Fisayo Soyombo spent a year at the Federal University of Agriculture, Alabata, Abeokuta in 2003, before proceeding to the University of Ibadan in 2004 to study agriculture, eventually graduating with a B Agric.
14 Facts About Fisayo Soyombo
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In recent years, Fisayo Soyombo has publicly cited Anikulapo several times as the first of his two mentors and "probably the biggest influence on my journalism career".
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Fisayo Soyombo reported that over two days, he drove an equivalent of a stolen vehicle from Nigeria's capital, Abuja, to Lagos without being apprehended by the police, despite passing 86 checkpoints.
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Fisayo Soyombo spent days at the Pedro Police Station, Shomolu, Lagos, under the cover name "Ojo Olajumoke".
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Fisayo Soyombo spent eight days at the Ikoyi Prison in Lagos.
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The Guardian then reported that there were plans by the Nigerian security forces to arrest Fisayo Soyombo, forcing him to go into hiding for some time.
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Fisayo Soyombo had a short editorial stint at the International Centre for Investigative Reporting.
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Fisayo Soyombo did the investigative report titled "Filth, stench, bribery, corruption at Nigerian mortuaries and cemeteries" which revealed the poor state and corruption in mortuaries in the country.
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In May 2018, Fisayo Soyombo was announced as the managing editor of the online newspaper, Sahara Reporters.
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Fisayo Soyombo left the newspaper after a year to continue working as a freelance investigative reporter.
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In 2020, Fisayo Soyombo founded the not-for-profit investigative journalism organisation FIJ.
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Fisayo Soyombo identifies the gifting of a befitting prosthesis to Nwibani as the "most fulfilling moment" of his journalism career.
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On Thursday, June 18,2020, Soyombo wrote on his verified Twitter account @fisayosoyombo that former Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, had died.
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Fisayo Soyombo came under fire for refusing to recant tweets, instead he tweeted an update that his "trusted source insists the former governor is gone even though he still has not been disconnected from life support".