Kúnlé Adébàjò

Nigeria’s Massive Data Poverty and Why We Should be Concerned

by Kúnlé AdébàjòData, Journalism September 17, 2022September 17, 2022No Comments

Nigeria is the world’s 13th largest oil producer and President Muhammadu Buhari re-affirmed in his latest Independence Day address that oil constitutes the bulk of Nigeria’s revenue and foreign exchange earnings. But, as the country quickly depletes her limited oil reserves and the world at large advances in technology, experts agree it’s time it focused on something else: data. Communications Minister Isa Ali …

Pushed Beyond Borders: A Peek into the Dark World of Child Trafficking Between Benin and Nigeria

by Kúnlé AdébàjòDevelopment, Human Rights, Journalism September 17, 2022September 17, 2022No Comments

When Beninese parents are pushed to the wall due to poverty and the burden of caring for too many children, they often send their wards to neighbouring Nigeria with the help of traffickers to earn extra income. In part one of this investigative series, ‘Kunle ADEBAJO tells the story of what lies on the other …

Nigeria’s Manufacturing Output Is The Same Today As It Was In 1982

by Kúnlé AdébàjòEconomy, Journalism September 17, 2022September 25, 2022No Comments

Statistics show that, in nearly four decades, the output of Nigeria’s manufacturing sector has remained the same. The World Bank estimated that, as of 2018, the country’s Manufacturing Value Added (MVA) was worth $31 billion. But checks by The ICIR revealed that this was also the figure in 1982. On Friday, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, …

The Many Social Media Lies of Lauretta Onochie, President Buhari’s Aide

by Kúnlé AdébàjòDisinformation, Journalism September 17, 2022September 17, 2022No Comments

Pictures can mislead in several ways: when they contain false information, are doctored to misinform or are employed in a false context. As part of a series scrutinising online posts by prominent social media users, The ICIR used publicly available tools to verify pictures shared on Twitter by Lauretta Onochie, Personal Assistant on Social Media …

Data: 309 Reported Killed, Over 100,000 Displaced Due to Xenophobia in SA since 1994

by Kúnlé AdébàjòData, Journalism September 17, 2022September 17, 2022No Comments

Since the end of South Africa’s apartheid system in 1994, there have been at least 569 incidents of xenophobic violence in the country. Of these, 529, recorded up till December 2018, led to 309 deaths, 901 physical assaults, 2,193 looted shops, and over 100,000 people displaced. This is according to a report released by Xenowatch in December 2018. Xenowatch …

Photos of Burnt Animals in Popular Tweet aren’t From Fires in Amazon

by Kúnlé AdébàjòDisinformation, Journalism September 17, 2022September 17, 2022No Comments

In August 2019 many news outlets reported that the world’s largest rainforest, the Amazon, was burning at an alarming rate. The National Institute for Space Research (INPE) in Brazil, the country home to more than two-thirds of the forest, recorded over 70,000 fires across the region in 2019. Many people have shared images of the fires and of animals killed in …

Brazen Police Extortion is Frustrating Rape Victims’ Quest for Justice in Nigeria

by Kúnlé AdébàjòHuman Rights, Journalism September 17, 2022September 17, 2022No Comments

Victims of rape hardly get justice in Nigeria. Oftentimes the miscarriage of justice happens because law enforcement officers compromise. ‘Kunle ADEBAJO reports. “Sorry sir, this amount that they told me, I don’t have up to that o,” Nanpon Julius pleads after exchanging pleasantries and introducing himself. He is on the phone with Okokon Udo, a …

Landlord Rapes Two Young Sisters and Flees; Nearly Two Years After, Justice Still Eludes Devastated Family

by Kúnlé AdébàjòHuman Rights, Journalism September 17, 2022September 17, 2022No Comments

If you asked Grace Bako, 10, or her sister, Janet, 14, what careers they’re interested in when they become grownups, they would reply, Medicine and Pharmacy. And if you asked why, their explanation would be: to treat people, especially little children, who are dealing with trauma. What they may not immediately disclose though is that …

Life in Ogoniland Still Cruel as Ever Three Years After Cleanup’s Launch

by Kúnlé AdébàjòDevelopment, Journalism September 17, 2022September 17, 2022No Comments

For a year and three months, Veronica Aloy Khenom worked tirelessly on her okra and cassava farm, just adjacent her home in Gokana, one of four local government areas in Ogoniland. One bright afternoon towards the end of January, she returned to finally gather the produce. But what she met was disappointing—though unsurprising. Since constant …

Wigs Without Welfare: Lawyers in Nigeria Earn Below Minimum Wage, and It isn’t Unusual

by Kúnlé AdébàjòHuman Rights, Journalism September 17, 2022September 17, 2022No Comments

Six hundred and thirty naira (N630). This was the amount Andrew Bello, a Lagos-based lawyer, received in one of the months he worked for a law firm in Ikoyi. His total salary was supposed to be N20,000 per month, but his firm deducted N500 for each day he got to the office later than 8 …