Ibrahim Adeyemi

Ibrahim Adeyemi is an enterprise journalist covering the nexus between conflicts and humanitarian crises in Africa. He’s the investigations editor with the Nigerian platform HumAngle and has years of experience reporting conflicts, terrorism, and environmental crimes.

He is the author of Merchants of Terror, a three-part series that uncovered the financial schemes of Nigeria’s terrorists. The series exposed how state taxes end up in the pockets of terror groups and how citizens in war zones are enslaved and tortured by invading militants.

In 2023, he uncovered how a multi-million-dollar seaport project hurts the marine biodiversity of many coastal communities in Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital. The investigation sparked conversations among stakeholders and environmentalists who urged authorities to prioritize people's safety.

His works have earned him both local and international journalism accolades, including the One World Media Award, the Kurt Schork Award in International Journalism, the Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award, the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting, and the Kwame Karikari Fact-checking Award for African journalists.

He graduated from Usmanu Danfodiyo University in Sokoto, Nigeria, with a degree in English Language.