Johnstone Kpilaakaa

Johnstone Kpilaakaa is a journalist reporting from the front lines of conflict, displacement, and humanitarian crises across Nigeria’s Middle Belt region. His work centres on people caught in cycles of violence and neglect, while holding institutions to account. He is a 2024 MTN Media Innovation Programme Fellow at the School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria.

Armed Violence

Johnstone KpilaakaaFebruary 12, 2026
308

The Unending Attacks Strangling Life in Benue-Cameroon Borderlands

The terrorists struck on a day the people of Abande know by heart. Every five days, the settlement in Mbaikyor…
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News

Johnstone KpilaakaaFebruary 6, 2026
128

HumAngle Foundation Holds Roundtable with Plateau Peacebuilding Actors

HumAngle Foundation, a sister organisation of HumAngle Media, has convened 17 peacebuilding actors, including civil society organisations, government institutions, and…
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Analyses

Johnstone KpilaakaaDecember 22, 2025
398

#HumAngle2025RoundUp: HumAngle’s Top 10 Atypical Stories in 2025

1. The Making and Unmaking of Abubakar Shekau Abubakar Shekau, a founding leader of the Boko Haram terror group, killed…
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Armed Violence

Johnstone KpilaakaaDecember 9, 2025
653

Five Years After He Killed a UNIJOS Student, Nigerian Police Officer Faces Death Sentence

Ruya Auta, the Nigerian police officer who shot and killed 20-year-old Rinji Bala on May 13, 2020, has been sentenced…
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Development

Johnstone KpilaakaaNovember 30, 2025
239

#HumAngleShowcase25 Bears Witness to the Realities of Vulnerable Communities and Press Freedom in Nigeria

Every day, journalists covering conflict and humanitarian issues worldwide navigate significant risks to document the experiences of affected communities. HumAngle,…
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Analyses

Johnstone KpilaakaaNovember 24, 2025
1,686

Fact Check: False ‘Terrorist Hideout’ Coordinates in Benue Risk Turning Civilians into Targets

When an X user, who goes by Chibuenyi (Don Machiti), announced that he had obtained “coordinates of [terrorists] hideouts” and…
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Armed Violence

Johnstone KpilaakaaOctober 30, 2025
3,113

What’s Left of Benue State’s Deserted Communities?

The paths that lead home are now silent. But it wasn’t always like that. Years ago, weekdays in Tse Torkula…
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Features

Johnstone KpilaakaaAugust 29, 2025
3,324

Plateau Farmers Turn to Land Documents to Reclaim Their Fields Amid Violence

Sarah Ishaya doesn’t seem to remember the day the attackers came in 2021, but what she cannot forget is how…
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Analyses

Johnstone KpilaakaaSalim YunusaJune 25, 2025
3,846

Plateau Mob Action: When Identity Becomes a Death Sentence in Nigeria

Bashar Abubakar embarked on a journey with his relatives and family friends from Basawa, a community in Zaria, northwestern Nigeria,…
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Features

Johnstone KpilaakaaJune 17, 2025
18,999

Massacres in Border Communities Ignite New Terror Wave in Benue State

Doowuese Kohol*, a woman in her 70s, was fast asleep on the night of Saturday, June 13, after what she…
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