Adejumo Kabir

Kabir works at HumAngle as the Editor of Southern Operations. He is interested in community development reporting, human rights, social justice, and press freedom. He was a finalist in the student category of the African Fact-checking Award in 2018, a 2019 recipient of the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence, and a 2020 recipient of the Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award. He was also nominated in the journalism category of The Future Awards Africa in 2020. He has been selected for various fellowships, including the 2020 Civic Media Lab Criminal Justice Reporting Fellowship and 2022 International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ) 'In The Name of Religion' Fellowship.

Emergencies

Adejumo KabirJanuary 16, 2023
634

Hopeless Victims, Helpless Firefighters: The Problems With Non-functional Fire Service Equipment In Osun

Having worked as a teacher for 35 years in Ile-Ife, Southwest Nigeria, Remilekun Alimi, 75, retired to his three-bedroom apartment…
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Armed Violence

Adejumo KabirJanuary 12, 2023
539

Nigeria’s Southwest Communities Where Robbery Letters Are Forcing People To Flee

Sekunderin Yetunde and his family members are yet to return to their residence at Ifelagba community, in the Ido Local…
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Election Security

Adejumo KabirAliyu DahiruDecember 12, 2022
1,088

2023: These Politicians Are Fueling Violence With The Spread Of Hate Speech

The venue of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial campaign flag-off in the Gaya Local Government Area (LGA) of…
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Election Security

Adejumo KabirDecember 9, 2022
668

2023: Election Campaigns Have Begun, So Has The Violence

On Monday, Nov. 28, armed men killed Victoria Chintex, a women’s leader in the Labour Party (LP) at her residence…
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Armed Violence

Adejumo KabirDecember 4, 2022
1,344

Reporter’s Diary: An Encounter With The ‘Gun Merchants’ Of Southwest Nigeria

Prior to our meeting, I have had a series of phone conversations with Sheriff Alamu* on how he possessed his…
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Displacement & Migration

Adejumo KabirNovember 25, 2022
560

Bayelsa Residents Live In Crowded Classrooms After Losing Homes To Flood

For three weeks in October, Tuboulayefa Zige had to squat at Yenegwe Secondary School in Bayelsa, South-south Nigeria, following the…
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Armed Violence

Adejumo KabirNovember 23, 2022
688

Southern Nigeria Roads Are Under Siege

Aisha Safaudeen (not real name), a student of University of Nigeria (UNN) Nsukka in Nigeria’s Southeast would have probably stayed…
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Human Rights

Adejumo KabirNovember 19, 2022
1,572

Nigeria’s Regional Security Outfit Accused Of Extrajudicial Measures

Folarera Ademola was an easy-going National Diploma student of Science Laboratory Technology at Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, Southwest…
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Displacement & Migration

Adejumo KabirOctober 14, 2022
562

Ebonyi Residents Homeless, In Despair After Losing Lands To Airport Project

Nwebo Friday, 29, had just returned from the site where he worked as a labourer when our reporter got to…
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Armed Violence

Adejumo KabirSeptember 19, 2022
657

Reporter’s Diary: Experiencing The Nightmare Of Southeast Nigeria’s “Sit-At-Home” Order

“No story is worth your life,” I was once told by a senior journalist. “Do everything to stay alive so…
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