WOLE SOYINKA AWARD FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
2016 Soyinka Laureates
Print Category
Mojeed Alabi
Story: How FG Wasted N201.7bn On Projects
Category: Print
Media: New Telegraph Newspaper
Status: Winner
Oluwatobi Aworinde
Story: 1 – Punch Undercover Reporter Exposes Mass Cheating At NECO Miracle Centre 2 – Lagos Govt Shuts NECO ‘Miracle Centre’ after Punch Report
Category: Print
Media: Punch Newspaper
Status: Runner-up
Sebastine Ebhuomhan
Story: Counting The Dead By The Gun
Category: Print
Media: National Mirror
Status: Commended
Online Category
Olufisayo Soyombo
Story: Forgotten Soldiers
Category: Online
Media: The Cable
Status: Winner
Femi Owolabi
Story: The Blight On Humanity And The Resilience Of A People: The Maiduguri Reality
Category: Online
Media: The Cable
Status: Runner-up
Olufisayo Soyombo
Story: Undercover Investigation: Nigeria’s ‘Customs Of Corruption, Bribery And Forgery
Category: Online
Media: The Cable
Status: Commended
Photography Category
Adekunle Ajayi
Story: Freebie Erodes Dignity
Category: Photo
Media: Daily Independent Newspaper
Status: Winner
Ayodele Ojo
Story: The Police Is Your Friend
Category: Photo
Media: The Sun Newspaper
Status: Runner-up
2016 WSCIJ-Nigerian Investigative Journalist Of The Year