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).

Features

Yekeen AkinwaleJune 10, 2021
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Rising Above COVID-19: Farmers’ Resilience, Successes Amidst Pandemic In Niger Delta

As COVID-19 restrictions hindered the movement of farm inputs, leading to an increase in logistics and transactional costs, one cocoa…
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News

Yekeen AkinwaleMay 26, 2021
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Southwest Nigeria State’s Citizens Are Getting Involved In Governance Through Open Contracting

Ajayi Omotayo, the headteacher of St Benedict’s Nursery and Primary School Ayede Ekiti, was bewildered when the construction work on…
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Yekeen AkinwaleApril 10, 2021
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As Climate Change Hits Nigeria, Small Scale Women Farmers Count Losses

Godwin Susan and Isah Arah Zainab are thousands of miles apart − the former is in Nasarawa State, Northcentral Nigeria,…
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Yekeen AkinwaleApril 5, 2021
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Military Checkpoint Comes Under Attack In Southeast Nigeria

The spate of coordinated attacks by suspected separatist fighters against security forces in Southeast Nigeria continues with an attack on…
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Yekeen AkinwaleMarch 26, 2021
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Nigeria’s Matriculation Exam Board Says NIN Will Reduce Exam Malpractice, Insecurity

The Joint Admission And Matriculation Board (JAMB), the body conducting examination into tertiary institutions in Nigeria says it introduced the…
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Magazine

Yekeen AkinwaleMarch 2, 2021
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Defining Moments For Newsrooms In Nigeria

Globally, the outbreak of COVID-19 was a defining moment. Governments, individuals and institutions have had to find and adapt to…
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News

Yekeen AkinwaleMarch 2, 2021
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Zamfara Schoolgirls Released

The 279 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara State in Northwest Nigeria have been released, Bello Matawalle,…
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News

Yekeen AkinwaleFebruary 18, 2021
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Sexual Violence: Save The Children Raises Alarm Over Safety Of 72 Million Children

Save the Children, an international NGO, said 72 million out of the 426 million children living in conflict areas live…
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News

Yekeen AkinwaleFebruary 4, 2021
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Heartbreaking Tales Of Southern Cameroonian Refugees In Nigeria

Francis Nelson (not real name) has mixed feelings about the safety of his family in Nigeria despite running away from…
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News

Yekeen AkinwaleJanuary 28, 2021
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COVID-19: Children In Nigeria, Other African Nations At Risk Of Second Wave

Save the Children is warning that the lives of thousands of children across Africa are at risk as the hard-hitting…
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