10 journalists win big at Wole Soyinka 18th Investigative Reporting awards
10 journalists received awards in various categories at the third edition of the Amplify Media (AIM) Conference and Awards.
Winners in the various categories include; Kemi Busari of Dubawa, who won in the online category with his piece ‘Investigation: ‘Baba Aisha Herbal Medicine’; Beloved John was the runner up in this category with with her story ‘London Graduate School: The ‘Degree Mill’ selling fake honorary doctorate to Africans’. In the TV category Sharon Ijasan of TVC News won with her two-part story ‘Human trafficking sad realities of trafficked Nigerians in Libya, West Africa’; while Lami Sadiq won in the print category with her work ‘Organ exploitation: How Abuja syndicate lured minor for kidney harvest’.
Others include Victor Asowata of The Will Newspaper was runner-up in the cartoon category with ‘Power Grabbers 2023’, Omolabake Fasogbon’story ‘Inside Story of Lagos Building Collapse where Regulator Mortgage Lives for as low as N50,000) was runner up in the print category.
Those who received commendation for their work include Ayodele Adeniran’s ‘Naira Swap’ in The Guardian for the print category, Chukwuemeka Emenike’s ‘Failure of regulatory agencies’ in New Telegraph for the photo category, Marcus Fatunmole’s “How North Korean runs illegal hospital patronised by the high and mighty in Abuja” in ICIR for the online category, and Folashade Ogunrinde’s ‘JusticeforBamishe: How lawyers’ absence, slack laws, courts’ apathy dampen families’ hope for justice’ for the television category.
