Tunde Ajaja Category: Business and SMEs reporting Tunde Ajaja is an award-winning journalist with the weekend titles of PUNCH in Nigeria. His two-part story, titled, “Once upon a goldmine: Pathetic fate of Nigeria’s burdened seaports” won the best report for the Business and SMEs reporting. The report examines the underutilisation of Nigeria’s seaports, the problems bedeviling […]Read More

Toborie Ovuorie Category: Human Rights Toborie Ovuorie is a senior investigative journalist who has worked with a number of media houses in Nigeria including the PREMIUM TIMES and the Nations Newspaper. She won the Wole Soyinka awards for her investigative exposes in 2012 and 2013. Toborie’s 5-part story, titled, “How Nigeria ‘Kills’ Children Living With HIV” […]Read More

Seriba Kone Category: Best Report in Anti-Corruption Seriba Kone, an experienced Ivorian journalist and former editor-in-chief for the lepointsur.com, won in the Anti-Corruption catergory for his story “Corruption, un indomptable monster (Corruption, an indomitable monster)”. The story thoroughly reveals the entrenched nature of corruption in public service in Cote D’Ivoire despite institutional arrangements by the government […]Read More

Sama Tounwendsida Hugues Richard 2019 West Africa Journalist of the Year Sama Tounwendsida Hugues Richard was adjudged the 2019 West Africa Journalist of the Year. Richard, who is also the 2019 Best Journalist in Burkina Faso (Super Galian), works with the private newspaper L’Observeteur Paalga. His story, “Maladies mentales dans la région du Nord : Le sacerdoce fou […]Read More

Nabil Ahmed Rufai Category: Best Report for SDG’s With the story, titled, “Education the Poor”, Nabil Ahmed Rufai of GHOne TV won the best report for the SDGs category. Set in a public primary school in Teong, a rural community in the Tempane District in the Upper East Region of Ghana, the report highlights the […]Read More

Kunle Adebajo Category: Telecommunications and ICT Reporting Kunle Adebajo is a journalist with Nigeria-based news agency International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR). His story “Information, Foreign Affairs, Science … 20 ministries you should not bother e-mailing” was adjudged the best report in the Telecommunications and ICT Reporting Category. The story details how Kunle sent an enquiry […]Read More

Cletus Umoh Okpong Category: Investigative Journalism Cletus Umoh Okpong is PREMIUM TIMES’ regional editor for ‘South-south’ Nigeria. His story, “A six-part investigative series which exposes an unimaginable rot in public education in one of Nigeria’s richest states” was adjudged the best report for the Investigative Category. A comprehensive investigative report, the six-part story is the result […]Read More