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Yunusa Umar
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Freelance Investigative and Fact-Checkerjournalist, Freelance
Abuja, Niger, Nigeria
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Biography
Umar Yunusa is a young journalist passionate about investigative journalism on crime, environments governance and social justice. He had training with TheCable journalism foundation on Investigative, Data and fact-checking journalism. Also, Had a media attachment with DailyNigerian serving as editor on the Metro/Sports desk.
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By Yunusa Umar Verified| The Whistler Verified [mc4wp_form id=33047] The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has finally accredited Horticulture and Animal Health Technology courses in Niger State College of Agriculture, Mokwa, Niger State. This came three months after THE WHISTLER reported on how hundreds of graduates from the college could not be mobilized for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) due to non-accreditation of their courses.
By Yunusa Umar Verified| Dubawa Verified Claim: VeryDarkMan on X shared an image of a lifeless farmer, claiming that the farmer was attacked and killed by Fulani herdsmen in the South. Verdict: Misleading! DUBAWA’s findings reveal that the image has been online since 2024, when herdsmen attacked the Eha Amufu community in Enugu. Since the gruesome murder of 16 Northern travellers in the Uromi Community in the Southern State of Edo, an image has been shared to show how Fulani has been attacking the South.
By Yunusa Umar Verified| The Whistler Verified [mc4wp_form id=33047] Amnesty International has condemned the killing of a Niger State footballer identified as Sani by a policeman said to have acted under the influence of alcohol in Sabon Gari market, Chanchaga area of the state.
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Freelance
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