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Abdulrasheed Hammad

(He/Him)
  • Freelance Investigative Journalist, Freelance
Abuja, Kwara State, Sokoto State
As seen in: El País, The Nation (Nigeria), TheCable, Global Investigative Journalism Network, University World News, All News, The Herald Nigeria, The International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), Ripples Nigeria, Dataphyte and
Covers:  Climate Change Reporting/ Accountability and Transparency Reporting/Data Journalism/Solution Journalism/Fact-Checking Reporting/Investigative Journalism/ Communication
Lawyer & Multi Award-Winning Investigative Journalist | Freelance on Health, Education, Human Rights, Climate & Accountability | LL.B | BL
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INVESTIGATION: Inside Sokoto factories producing contaminated sachet water

INVESTIGATION: Inside Sokoto factories producing contaminated sachet water

TheCable — In this investigation, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD exposed how 22 factories in Sokoto state produce contaminated water sachets without registration with NAFDAC.
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Questions linger as Sokoto government fails to account for N600 million project funds | The ICIR-...

Questions linger as Sokoto government fails to account for N600 million project funds | The ICIR-...

The International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) — Despite the disbursement of millions of naira for the execution of development projects, residents of Sokoto face many challenges due to poor or deteriorating infrastructure. Curiously, the state government claimed to have spent multi-million naira on non-existent projects after allegedly diverting funds to other projects.
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They survived a disease few ever do. Then the hard part began - Minority Africa

They survived a disease few ever do. Then the hard part began - Minority Africa

Minority Africa — Noma, a rare and devastating disease with a fatality rate of up to 90%, often remains undiagnosed until it is too late. For the few who survive "one of the world's most under-recognized health challenges," the struggle does not end with survival.
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Freedom of expression: Student not reinstated after a year

Freedom of expression: Student not reinstated after a year

University World News — In this report I wrote for University World News, I reported on how several Nigerian students have faced disciplinary actions and intimidation for expressing dissenting views about their universities and political leaders on social media, developments that human rights activists argue pose a serious threat to freedom of expression in Nigeria. Among the cases I reported is that of Varsue Lortim, who was expelled shortly after completing his final exams following a Facebook post criticising the Federal University Gusau (FUGUS) over issues related to NUC accreditation. Despite a directive from the House of Representatives calling for his reinstatement, Lortim remains out of school more than a year later. I also reported numerous other incidents over recent years in which students have been harassed, suspended, or expelled by university authorities for simply exercising their constitutional right to free expression.
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State government 'abandons' students in Northern Cyprus

State government 'abandons' students in Northern Cyprus

University World News — The Zamfara State government in Nigeria has allegedly abandoned about 90 scholarship students who were sent to study in Northern Cyprus.
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Crowdfunding, unions, religious groups help students with fees

Crowdfunding, unions, religious groups help students with fees

University World News — Amid tuition fee hikes of 80% to 400% since 2023 at universities across Nigeria – and more expected in 2025 – many students, in particular those at government-subsidised institutions, now count on crowdfunding as well as goodwill gestures from academics and religious groups to raise the money they need to study. The spikes in tuition fees are a symptom of worsening inflation rates and its attendant widespread hardship, which has impacted over 133 million, or 63%, of the population in Nigeria – in particular, the poor.
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Africa's 'Noma Belt:' Health Workers Tackle The Deadly NTD In Nigeria's Remote North - Health Pol...

Africa's 'Noma Belt:' Health Workers Tackle The Deadly NTD In Nigeria's Remote North - Health Pol...

Health Policy Watch — The WHO's recent classification of NOMA as a Neglected Tropical Disease has shone a spotlight on a disease that long lurked in the shadows of global health priorities. But the road to elimination remains a long one. Health Policy Watch recently visited one of the leading noma treatment centers in West Africa to chronicle the increasing efforts to combat this disease.
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Displaced by bandits: Sokoto children struggle for survival amidst government neglect, malnutrition

Displaced by bandits: Sokoto children struggle for survival amidst government neglect, malnutrition

The International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) — In my latest report for the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), I uncovered the sad reality of Sokoto’s children, who are displaced and endangered by hunger and malnutrition amidst government neglect. This report also highlights the harsh lives of refugees in Wurno and Wamakko IDP camps, displaced by bandits and Boko Haram, and the impact on their livelihoods.
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Cybercrime-fighters under fire for treatment of students

Cybercrime-fighters under fire for treatment of students

University World News — Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been accused of illegal and unconstitutional conduct after two recent raids on two university...
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Despite laws, corp members, job seekers face rejection, discrimination over religious beliefs

Despite laws, corp members, job seekers face rejection, discrimination over religious beliefs

Ripples Nigeria — In my report with Ripples Nigeria, produced with the support of the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), in partnership with Code for Africa, I wrote on how the corp members and job seekers face rejection and discrimination over their religious beliefs.
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How vested interests ruined Sokoto schools with shady contracts (4) | Dataphyte

How vested interests ruined Sokoto schools with shady contracts (4) | Dataphyte

Dataphyte — Regarding teachers who employ students for personal tasks, like farm work, Raji deems such practises unlawful and a violation of civil service...
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How vested interests ruined Sokoto schools with shady contracts (2) | Dataphyte

How vested interests ruined Sokoto schools with shady contracts (2) | Dataphyte

Dataphyte — This situation had paved the way for hoodlums using the abandoned, dilapidated classrooms as spaces for smoking hard drugs. "The fact that...
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How vested interests ruined Sokoto schools with shady contracts (3) | Dataphyte

