Reporting shaped by what happens at the point of care

Veranova was founded by a small group of reporters and public health researchers based in Jos, tired of health coverage that stopped at the press release. We wanted to follow a service the way a patient actually experiences it — from the intake form, through the referral, to whatever comes after.

That meant building habits most newsrooms skip: asking permission properly before an interview, returning to facilities to check what we were told, and being honest in print about what we could not confirm.

What drives the work today is unchanged from the beginning — a belief that people navigating Nigeria's health system deserve reporting that takes their time and their trust seriously.