Nigerian journalist wins global journalism award
Yusuf Anka, Nigerian journalist, Thursday won the Global Shining Light Award for 2023.
At an event held in Gothenburg, Sweden, Mr Anka’s documentary on the BBC Africa Eye was adjudged the joint best among over 400 entries from over 80 countries.
Published in 2022, the documentary was titled ‘The Bandit Warlords of Zamfara‘. The report exposed the gravity of an underreported crisis: the atrocities of bandit terrorists in northern Nigeria.
Mr Anka was, however, not able to physically attend the event because he was denied an entry visa by the Swedish embassy in Nigeria, a BBC official said at the event.
The Global Shining Light Award (GSLA) is organised by the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) every two years to honour watchdog journalism in developing or transitioning countries, carried out under threat or in perilous conditions.
