{"id":354657,"date":"2017-09-19T11:40:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T11:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=354657"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:18:42","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T11:18:42","slug":"nigerian-wins-bbc-world-news-komla-dumor-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/nigerian-wins-bbc-world-news-komla-dumor-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian wins BBC World News Komla Dumor award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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":"
A journalist from north-eastern Nigeria has won the third BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. 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. She will start a three-month placement at the BBC in London in September. The award was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[11223,11224,4075,11225],"yoast_head":"\n