How vested interests ruined Sokoto schools with shady contracts (3) | Dataphyte

Dataphyte — On June 26, 2022, Sokoto State awarded over N100 million worth of contracts (N100,198,196.00) to Sunakhab for the expansion of the school's...
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How vested interests ruined Sokoto schools with shady contracts (1) | Dataphyte

How vested interests ruined Sokoto schools with shady contracts (1) | Dataphyte

Dataphyte — Enoch Isiah, an SS2 student of A. A. RAJI Special School in Sokoto, who is visually impaired, sat down, brooding over the condition of the school built to educate students with disabilities. The school's structure makes it difficult for him to move around. Enoch and other visually impaired students lack access to assistive tools such [...]
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Fiscal transparency: Despite ICT advancement, Nigerian states’ open contracting portals inaccessible

Fiscal transparency: Despite ICT advancement, Nigerian states’ open contracting portals inaccessible

The International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) — In this investigation with ICIR, I exposed how Nigerian states make their Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) and e-procurement portal inaccessible to citizens and hide award contracts from the public to avoid accountability. Additionally, I uncovered how many African countries deprive citizens of the opportunity to monitor the effective utilization of their tax funds by not making open contracting portals. The investigation also spotlighted how the Nigerian States Bureau of Public Procurement poorly interact with citizens via email. This investigation also showed how only a few states replied to this reporter's email out of all the Nigerian states BPP contacted.
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[INVESTIGATION] Abandoned health projects litter Sokoto despite multi-million naira investment

[INVESTIGATION] Abandoned health projects litter Sokoto despite multi-million naira investment

The International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) — In this big investigation with The ICIR, I travelled to four local governments in Sokoto State to expose how Sokoto health care is left in a deplorable state, despite multi-million naira investment in health facilities. This investigation also exposed how the Sokoto State Government awarded a N126 million worth of contract to a week-old-company in violation of the Public Procurement Act 2007 and the Public Procurement Law of Sokoto State. This investigation also divulged how a contractor with Lion Storms Nigeria International Limited described N118,128,155 worth of contract awarded to his company as a gentleman's agreement between him and the Sokoto Governor.
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INVESTIGATION: How networking firms use fake job vacancies to exploit, lure job seekers | The ICI...

INVESTIGATION: How networking firms use fake job vacancies to exploit, lure job seekers | The ICI...

The International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) — In this report, Abdulrasheed Hammad uncovers how networking marketers and others ride on the high unemployment rate in Nigeria to lure and exploit job seekers. The streets of Ilorin and Ibadan in Kwara and Oyo states are lined with job vacancies, which findings show that many are fake.
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How project facilitated by lawmakers ease water scarcity In Kwara communities

How project facilitated by lawmakers ease water scarcity In Kwara communities

Campus Reporter — For many years, water scarcity persisted in the Okelele community in Kwara State. To get water for their household use, many residents trek to communities like Akerebiata, Harmony, Oja Oba, and Oke-Okuta, each not less than seven kilometres from the Okelele. In 2019, a privately-owned borehole was constructed in the community with the hope of ameliorating the problem.
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In Kwara community, residents turn multi-million Naira drainage to dumpsite

In Kwara community, residents turn multi-million Naira drainage to dumpsite

UDEME — For many years, residents of Ita-Epa in Oja-Gboro community, Ilorin East local government area of Kwara State, clamoured for the construction of drainage to curb the incessant problem of erosion in...
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How Charcoal, indiscriminate logging contribute to deforestation in Kwara

How Charcoal, indiscriminate logging contribute to deforestation in Kwara

The International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) — In my latest debut with ICIR, I travelled to Moro local government in Kwara State to expose how charcoal producers and illegal loggers in the state are contributing to deforestation due to indiscriminate logging. This story also unearthed how the Kwara State government is collecting revenue from charcoal producers despite an enacted Kwara state law prohibiting charcoal producers and exporters in the state. This story also divulged how the failure of the Kwara government to implement the policy of cutting one tree and planting two trees contributed immensely to deforestation in Kwara. Kindly press the below link to read the full story on ICIR. https://www.icirnigeria.org/how-charcoal-indiscriminate-logging-contribute-to-deforestation-in-kwara/
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Dog's Death Leads To Clash Between Communities In Ilorin

Dog's Death Leads To Clash Between Communities In Ilorin

Campus Reporter — What led to the clash On the 29th of January 2014, a group of young boys returning from a party at night mistakenly killed a dog with their car in the Abayawo community. The dog was owned by a loca...
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Kwara State Gov't violates freedom of Information Act, despite Court of Appeal's ruling | Interna...

Kwara State Gov't violates freedom of Information Act, despite Court of Appeal's ruling | Interna...

The International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) — By Abdulrasheed HAMMAD THE Kwara State government has willfully disobeyed the Freedom of Information Act which holds the government and officials answerable, while hiding under the justification that the FOI Act hasn't been domesticated by the state.
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JAMB Upgrade: Tale Of Swindlers And Innocent Jambites

JAMB Upgrade: Tale Of Swindlers And Innocent Jambites

Campus Reporter — It is becoming common in Nigeria for miscreants to defraud candidates sitting for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examinations every year. These people deceive them and pretend to either be working in the JAMB office, know someone who works there or they introduce themselves openly as experts who can hack JAMB websites and upgrade their score.
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JAMB Upgrade: Tale Of Swindlers And Innocent Jambites

JAMB Upgrade: Tale Of Swindlers And Innocent Jambites

Campus Reporter — It is becoming common in Nigeria for miscreants to defraud candidates sitting for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examinations every year. These people deceive them and pretend to either be working in the JAMB office, know someone who works there or they introduce themselves openly as experts who can hack JAMB websites and upgrade their score.
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