Four Nigerians in historic CNN African Journalist Awards win ... The Punch

On Saturday, two journalists of your darling newspaper, The Punch, Mr. ArukainoUmukoro and Mr. Femi Asu, were declared winners in the CNN/MultiChoice African Journalist Awards.
The prestigious ceremony, which took place in Nairobi, Kenya, had four Nigerians for the first time in the history of the awards, emerging tops in their categories.
The PUNCH, the most widely read newspaper in Nigeria, won two out of the four awards that came to Nigeria.
It was the first time a newspaper in Nigeria would win two prizes at the same time during the awards.
The CNN/MultiChoice African Journalist Competition is the most prestigious and respected award for journalists across the African continent.
Other winners from Nigeria are AdewaleEmosu of Tribune, who won in the Culture Award category with the story, ‘Bahia: Even in Brazil, African heritage lives on;’ and IbangaIsine of Premium Times, who emerged winner in the News Impact Award with the story, ‘Investigation: Massacre in Gboko: Soldiers at Dangote Factory kill 7; company, govt abandon victims’ families.’
Umukoro and Asu were earlier in the year named among the 31 finalists for the prestigious awards.
Umukoro, a senior correspondent with SUNDAY PUNCH, emerged winner in the Sports Reporting Award with the story, ‘Monuments of waste: Nigeria’s white elephant stadiums.’
The story, published on December 28 in 2014, explored the deplorable state of Nigeria’s stadiums.
According to the report, only a few of those stadiums hosted any form of sporting event regularly.
Umukoro had reported: “One of the most recently built is the National Stadium, Abuja. Built in 2003 at the cost of N54bn (about $321m), it is one of the costliest in the world. However, in the midst of illustrious company, which includes the iconic Allianz Arena – home of former European champions Bayern Munich – at €340 million (about N71bn), and Arsenal football club Emirates stadium that …Read More

Sunday, October 11, 2015
Source::Punch