Independence
Our editorial decisions are made without commercial or political interference. No advertiser, donor or government may direct or withhold our coverage.
About The Providence News
Journalism Built on Trust, Not Traffic.
The Providence News is an independent, reader-funded news organisation headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. We report on Africa and the world with rigour, context, and an unwavering commitment to the public interest. We are not fast. We are accurate.
- Founded
- May 2026
- Headquarters
- Lagos
Our Mission
To Inform. To Investigate. To Hold Power to Account.
We believe that an informed citizenry is the foundation of a functioning democracy. In an era of algorithmic noise, partisan misinformation, and attention-driven publishing models, The Providence News is built on a different premise: that the highest form of journalism is slow, meticulous, and answerable only to the reader.
Our newsroom aims to operate free from interference by advertisers, investors, or governments. We do not publish clickbait. We do not optimise our headlines for outrage. We do not run stories we cannot independently verify.
Our funding model is straightforward: readers pay for journalism they trust. That trust is the only currency we accept.
Editorial Standards
The Six Pillars of Our Editorial Trust
Our editorial standards set out the ethical framework every The Providence News journalist is expected to uphold.
Accuracy First
We aim to corroborate every story with more than one source. Corrections are prominently marked and dated. We do not quietly delete errors — we account for them.
Transparency
Our editorial standards are published on our Ethics & Standards page, and our corrections are listed in a public log.
Accountability
Readers can complain to the Editor-in-Chief. Where a complaint shows we were wrong, we publish a correction.
Public Interest
We apply a public-interest test before publishing any story involving private individuals, sensitive personal data, or material from confidential sources.
Fairness
Where practical, subjects of critical coverage are offered a right of reply before publication, and substantive responses are published fairly.
Our Story
A New Newsroom, Built on Principle
The Providence News was founded in May 2026 in Lagos, Nigeria. We are a young, independent newsroom, and we hold ourselves to the standards set out in our Ethics & Standards Charter.
When we get something wrong, we say so openly in our public corrections log.
Hilary Onianwa
Chief Executive Officer
Pamela Aghahowa
Chief Operations Officer
Uthman Tijani
Editor-in-Chief
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