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The Next Edition editor wins Wole Soyinka Centre Investigative award

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Editor of The Next Edition, an online newspaper, Isine Ibanga has emerged the winner of the 2019 Nigerian Investigative Reporter of the Year organized by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism. He was declared the winner at the award ceremony held in Lagos on Monday during which 12 other journalists, the Amnesty International Nigeria, […]

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Egwu, African colleagues win Hosterwriter story Prize

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International award-winning Nigerian journalist, Patrick Egwu and two colleagues, Annie Njanja (Kenya) and Mamadou Lamine Ba (Senegal) have emerged winners of the 2019 Hostwriter Story Prize for Journalism collaboration. With a cross-border story on Female Genital Mutilation in Nigeria, Kenya and Senegal they were named second-place winners with 1000 euros prize grant in Berlin, Germany

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Five Nigerian journalists win regional, continental awards

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Five Nigerian journalists over the weekend won major awards at the West Africa Media Excellence Awards 2019 and the Continental Journalism Award on AU Charter. At the event held in Accra, Ghana, Destiny Onyemihia of Voice of Nigeria emerged the overall winner for the AU Charter award. For the regional award, Cletus Umoh Ukpong of

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Media key to shaping Nigeria’s future – PwC

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PwC Nigeria, a top professional service firm has reiterated the critical role the media plays in shaping Nigeria’s future and reaffirmed its commitment to promoting the quality of business reporting in Nigeria. The company stated this at its 2019 edition of the PwC Capability Enhancement workshop for journalists and Media Excellence Awards, which for four

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Call for investigative stories grant

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Oyinlola Awonuga Grants to support investigative stories on corruption in Nigeria are available for qualified and passionate investigative print, electronic and online journalists. The grants as part of the Upright4Nigeria campaign of the Strengthening Citizens’ Resistance Against Prevalence of Corruption (SCRAP-C)   are from four sectors: Education, Health, Power, and Tax Administration in Akwa-Ibom, Borno, Enugu,

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Entries invited for Wole Soyinka Investigative Reporting award

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By Oyinlola Awonuga The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has invited entries from Nigerian professional journalists or team of journalists, full-time or part-time, for the 14th edition of its Investigative Reporting award. The award according to the organisers is an annual programme of WSCIJ, that seeks to honour journalism works with a focus on

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Winners emerge in 2019 PwC Media Excellence Award

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Winners have emerged in the 2019 PwC Media Excellence Awards to celebrate and reward excellence in Business Reporting in Nigeria. The winners of the various categories announced at the award ceremony in Lagos on Friday night  are : Bayo Akinloye formerly of THISDAY:  SMEs Reporting Still load: How slow Internet speed under-develops Nigeria’s economy, stifles

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DAME invites entries in 22 categories

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By Oyinlola Awonuga The Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) has called for entries in twenty-two categories for its 2019 edition. The categories according to an announcement by the organizers include Agriculture Reporting, Anti-Corruption Reporting, Best Designed Newspaper, Business Reporting, Insurance Reporting, Investigative Reporting, Judicial Reporting and Lagos Reporting. Others are Nutritional Reporting, Sports Reporting,

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Nigerian author selected for International Writing Program

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An award-winning Nigerian poet, essayist, translator and author of short stories, Mr. Tade Ipadeola, has been selected to participate in the International Writing Program (IWP) Fall Residency. The residency will be at the University of Iowa, courtesy of the United States Department of State. The Public Affairs Section of the United States Consulate General, Lagos

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