Nigerian Journalist Wins 2018 African Fact-Checking Award

Nigerian journalist, Chikezie emerges winner of the 2018 African Fact-checking award

A Nigerian journalist, Chikezie Omeje, who is a senior investigative and data reporter with the International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), Abuja emerged winner of the 2018 African fact-checking award. Omeje was announced winner of this prestigious award, on Tuesday at the African Investigative Journalism Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa. His winning entry came from a report which invalidated claims by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of a drastic drop in pre-school enrolment in 2016 in Nigeria. The African fact-checking award is annually organized by an independent and non-partisan fact checking organization called African Check.