Babatunde Okunlola

Multi-award-winning journalist 🏆 , Group Head of Programmes @Diamond885FM & @diamond887FM., & media strategist

@washfellowship Fellow,
@ICFJ Fellow etc

[Babatunde Okunlola @iam_fto]

And we won! I got the coveted gong at the 2023 Nigeria Media Merit Awards

"2023 Radio production of the year"

A lot of highlights from the night, least of which was not the full circle moment with journo friends, and mentors.
This one is for all my "Day ones" 🙌

[Babatunde Okunlola @iam_fto]

When the BBC investigated the claim in 2017, they found that the Microsoft Canada report everyone had been citing didn’t actually contain the statistic at all. The eight-second figure appeared in the report as a footnote attributed to a company called Statistic Brain.

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The Attention Span Stat Everyone Keeps Getting Wrong by Activated Thinker https://t.co/9wzVITPaw4

[Babatunde Okunlola @iam_fto]

The Attention Span Stat Everyone Keeps Getting Wrong by Activated Thinker https://t.co/9wzVITPaw4

[Babatunde Okunlola @iam_fto]

@Lifeof_AG01 Haircuts for guys is what makeup is for ladies. 👏👏👏

[Schrodingers Goat @Damideazy]

These kind of news should make every working activity put to a stop

Like no movement
Shut down lekki
Ikeja
Aso rock
Every important commerical route

Country should be put to a halt until someone is either made to pay for this ruin or fix this shit

[Wole Soyinka Centre @WSoyinkaCentre]

Four years ago, residents of Ijesaland, Osun State, were displaced and their lands taken over amid illegal gold mining activities by artisanal miners, including Chinese operators.

Babatunde Okunlola’s, @iam_fto documentary “Gold Rushes & Landgrabs”, which aired on @Diamond885FM, went deep into this issue - speaking to affected families, traditional leaders, and authorities to uncover how land was being grabbed and lives disrupted. His work won the Radio category at the 2022 Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting (#WSAIR) for its depth, courage, and public impact.

At a time when digital platforms dominate conversations about media relevance, this powerful investigation reminds us that radio remains one of the most trusted and far-reaching tools for holding power to account.

Then we ask: Is radio still king in today’s media landscape?

Join us for ‘The Keynote’, a special edition of #WSCIJConversations exploring the past, present, and future of radio.
🗓 Friday, 13 February 2026
⏰ 11:00 AM (WAT)
📍 X Space
👉 Click to join: https://t.co/dDO8Mi25Qe

[Matt Wallace @MattWallace888]

James Van Der Beek’s final message to the world is one of the most powerful things I have ever heard. Stop whatever you are doing and listen to this! 🥺

[JD Vance @JDVance]

Absolutely insane headline

[Hansel Praise @hannytalker]

Save this if you look forward to becoming a manager, leading a team, making decisions. Moving up the ladder to a managerial level.

Here are 5 things you should be aware of👇🏾

1. What brought you here will not keep you here.
You were promoted because you were excellent at your job. You delivered. You executed. You outperformed.
Then the job changed.

2. Management isn’t about being the best anymore.
It’s about making others their best.
You move from being the star performer to building stars.

3. Stop competing with your team. Start cultivating them.
This is where many new managers struggle.
We keep doing what made us successful before instead of creating space for others to grow.

4. Your output is no longer tasks.
Your output is people — their clarity, confidence, and growth.
That shift takes time to accept.

5. Your job is to build people.
The promotion wasn’t a reward for past performance.
It was an invitation to develop an entirely new skill set: clarity, feedback, emotional intelligence, patience, restraint.

[Babatunde Okunlola @iam_fto]

Breaking: Vance Defends ICE in Fatal Minneapolis Shooting

#JDVance #Minneapolis #ICE #ReneeGood

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US Job Openings Hit 5-Year Low—Here’s What It Means for You

#JobMarket #USJobs #Economy

[Babatunde Okunlola @iam_fto]

Trump orders U.S. withdrawal from 66 international organizations including 31 UN entities

#Trump #UnitedNations #UN

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Republicans Break With Trump on Greenland

#Greenland #Trump #Congress

[Babatunde Okunlola @iam_fto]

ICE Agent Shoots Woman During Minneapolis Operation, DHS Says

#Minneapolis #ICE #Minnesota

[Babatunde Okunlola @iam_fto]

Trump Warns Republicans: ‘I’ll Get Impeached’ If GOP Loses Midterms

#Impeachment
#MidtermElections
#Politics

[Babatunde Okunlola @iam_fto]

Minnesota Hotel Cancels ICE Reservations, Sparks Federal Response

#Immigration
#DHS
#Minnesota

[Danny @Truth_matters20]

Voddie Baucham:

"All the gospel requires is repentance and faith. That's it. Nothing else. Some of you are going, 'Well, what about obedience?' That's not what the gospel requires, it's what the gospel produces."

[Babatunde Okunlola @iam_fto]

@p_billjohnson 's sermons are just spot on for me this season. Been on a listening marathon. https://t.co/khQz8FhR69

[Babatunde Okunlola @iam_fto]

Glad to speak this Friday at Unilorin’s CPSS Postgraduate Orientation via Zoom! Connecting with brilliant minds pursuing excellence in peace and strategic studies.

Friday, Nov 28 | 10:00am WAT

#UNILORIN

[Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT]

DECLARATION OF NATIONWIDE SECURITY EMERGENCY & RECRUITMENT OF ADDITIONAL ARMY AND POLICE PERSONNEL

Fellow Nigerians,

Today, in view of the emerging security situation, I have decided to declare a nationwide security emergency and order additional recruitment into the Armed Forces.

By this declaration, the police and the army are authorised to recruit more personnel. The police will recruit an additional 20,000 officers, bringing the total to 50,000.

Although I had previously approved the nationwide upgrade of police training facilities, the police authorities are, by this statement, authorised to use various National Youth Service Corps camps as training depots.

The officers being withdrawn from VIP guard duties should undergo crash training to debrief them and deliver more efficient police services when deployed to security-challenged areas of the country.

The DSS also has my authority to immediately deploy all the forest guards already trained to flush out the terrorists and bandits lurking in our forests. The agency also has my directive to recruit more men to man the forests. There will be no more hiding places for agents of evil.

My fellow Nigerians, this is a national emergency, and we are responding by deploying more boots on the ground, especially in security-challenged areas. The times require all hands on deck. As Nigerians, we should all get involved in securing our nation.

Let me take this moment to commend our security agencies for working together to secure the release of the 24 schoolgirls in Kebbi and the 38 worshippers in Kwara State. We will continue to sustain the efforts to rescue the remaining students of Catholic School in Niger State and other Nigerians still being held hostage.

To the leadership and rank and file of our Armed Forces, I commend your courage and your sacrifice. This is a challenging moment for our nation and for the military institution itself. I charge you to remain resolute, to restore peace across all theatres of operation, and to uphold the highest standards of discipline and integrity. There must be no compromise, no collusion, and no negligence. The Nigerian people are counting on you, and this administration will provide the support you need to succeed.

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[Babatunde Okunlola @iam_fto]

Got featured in @dailynebraskan for my DH Fellowship project documenting Osun River pollution in Nigeria 🌊. Thankful.

Transforming investigative journalism into timeless digital archives using AI mapping tools.

📰 Story: https://t.co/gxiHJbuRDh

#DigitalHumanities