Augustina Armstrong-Ogbonna
Augustina is an award-winning multimedia journalist based in Lagos Nigeria. In the last seven years, she has reported on maritime, politics, environment, climate change, community, and sustainable development. She is currently studying Science [journalism] at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Listen to some of her rural reports: https://audioboom.com/Teenaija-News-
UNDP to support the conservation of Onura forest in Eleme
by Augustina Armstrong-Ogbonna - Feb 27, 2017The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has confirmed plans to support the conservation of biodiversity of Onura Forest in Eleme, Rivers State. The Project Coordinator of the UNDP funded Niger Delta Biodiversity Programme (NDBP), Matthew Dore,... -
Delta community seeks support for crocodile conservation
by Augustina Armstrong-Ogbonna - Feb 24, 2017Elders of the Emu Kingdom in Delta State have solicited for more support from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for the conservation of their environment has a conservatory for the endangered West African dwarf crocodile.... -
Family Planning: Breaking the walls of misconception and creating confidence
by Augustina Armstrong-Ogbonna - Dec 14, 2016By Augustina Armstrong-Ogbonna When Taiwo Ogunfayo, a 33-year old interior decorator visited a private hospital for her family planning treatment, she was told that she would not conceive in the next three years. But five... -
The Faces Behind the Success: Oyo state PPFN Team
by Augustina Armstrong-Ogbonna - Dec 11, 2016By Augustina Armstrong-Ogbonna As the wife of a clergyman, how comfortable will you be educating people about sexual and reproductive health? That was one question that forty-eight years old Mrs. Abimbola Adedoyin said she would... -
Community Health Extension Workers Educate Rural Communities On Family Planning
by Augustina Armstrong-Ogbonna - Dec 11, 2016By Augustina Armstrong-Ogbonna “As child I so loved the medical profession, that I was always willing to escort my Uncle’s wife to the hospital whenever she went for her antenatal appointments. The neat and well-tailored... -
UNDP ‘urbanizes’ rural communities liberated from Boko Haram insurgency
by Augustina Armstrong-Ogbonna - Nov 11, 2016By Augustina Armstrong-Ogbonna SPECIAL REPORT – Twelve remote communities that were ravaged by Boko Haram insurgency are beneficiaries of a strategic and sustainable intervention from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), which is providing basic...