About Morvian
A studio built around a working ledger, not a headline.
We started Morvian because too many important numbers in Nigerian public life were reported once, then never checked again.
Our story
From a spreadsheet on a kitchen table to a published archive
Morvian began with two reporters and a shared spreadsheet, comparing local government budgets against what was actually spent. The gaps we found were rarely dramatic on their own, but they added up to a pattern worth documenting properly.
Nine years on, we still work the same way: pull the original record, state where it came from, show the arithmetic, and say plainly what we don't know. The tools have grown, but the habit hasn't changed.
Today our datasets and analysis support researchers, journalists, and civic groups across Nigeria who need figures they can stand behind.
What we hold to
Our working principles
01
Show the working
A figure without its source is an assertion. We attach provenance and method to every number we publish, so it can be checked rather than simply believed.
02
Name the gaps
Every dataset has limits — missing years, incomplete regions, or figures that don't reconcile. We say so directly instead of letting a clean chart hide it.
03
Write for the reader, not the row
Precision matters, but so does clarity. We aim for reporting that a careful non-specialist can follow from source to conclusion.
The people behind it
Our team
Nkechi Aliyu
Founding Editor
Segun Iheanacho
Head of Data
Halima Dogo
Training Lead
If our approach sounds like a fit for your work, we'd welcome a conversation.
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