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Taiwo Adebulu has been named TheCable Journalist of the Year 2021 and receives a cash prize of ₦250,000.

The award recognises journalists within the ranks of TheCable “who have demonstrated industry, resilience and self-motivation as well as having produced impact stories during the year”.

He is the head of Fact Check Desk at TheCable and is a corps member of the America-based Report for the World (RFW), an initiative from The GroundTruth Project which supports “ground up” journalism to serve under-covered corners of the world.

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An investigative report by Ekemini Simon and Abasifreke Effiong has won the maiden edition of Ray Ekpu Investigative Journalism Prize in Akwa Ibom state.

The investigative journalism prize winner commissioned by the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) was announced at Dinner and Award Night of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Akwa Ibom State Council, held on December 10, 2021 in Uyo.

The award instituted by Inoyo Toro Foundation, a non-profit organisation working to promote quality education and boost capacity of Journalists in Akwa Ibom State, is designed to honour Ray Ekpu, a founding member of the renowned Newswatch magazine who hails from Akwa Ibom state.

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Winners have emerged at the 2021 Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME), which held at the Shell Hall, Muson Centre, Lagos.

Speaking at the award ceremony, Mr. Lanre Idowu, editor-in-chief of Media Review, the organisers of the award said 24 categories were advertised in the award but that only 13 categories had worthy entries.

He said DAME did not find entries for 11 categories that were worthy of its awards and that the organisation has resolved to put in place a programme to improve quality of entries in the coming year.

He said journalists are very important people in the society and that they deserve to be rewarded for the good work that they do.

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Winners have emerged in the 2021 Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) Awards held on December 9, 2021 in Lagos.

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) annually honours journalists who use investigative stories to amplify the voice of the most vulnerable in Nigeria.

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Damilola Banjo and Yusuf Akinpelu have emerged winners at the Norbert Zongo African Prize for Investigative Journalism (PAJI-NZ) award [2021] on November 13, 2021 at the prize-giving ceremony in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

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Winners have emerged at the 2021 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) held at the Marriot Hotel in Lagos on 28 November 2021.

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18-year-old Aishatu Dalil has won the 2021 BBC Hausa Short Story Writing Contest For Women, with a story titled: “Hakkina” (‘My Right’).

Aishatu Dalil’s story ‘Hakkina’ tells the story of a young woman, Fatima, who is raped by her stepfather and is threatened by her mother not to tell anyone about the abuse. She locks Fatima in a room despite the injuries she sustained during the assault.

To Fatima’s mother, silencing her daughter not only covers for her husband but also ‘protects’ her daughter from the stigma faced by victims of rape in the Hausa society.

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