Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on 15 February 2021 on a consensus of the General Council.
When she takes office on 1 March, Dr. Okonjo-Iweala will become the first woman and the first African to be chosen as Director-General – the organization’s seventh Director-General. Her term, renewable, will expire on 31 August 2025.
Soyombo ‘Fisayo has emerged second-place winner of the 2020 Fetisov Journalism Award in the outstanding investigative reporting category.
Soyombo ‘Fisayo, who recently founded the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), was announced winner on the 10th of February 2021.
His undercover investigation on Nigeria’s criminal justice system is among the 12 winning entries announced. A total of 283 works were entered from across 77 countries under four categories.
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David Hundeyin has emerged winner of the People Journalism Prize for Africa along with Hopewell Chin’ono of Zimbabwe on 11th February 2021.
Currently on self-exile, David Hundeyin was selected for his Investigative Piece that exposed the draconian regulations and pointed out potential human rights violations in the proposed Infectious Diseases Bill that was in consideration by Nigeria’s House of Representatives during the coronavirus (COVID-19) lock down.
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Oladimeji ldris Shotunde has emerged as the overall best graduating student at the 24th Convocation ceremony at the Lagos State University (LASU).
Oladimeji ldris Shotunde of the Department of Business Administration graduated as the best graduating student with a CGPA of 4.95 – setting a new record as the best graduating student at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels by clinching the highest ever results in the institution.
Olusola Aanu Olabanjo with a CGPA of 5.0 graduated as the best M.Sc. student.
Oladeinde Olawoyin, a Premium Times’ journalist has emerged the overall winner of the 2020 Atupa Media Fellowship on financial journalism award.
Mr. Olawoyin emerged winner in a pool of 25 financial journalists from print, broadcast, and digital platforms selected for the fellowship across Nigeria.
The award, which followed a four-month-long training programme for the 25 business and financial journalists, had over 70 entries from all the Fellows of the programme.
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Oluwatoni Adesanya, a student of Greensprings School, Lagos, has won the second prize in Kemper Human Rights Education Foundation’s (KHREF) essay competition 2020.
Oluwatoni Adesanya’s essay titled: “Human rights violations masquerading as COVID-19 interventions: The Nigerian experience”, was adjudged second best, and awarded $500 prize in the international competition, which received about 100 entries from 17 different countries.