Taiwo Adebulu of The Cable Newspaper, Nigeria has won the *Fact-Check of the Year by a Working Journalist award organized by Africa Check.
He won with his entry: “Nigeria told UN that 7 varsities run strictly on renewable energy, but is this true?” https://bit.ly/37sJKSF
In response to his award, Adebulu tweeted: Amidst the chaos and uncertainties, we are grateful for another victory. Thank you @AfricaCheck for the honour.
*Fact-Check of the Year by a Working Journalist* Runner-up: Aisha Abdool Karim (
) Entry: “The coronavirus ‘vaccine’ Ekurhuleni wants to import doesn’t exist” bit.ly/35osXNN
*Fact-Check of the Year by a Student Journalist* Runner-up: Oluwaseye Ogunsanya (
) Entry: “Did Nigeria’s Minister Of Education Announce Resumption of Schools On September 7?” bit.ly/37y1HPM
On October 2, Adebulu and ten other journalists had been named as finalists for the 2020 edition of the African Fact-Checking Awards.
According to the shortlist announced by the organisers of the award, Africa Check four of the seven in the race for the Fact Check of the Year by a working journalist are Nigerians, while two other Nigerians also made the students’ category list of four.
They were selected from 192 entries submitted by a total of 140 journalists and 28 journalism students.
The entries must have been first published or broadcast on any date from 1 August 2019 to 22 August 2020 and should have exposed a claim on an important topic made by a public figure or institution in Africa as misleading or wrong.
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Adebulu will get a prize of $3,000, while the runner-up will be awarded $1,500.
The prize for the best fact-checking report by a student journalist is $2,000, and the runner-up $1,000.
