Two Nigerian Journalists Emerge Winners at the CNN/MultiChoice Awards

Toyosi Ogunseye in 2011

Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye and Tolu Ogunlesi have won in a couple of the categories in this year’s CNN/MultiChoice African Journalist of the Year awards. Toyosi Ogunseye, Sunday Punch Editor, won the Environment prize, and Tolu Ogunlesi , a freelance journalist with Ventures Africa won the Economy and Business reporting prize.

Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye, had previously won in another category of the awards in 2011 when she took home the MSD Health and Medical Award, for a story about the LUTH’s Ransome-Kuti’s Children’s Centre. Tolu Ogunlesi also won the 2009 CNN Multichoice Arts and Culture Journalism Award as a contributing editor in Glide Magazine, Nigeria, for his story, ‘What the Truck?

Congrats to the two writers!