Muhammed-Bello Buhari
Activist and Co-Founder, Call A Lawyer Nigeria

Muhammed-Bello Buhari is an activist, award-winning fact-checker, and community developer. His professional and volunteer experience spans more than 5 years over multiple fields — within human rights, digital rights, internet governance, disinformation, media freedom, and social accountability ecosystems. Muhammed-Bello has a keen interest in the intersection of human rights, social justice, and technology. That is why he has focused his professional career on advocating for strategies, policies and measures that make the Internet accessible, open, and affordable, to improve lives and enhance democracy.

Worried by the violations of human rights during the recent wave of #EndSARS protests led by an entire generation of young people – from arresting protesters to arresting journalists and activists for expressing their views online – He co-founded ‘Call A Lawyer Nigeria’, where he currently serve as Communications Director, an initiative that provides pro bono [free legal] services for persons whose rights are infringed upon when they are targeted based on their use of digital platforms or for joining peaceful protests. For this project, he was recognised by Opportunities Hub as among 100 Most Influential Young People 2021.

Currently, he works as an Administrative Support for Digital Grassroots, a youth-led non-profit working to increase digital citizenship on Internet governance and digital rights among youth from underrepresented communities globally. He’s a fellow of Journalism for Liberty fellowship, a 2021 fellow of the West Africa Internet Governance Forum, and a 2020 fellow of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Nigeria ‘Open Minds – Young Voices’ Youth Activists Fellowship among others. He regularly contributes op-eds/articles to various platforms, national publications, and social media platforms on issues of good governance, human rights, and youth participation. He won the 2nd edition of TALKAM Human Rights Article Competition.