A journalist from north-eastern Nigeria has won the third BBC World News Komla Dumor Award.<\/p>\n
Amina Yuguda is a news presenter on local network Gotel Television, where she has reported on high-profile news stories, including the Boko Haram insurgency.<\/p>\n
She will start a three-month placement at the BBC in London in September.<\/p>\n
The award was created to honour Komla Dumor, a presenter for BBC World News, who died suddenly aged 41 in 2014.<\/p>\n
Ms Yuguda said her win was a “huge honour”.<\/p>\n
“I was overwhelmed with joy. Storytellers have always had an important role in Africa… this is what defines us. Today journalists are taking on that responsibility.”<\/p>\n
She impressed the panel with her story-telling and her ability to convey complex ideas in a way that resonates with a wide audience.<\/p>\n
She is excited to work at the BBC, given her understanding of the corporation’s impact among pastoralists in her hometown, saying in her application:<\/p>\n
“With little or no formal education, my countrymen can hold their own in a variety of topics, including the Trump presidency in America, North Korea’s defiance, Russia’s foreign relations under Putin, and more.”<\/p>\n
BBC World Service Group Director Francesca Unsworth said Ms Yuguda was a worthy winner:<\/p>\n
“To find someone who possesses many of Komla’s qualities is something for us to celebrate, and we are very excited about working with Amina.”<\/p>\n
Previous winners of the Komla Dumor Award were Ugandan news anchor Nancy Kacungira and Nigerian business journalist Didi Akinyelure.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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