Nelly is an alumni of Radio Netherlands Training School and (RNTC), she is skilled in research, OSINT methodologies, digital investigation, solutions journalism and media innovation and campaigns.
As a Journalism trainer, she facilitates and trained institutes such as the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) Training School, Broadcast Radio MasterClass (BRMC), and UNHCR Journalist Mentorship Programme. She is a product of the Environmental Reporting Committee (ERC), Solutions Journalism Trainer of Trainers and the News Product Management Certification programmes.
Nelly is passionate about audience engagement in African media and the freedom to share diverse views and dialogue centering the voice of minorities through free press; a belief she shared in her TedX talk titled “The Distant Reality Of Feminism and Gender Equality” hosted by the Lagos State University (LASU). She is also a member of Wanadata, a pan-African network of female journalists, data scientists and technologists; a host and panelist with Radio Days Africa, Her journalistic superpower is in analyzing intersectionality in complex issues. She is dedicated to showing the connection between seeming abstracts which not only simplifies complex issues but creates sustainable impact.
A 2022 World Press Institute Fellow, she studied operations and business models for media and free press in America while exchanging cross border ideas on how to achieve press independence in Nigeria. Nelly is also a fellow of the ICFJ Leap Trust Innovation Solutions Challenge and the Craig Newmack School of Journalism (CUNY) Product Immersion Program in New York.