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Adewale Abatan

(He/Him)
Nigeria
Covers:  Politics, motivational, geopolitics
Doesn't Cover: Art & culture
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Adewale Abatan’s Biography

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Adewale Abatan is a Nigerian-based freelance writer, editor, and blogger who combines a background in engineering and over a decade of writing experience, specializing in politics, economy, and personal leadership. He has written for one of the leading business newspaper in the country. When he’s not writing, you can find Abatan at home, poring through the ever-growing pile of books on his shelf, and sometimes playing ball with his daughter. He enjoys traveling and meeting new and exciting peop…

Adewale Abatan’s Journalist Portfolio

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The crime of blasphemy is a slippery slope

The crime of blasphemy is a slippery slope

On May 12, 2022, Deborah Samuel, an undergraduate student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was …

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Connecting the Dots

Connecting the Dots

The short distance between two points would be a straight line - easy and simple. And that should be the case…

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On ritual killings and the reality of a dying society

On ritual killings and the reality of a dying society

I grew up in a family of five people - dad, mom, an elder sister, myself, and a younger sister. I think I sho…

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Equality, Equity, and the dangers of Quota System

Equality, Equity, and the dangers of Quota System

Ibram Xolani Kendi's Antiracism campaign has been trending in the US for several reasons over the last couple…

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Isa Pantami and his flawed ideology

Isa Pantami and his flawed ideology

Irrefutable revelations after revelations now abound in the public space that the "Honorable" Minister for Co…

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Nepotism is a national crisis

Nepotism is a national crisis

Nowadays when the word nepotism pops out in a national discourse we, especially those of us from the south, a…

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Articles

Crackdown on Press Freedom: Journalists Targeted for Exposing Corruption in Nigeria

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By Adewale Abatan
The abduction of Daniel Ojukwu, an investigative journalist with FIJ, by Nigerian police on May 1, 2024—Workers’ Day—makes him the eighth journalist detained by Tinubu’s government within just a year of his administration, according to AP’s report.
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Yahaya Bello: The Audacious Thief

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By Adewale Abatan
In the article “Fighting Corruption in a Multicultural Society,” I referenced Yahaya Bello’s concerted efforts at mudslinging the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its dogged determination to hold him to account for his alleged fiscal mismanagement and embezzlement of Kogi State Treasury when he was governor of the state. Of course, all the allegations on his charge sheet are mere allegations until proven in court.
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Fighting Corruption in a Multicultural Society

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By Adewale Abatan
In 2016, during an event at Buckingham Palace marking Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday, former British PM David Cameron famously referred to Nigeria as a ‘fantastically corrupt’ country. This occurred just before an anti-corruption summit in London, which Nigeria was scheduled to attend. Paradoxically, the Nigerian leader who attended the summit was the immediate past president, General Muhammadu Buhari, the self-acclaimed anti-graft czar.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

My first job as a journalist was with Business Hallmark Newspapers as a freelance writer.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Nope!

How is social media changing news?

News is now real time. The era of manipulating facts behind the camera at the news room is gone forever. Social media brings checks and balacing to news reporting.