How Platforms Africa Team Lead secured his eighth nomination out of record 1,050 entries for the prestigious NMMA 2021 Award holding in Kogi, North-central Nigeria, on Saturday
The Professor Ralph Akinfeleye-led Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA) Board of Assessors has nominated the report by Adeola Yusuf out of record 1,050 entries for the prestigious 2021 Media Merit Award holding in Kogi, North-central Nigeria, on Saturday, October 30.
Adeola Yusuf, a multiple award-winning Nigerian Journalist, is the Team Lead, Platforms Africa. The latest is the eighth time he has been nominated for the prestigious award.
He was, penultimate week, announced by the School of Media and Communications, Pan-Atlantic University (PAU) a winner of the Advanced Writing and Reporting Skills (AWARES) Reward and Recognition Laurel.
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In a letter of nomination sent to Yusuf by the award organisers and signed by Deputy Administrator, Adewumi Adediran, Yusuf’s work is considered to be one of the three best reports for Reporter of The Year, 2021, under the Energy category.
In preparation for the event, Adedirsn said, “the NMMA Administrators shortlisted a few states for the special hosting of the NMMA 2021 programme outside Lagos.
After five months of processing and analysing options, Kogi State emerged from the North Central zone. Kogi State government accepted the offer and set in motion necessary structures as required to ensure a brilliant and superlative hosting of the NMMA grand media programme in the state.”
Adediran continued, “Within three months, the state government and the NMMA signed the memorandum of understanding to host the event with structured schedules, roles and responsibilities to achieve a memorable hosting of the NMMA 2021 in Kogi State.”
Adeola Yusuf is a PhD candidate at the School of Postgraduate studies, Lagos State University (LASU), having gone through a successful educational sojourn across The Pan-Atlantic University, The University of Lagos, The Crescent University and THE Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), among others.
An investigative journalist of repute, Adeola Yusuf has, at the global stage and within Nigeria, won many journalism awards, fellowships, bursaries and recognitions.
He is a winner of the African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) Bursary Award, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2016. He was in Nairobi, Kenya in 2017 as a winner of the Tax Justice Network Africa (TJN-A’s) Bursary on Tax evasion and illicit finance reporting in Africa.
Yusuf is also a two-time winner Thomson Reuters Foundation Scheme on Illicit Trade and Finance Reporting in Africa held in Kampala, Uganda, 2015 and 2016.
He has, in line of duty as a journalist, travelled to some of the major cities of the World for conferences, seminars and Workshop. He was in London, United Kingdom (UK) for Gulf of Guinea (GoG) conference (2011). He has, on many occasions travelled to Houston, Texas, the acclaimed oil and gas capital of the World for Offshore Technology Conference (OTC). He also attended a conference of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), among others.
His media experience spanned the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), the Ogun State Television (OGTV), The Monitor Newspaper, TheWEEK magazine, DAILYSUN Newspaper, Daily Independent, New Telegraph among others.
He is a sought-after financial and energy (oil, gas, power, renewables) policy analyst who is a regular face on News Central TV, Television Continental (TVC), Channels Television, Lagos Television, Radio One as well as Radio Lagos.
Adeola Yusuf operates the following social media accounts; Twitter: @deolaYUSUF; Facebook: @adeolayusuf; Istagram: @adeolaomoyusuf
