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Lukman Abolade

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  • Senior Correspondent, Investigations, The Punch
Abuja, Lagos
As seen in: The Punch, The International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), Africa Oil+Gas Report, Radar Newspaper
Covers:  Human rights, Security and Conflict.
Doesn't Cover: None
A Man | Storyteller | Head of Investigations @BusinessDayNg | Ex @MobilePunch, @TheICIR, @africaoilgas | #CFC fan | #OneLoveReligion

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Unending Crisis: How herders invaded Plateau community in reprisal attack despite military presen...

Unending Crisis: How herders invaded Plateau community in reprisal attack despite military presen...

Since the early 2000s, Plateau State has witnessed several violent communal clashes that claimed more than a …

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Living in the shadow of death: Ibadan communities where children boycott school to avoid soldiers...

Living in the shadow of death: Ibadan communities where children boycott school to avoid soldiers...

For over 12 years, residents of several communities in Oyo State have consistently escaped death's snare in t…

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Allegations of extrajudicial killings blight army's peacekeeping operation in C'River

Allegations of extrajudicial killings blight army's peacekeeping operation in C'River

Allegations of extrajudicial killings of civilians in a farming community by troops of the Nigerian Army in C…

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Tracking the ransom: How multi-million naira kidnapping industry is growing in Northern Nigeria |...

Tracking the ransom: How multi-million naira kidnapping industry is growing in Northern Nigeria |...

IN Nigeria, kidnapping has grown into a multi-million naira industry; kidnappers often tagged 'bandits' are i…

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Slain 43 Borno Farmers: Does Buhari have a template for condolence messages? | International Cent...

Slain 43 Borno Farmers: Does Buhari have a template for condolence messages? | International Cent...

ON Saturday, 28th November, Nigerians were again reminded of the unsafe condition of their country when the n…

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Coronavirus: Children hawk facemasks in Lagos while schools remain closed | The ICIR

Coronavirus: Children hawk facemasks in Lagos while schools remain closed | The ICIR

Though Lagos State government has ordered all schools to be closed down as a means of keeping schoolchildren …

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President Tinubu Reshuffles NNPCL: Ojulari Takes the Helm, Kida Named Chairman

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By Lukman Abolade Verified
| Africa Oil+Gas Report Verified
By Lukman Abolade Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has appointed Bashir Bayo Ojulari as the new Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), replacing Mele Kyari after over five-year tenure. This announcement was made in a statement released early Wednesday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
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Nigeria’s Power Minister Survives Cabinet Reshuffle, Despite Poor Performance

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By Lukman Abolade Verified
| Africa Oil+Gas Report Verified
By Lukman Abolade, Senior Correspondent Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has managed to survive a cabinet reshuffle by President Bola Tinubu despite evident underperformance. In a press statement on October 23, 2024, Tinubu dismissed five ministers, originally appointed 17 months ago to advance his “Renewed Hope” agenda.
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Dangote Admits He’s Not an Upstream Player

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By Lukman Abolade Verified, in Lagos
| Africa Oil+Gas Report Verified
By Lukman Abolade, Senior Correspondent, in Lagos Aliko Dangote, the chairman and CEO of the Dangote Group, has admitted to what has been a lingering suspicion among the technical elite of the Nigerian hydrocarbon industry: he is a super businessman who has built a monstrously large midstream facility, but his heart is not in the E&P segment of the sector.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Walking the street of Abeokuta searching for news

How is social media changing news?

Social media has overtaken mainstream media. The audience would rather check the social media for news rather than put on the television.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Be ready, be steady and be passionate
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