David Hundeyin

Nigerian investigative journalist · Nigeria · Journalists · Born 1990 · age 36

David Hundeyin is read about 21 times a day, in 7 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 390 days, one point a day.

David Hundeyin is a Nigerian journalist and author. He founded West Africa Weekly, a Substack newsletter.

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Corruption is a meaningless word.
2019, BusinessDay In his 2019 article Corruption is a meaningless word, Hundeyin argued that the term "corruption" had become too broad and, Own words
Instead of being used as a descriptor of specific actions and behaviours, ‘corruption’ now basically means whatever a politician wants it to mean.
BusinessDay From his analysis of how political actors in Nigeria use anti-corruption language as a rhetorical tool rather than addressing, Own words
Why is your own always different?
BusinessDay In his personal essay Why I Tell Difficult Stories, Hundeyin described this question as a recurring challenge he encountered, Own words