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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Latest publication
Jul 11, 2026
Outlet visibility, for The Guardian
Top 1K sites
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Jul 6, 2026
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  1. Article · Jul 11, 2026 · Valentine Benjamin

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

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    As Nigeria braces for another season of devastating rains, people affected describe the mental toll of repeatedly rebuilding their lives 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. With the water rising rapidly, Daniel Ebiesua evacuated his home in the Shogunle area of Lagos, with his wife, their two-week-old baby, four-year

  2. Article · Jul 6, 2026 · Valentine Benjamin

    Smoke, soot and toxic fumes: Nigerian families living in shadow of burning oil well six years after blowout (opens the original)

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    Villagers in Awoye in the Niger Delta say the ongoing pollution is causing sickness and environmental destruction, while pleas for help go unanswered 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 Orugbem

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