Yekeen Akinwale

Yekeen Akinwale is a multiple award-winning investigative journalist with over 17 years journalism experience across different newsrooms in Nigeria. He had previously worked at Leadership Newspaper, Nigerian Compass, New Telegraph and Freedom Newspaper. A graduate of Mass Communication, Akinwale was the Head of Newsroom at the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) before joining HumAngle. He is passionate about investigative reporting, environment, climate change and developments. Akinwale is the 2018 Investigative Journalist of the Year for Diamond Media Award for Excellence (DAME) and 2019 Business Reporter of the Year for Nigeria Media Merit Award ((NMMA).

Armed Violence

Yekeen AkinwaleChigozie VictorMay 18, 2022
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Clashes Erupt In Abuja Building Material Market, Dei-Dei

Residents of Dei-Dei, a suburb of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital in North-central Nigeria, have been thrown into panic following clashes in…
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Armed Violence

Aliyu DahiruYekeen AkinwaleMay 13, 2022
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#Deborah: Religious Leaders, Media Practitioners Call For Justice For Slain Sokoto Student

Mixed reactions have trailed the murder of Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, Northwest…
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News

Yekeen AkinwaleApril 5, 2022
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Growing Insecurity In Northwest Nigeria Reveals A Lack Of Strategy By Government

The breach of the Kaduna Airport on Sunday, March 27, by terrorists and then the deadly train attack the following…
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Analysis

Yekeen AkinwaleMarch 21, 2022
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The State Of Nigeria Police Barracks Is A Growing Security Concern

There has been a cheery news that Usman Alkali Baba, Nigerian Inspector General of Police has ordered the immediate commencement…
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Analysis

Yekeen AkinwaleMarch 10, 2022
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Abductions Motivated By ‘Ritual Killings’ Growing Across Nigeria

When Bamise Ayanwole’s grieving mother identified the high capacity bus in which her daughter was last seen and climbed to…
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Analysis

Yekeen AkinwaleFebruary 14, 2022
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Nigeria Losing Niger State To Terrorists As Ungoverned Spaces Expand

Abubakar Bello, Governor of Niger State, North-central Nigeria, is as helpless as the people he governs, as terrorists tighten the…
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Feature

Yekeen AkinwaleIhuoma IloDecember 27, 2021
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One Death, Many Controversies: Intrigues Trailing Passing Of Premier Academy Student

The death of Keren-Happuch Akpegher, 14-year-old student of Premiere Academy, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, has thrown up more controversies and a…
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News

Yekeen AkinwaleOctober 30, 2021
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Govt Must Be Open And Provide Credible Information To Tackle Insecurity – Journalist

Ray Ekpu, renowned journalist and one of the founding fathers of Newswatch Magazine says the Nigerian Government must be open…
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News

Yekeen AkinwaleOctober 18, 2021
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PIND Celebrates 10 Years Of Peace-Building, Capacity Development In Niger Delta

The Partnership for Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), a Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) committed to peace-building and capacity development in…
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Development

Yekeen AkinwaleOctober 14, 2021
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In Niger Delta, Ijaw, Itsekiri Leaders Chart New Ways Towards Sustainable Peace

‘Peace’. It’s a word that has gained increasing currency in the development debate over the last 20 years in Nigeria’s…
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