalent in Nigeria, the counterfeiting of anti-mosquito nets remain on the increase, exposing more citizens to the deadly effects of malaria.
INVESTIGATION: Gravely ill patients die queuing to see Nigeria’s few specialist doctors
Nigeria has some of the world’s worst health statistics but few specialist hands to help treat her millions of poor, sick people.
INVESTIGATION (1): Nigeria’s Health Sector Faces Critical Doctor Shortages
Nigeria appears headed for a grave health crisis as the nation’s hospitals face a severe shortage of qualified medical staff in key areas of specialisation, forcing thousands of patients abroad yearly. Those who are unable to afford travelling abroad are left to die or placed on queues that in some hospital last years.