Investigative journalist, editor and OSINT researcher with more than eight years of experience conducting evidence-based research, analysing complex socio-political developments, reviewing source materials, and producing accurate, publication-ready reports. Possesses extensive knowledge of Nigerian and West African political systems, governance, elections, human rights conditions, migration trends, security developments, corruption and regional affairs. Specialises in country-conditions research and expert-report support for asylum and international protection claims.
Independent country-conditions and human-rights research across Nigeria and West Africa, relevant to asylum and international protection claims.
Areas of expertise include:
- Politics, governance and democratic institutions; elections and electoral integrity
- Human rights, civil liberties and freedom of expression / press freedom
- Security, conflict and insurgency, including Boko Haram/ISWAP, banditry and separatist movements
- Corruption, accountability and anti-corruption frameworks
- Asylum conditions, persecution risks and vulnerable groups
- Internal displacement, migration patterns and refugee conditions
- State protection capacity/willingness and internal relocation feasibility
- Trafficking, forced labour and gender-based violence
I specialise in:
- Country-conditions and human-rights research and analysis
- Review, fact-checking and strengthening of expert reports (source verification, evidence assessment, source triangulation)
- Editing and rewriting of reports into fluent, publication-ready English (incl. non-native drafts)
Document and public-records analysis, timeline reconstruction, and witness/victim interviewing
- More than eight years across investigative journalism, editorial and research roles. Independent Investigative Journalist, Researcher & Editor ;
- Journalist & Investigative Researcher at ExpertizeMe;
- Investigative Journalist at Green Bull Research;
- General Editor at The Owl News, Nigeria.
- Extensive experience analysing court filings, public records, NGO reports and government documents, and producing multi-jurisdiction investigations with documented source trails.
- Skilled with verification/OSINT tools (Wayback Machine, OpenCorporates, SEC EDGAR, UK Companies House, Aleph/OCCRP, GLEIF, InVID/WeVerify, TinEye).
- Education: Higher National Diploma (HND) and Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in Mass Communication, Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu, Nigeria.
Bylined and ghostwritten investigations including multi-jurisdiction corporate-fraud, degree-mill, brand-fraud, cybercrime and public-accountability exposés; published articles across recognised media platforms (The AI Journal, CEOWorld, TechBullion, Home Business Magazine, India.com). Full editing and article portfolios available on request.