Daniel Ojukwu, a journalist with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), has been named a finalist for the 19th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting (WSAIR2024).

The list was disclosed by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism via its X page on Friday

“Out of a total of the 219 entries received, 15 journalists have emerged as finalists for the 19th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting,” the statement read.

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The finalists were picked by a judging panel chaired by Stella Din-Jacob, Editor-in-Chief and News Director of TVC News.

The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony scheduled for December 9, at the AGIP Recital Hall, MUSON Centre, Lagos.

Ojukwu is no stranger to excellence. In June, he was shortlisted for the Business and Companies category of the 2023 Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism.

His investigative report, Corporate ‘Delulu’: Companies Hide Lawsuits From Investors, Violate IFRS — And Regulators Turn Blind Eye, exposed corporate malpractice in Nigeria.

The Wole Soyinka Award, now in its 19th year, “encourages best practices in journalism works from the print, radio, television, photo, online, editorial cartoon broad categories as well as from other special categories which focus on themes ranging from regulatory failures, corruption in the public and corporate spheres, and human rights abuses”.