
Banjo, Damilola
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Investigative Journalist || 🎖️Emmy nominee || 🎓 @columbiajourn || Building @karahousemedia || ✍️ @pass_blue || Arit Okpo stan account.
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🥁Announcing the 2025 winners of the Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling! Congratulations to Godwin Asediba of Ghana and Silas Jonathan Silas of Nigeria. Read more about their award-winning stories here: icfj.org/news/journalis… @ONE


What to listen to this weekend that's not about tariffs & DT but a thoughtful audio documentary on how the tiny African country of Gambia is determined to get reparations from exiled dictator Jammeh: Banjo, Damilola producer passblue.com/2025/04/06/por…

It’s been three weeks since Premium Times published my investigation on the travails of Ogun residents, especially pregnant women in border towns, who must cross into Benin Republic to access basic healthcare. And the silence from Ogun State Government - OGSG is loud. 🧵


I’m honoured to have been shortlisted for the 2025 #CWprize among so many other talented writers. Congratulations to everyone else on the shortlist! I can’t wait to see where this journey takes us. Commonwealth Foundation Creatives commonwealthfoundation.com/short-story-pr…




here, i told the story of one idp who attempted an abortion by drinking a mixture of palm oil and detergent. i also spoke to women in boko haram captivity who had aborted pregnancies using traditional methods to avoid having babies fathered by terrorists. humanglemedia.com/abortion-among…



Coal From South Africa Keeps Flowing to Israel Despite the ICJ Genocide Case, Great story from Banjo, Damilola eepurl.com/jc345o

South Africa has increased its exports of coal to Israel despite the genocide case it filed against Tel Aviv at the ICJ. South Africa’s coal shipments to Israel grew 17 percent from January 2024 to January 2025. passblue.com/2025/04/21/coa… by Banjo, Damilola




Join us in applauding 2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship alumnus, Akintunde Babatunde Akíntúndé Babátúndé , on his appointment as Executive Director of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development, a leading pan-African media development nonprofit. Across Nigeria, U.S.


When purpose calls, you answer After a quite meaningful time serving at the African Development Bank, where I had the honour of documenting impact across the continent, I begin a new chapter with the World Bank , working alongside its leadership team, and contributing to a


Facilitated a training with several newsrooms today with Nigeria Media Innovation Program on a digital-first content strategy. And by God, I am proud of myself!
