Awards & Fellowships

2022 Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) Winners

Winners have emerged for the 2022 Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) at the award ceremony held on Sunday, December 12 in Lagos. The winners and their categories are listed below: Taiwo Alimi of The Nation NESTLE PLC Prize for Nutrition Reporting   Yekeen Akinwale Of HumAngle PIND Prize for Niger Delta Reporting    Christian […]

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WSCIJ honorary award for Din-Jacob, Afolabi-Akiyode

News Director, TVC News, Stella Din-Jacob and founding Director of Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center (WARDC), Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi have been named for honorary awards by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ). They will be decorated with the awards ahead of the 17th edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting (WSAIR)  which will

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UPDATED: List of 2022 Nigeria Media Merit Awards Winners

Winners of the 30th edition of the 2022 Nigeria Media Merit Awards Newspaper of the Year Punch Newspapers Editor of the Year Hamza Idris of Daily Trust Best Editorial The Nation Newspaper Columnist of the Year Azu Ishiekwene of Vanguard. Radio Station of the Year Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) Television Station of the Year Channels Television

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13 journalists shortlisted for Wole Soyinka Investigative Reporting award

Thirteen journalists have been shortlisted for the 17th edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting (WSAIR). The shortlisted journalists include Olanrewaju Oyedeji of Dataphyte; Babatunde Okunlola of Diamond FM, Osun; Chukwuemeka Emenike of New Telegraph; Olatunji Obasa of PUNCH; Abdulaziz Abdulaziz of Trust TV and Gbenga Salau of The Guardian. Others are  Amadin

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Investigative conference, awards holds in Lagos

Amplify In-depth Media Conference and Awards by top media organisations in Nigeria will hold on December 8 and 9 in Lagos. The venue of the programme which will include the Amplify In-depth Media Conference and the 17th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting is NECA House, Hakeem Balogun Street, off Lateef Jakande Road, Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos.

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Entries for Soyinka Investigative Reporting Award opens

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) will from Tuesday, October 4, 2022, commence receiving entries on the portal for the 17th edition of its Investigative Reporting award till Monday 24 October 2022 by 4 pm. The Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting (WSAIR), is for professional reporters or teams of reporters, whether full-time

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The Nation’s Alao, 21 others selected for UN’s journalism fellowship

A reporter with The Nation, Alao Abiodun has been selected for the prestigious Reham Al-Farra Memorial Journalism Fellowship (RAF) to cover the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). According to the organisers, Alao is among the 22 journalists selected from more than 700 applicants worldwide for the RAF program. “I am honoured

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Call for Inequality Reporting Fellowship

The Africa Centre for Development Journalism (ACDJ) has announced a call for Nigerian journalists to apply for its Inequality Reporting Fellowship aimed at building the capacity of journalists to report on inequality at sub-national levels. According to the call by the centre, successful applicants will take part in the fellowship programme commencing with an intensive two-full days

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21 female journalists inducted Wole Soyinka Centre’s leadership fellows

Twenty-one female journalists across media organisations in Nigeria have been inducted as Fellows of the Report Women Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ). They were inducted on Thursday, June 9 in Lagos after participating in months of rigorous training and mentorship, and implemented story and leadership projects,

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MTN launches Six-month media fellowship

A six-month, fully funded fellowship for Nigerian media practitioners, MTN Media Innovation Programme (MTN MIP), has been launched by top telecommunication company, MTN Nigeria.   The programme which will run at the School of Media and Communication, (SMC), Pan Atlantic University (PAU) according to the company is designed to support the sustainable development of the

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