The Wole Soyinka Centre For Investigative Journalism will honour former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, the Executive Director of the Media Rights Agenda, Edetaen Ojo, as well as ten outstanding journalists at the 12th edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting.
The ceremony is scheduled to hold on the World Anti-Corruption day, Saturday, 9 December 2017, at the NECA House, Alausa, Lagos, by 4pm.
Ezekwesili was nominated for the Anti-Corruption Defender award. She is to be recognised for her untiring efforts to promote transparency and accountability as well as her unstinting commitment to the values of justice within and outside Nigeria while Ojo will be receiving the Lifetime Award for Journalistic Excellence for his leadership of issues that enshrine freedom of expression, including his dogged trailblazing effort at ensuring the passage and implementation of the Freedom of Information Act in Nigeria.
The shortlisted journalists for the award includes, Ebere Ndukwu of Ripples, Ayodele Adeniran of The Guardian, Kolawole Aliu of Leadership, Soyombo Olufisayo, former Editor, The Cable, now International Center For Investigative Reporting – ICIR, Ayodele Ojo of Daily Sun, Adekunle Yusuf of The Nation, Kemi Busari of Premium Times, Chinwe Agbeze of BusinessDay, Ujorha Tadaferua of Daily Trust and Mojeed Alabi of New Telegraph.
The award this year, according to a statement signed by Motunrayo Alaka, Coordinator, WSCIJ, has six categories – print, online, television, radio, photo, and editorial cartoon, as well a special prize for food security and agriculture.
The winning stories from journalists were selected by a board of judges from a total of 166 entries received by the deadline of the call for application.
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