Babaji Usman Babaji is a Correspondent with Leadership Newspaper, covering Gombe State. His investigative journalism career is distinguished by fellowships with the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Baraza Media Lab, the JournalismAI Skills Lab at the London School of Economics (LSE), HumAngle's SCOJA Fellowship, and WikkiTimes' Anas Aremeyaw Anas AI Accountability Fellowship. He has secured reporting grants from CJID, ICIR, WSCIJ, PPDC Budeshi, CML, and CITAD, and is a member of the Network of Investigative and Public Interest Journalists (NIPIJ).