WOLE SOYINKA AWARD FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
2018 Soyinka Laureates
Print Category
Mojeed Alabi
Story: Exposed! Nigeria’s Deputy Speaker In 1.1bn Water Contract Scam
Category: Print
Media: New Telegraph Newspaper
Status: Winner
Chinwe Agbeze
Story: FG’s school feeding programme: The truths, half-tuths and outright lies
Category: Print
Media: Businessday Newspaper
Status: Runner-up
Online Category
Abdulaziz Abdulaziz
Story: The Kemi Adeosun Expose
Category: Online
Media: Premium Times
Status: Winner
Kemi Busari
Story: Investigation: The appalling, risky state of Nigeria’s multi-billion Naira nuclear technology centre
Category: Online
Media: Premium Times
Status: Runner-up
Oladeinde Olawoyin
Story: Investigation: Inside Nigeria’s Drivers’ License Fraud and How Officials Dupe Applicants
Category: Online
Media: Premium Times
Status: Commended
Photography Category
Kolawole Aliyu
Story: The Menace of Lagos State Task Force on People
Category: Photo
Media: Leadership Newspaper
Status: Winner
Elliot Ovadje
Story: Slums around us
Category: Photo
Media: Tribune Newspaper
Status: Commended
Broadcast (TV) Category
Sharon Ijasan
Story: Funding Basic Education in Nigeria
Category: TV
Media: Television Continental
Status: Winner
Azeezat Olaoluwa
Story: Failing health sector: Pregnant women seek cheaper alternatives
Category: TV
Media: Television Continental
Status: Runner-up
Broadcast (Radio) Category
Chinelo Ozoalor
Story: NECO Paper Leak Enugu
Category: Radio
Media: Federal Radio Corpotation of Nigeria
Status: Winner
Editorial Cartoon Category
Cornelius Emenike
Story: Allowances for Senators and Governors
Category: Editorial Cartoon
Media: New Telegraph Newspaper
Status: Commended
Bennett Omeke
Story: Corruption in NNPC
Category: Editorial Cartoon
Media: Punch Newspaper
Status: Commended
2018 WSCIJ-Nigerian Investigative Journalist Of The Year