Kunle Adebajo

Head of Investigations at HumAngle. ‘Kunle covers conflict alongside its many intricacies and fallouts. He also writes about disinformation, the environment, and human rights. He's won a couple of journalism awards, including the 2021 Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Journalism, the 2022 African Fact-checking Award, and the 2023 Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling.

Disinformation

Kunle AdebajoJuly 24, 2020
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Factcheck: These Are Not Recent Photos, Videos Of Protesters Shot By Policemen In Abuja

Jumping on the hashtag #MassacreInAbuja, a number of Twitter users have shared photos and videos of alleged victims of police…
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Kunle AdebajoJuly 23, 2020
699

Service Chiefs’ Exit Overdue, Says ECWA President As He Condemns Southern Kaduna Killings

The replacement of Nigeria’s service chiefs is long overdue, President of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Rev. Stephen Panya…
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Kunle AdebajoJuly 22, 2020
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Siding With Lawmakers, 8 In 10 Nigerians Want Service Chiefs Replaced

As they spend five years in office and against the backdrop of unending insecurity across the country, eight in 10…
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Kunle AdebajoJuly 22, 2020
1,036

Gunmen Kill 9 Residents, Village Head, In Southern Kaduna Community

The village head and nine other members of Gora Gan, a village in Zango-Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State,…
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Kunle AdebajoJuly 20, 2020
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Right Of First Refusal Or We Shut Down Oil Fields, Isoko Group Gives FG 2-Week Ultimatum

The Isoko Development Union (IDU) has given the Federal Government an ultimatum of two weeks to react positively to its…
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Kunle AdebajoJuly 19, 2020
1,327

2 Or 40? Army, ISWAP Give Conflicting Figures Of Military Casualties In Recent Attack

The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a breakaway terrorist group from the Boko Haram, claims it killed 40 personnel…
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Kunle AdebajoJuly 18, 2020
1,375

How Nigerian Army Is Weaponising ‘Fake News’ To Discredit Journalists

The Nigerian Army has occasionally made statements condemning the spread of misinformation which, it says, has the potential to undermine…
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Kunle AdebajoJuly 17, 2020
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Crisis In Mali Can Trigger Wave Of Insecurity Across West Africa, Obasanjo Warns

Former Nigerian President and founder of the Africa Leadership Forum (ALF), Olusegun Obasanjo, has cautioned that the ongoing political crisis…
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Kunle AdebajoJuly 16, 2020
1,994

Twitter User Arrested, Spends 2 Months In Detention For Mimicking Goodluck Jonathan

Babatunde Olushola, a prominent content creator on Twitter who goes by the username Jayythedope, was arrested by law enforcement agents…
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Kunle AdebajoJuly 15, 2020
1,583

182 Nigerians, Including 42 Soldiers, Lose Lives To Insecurity In A Week

Data from the Nigeria Security Tracker shows that 182 Nigerians were killed between Monday, July 6, and Friday, July 10,…
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