Investigations editor wins award in Egypt

Daily Trust Investigations Editor, Nuruddeen M. Abdallah, has been selected as one of the two outstanding African journalists to be honoured with an award by the Union of African Journalists (UAJ) and Egyptian Ministry of Information, in Cairo.

“After due assessment of all the previous participants from across Africa, Nuruddeen is one of the two outstanding journalists to be selected for an award,” the National Secretary of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Shuaibu Usman Leman, said in a letter addressed to the Daily Trust management.

The award will be presented in Cairo, Egypt during the 50th anniversary of the Training Course for Young African Journalists, scheduled for November 11- 30, 2017.

“Mr Abdallah has done a great job during his first course and we would like to honour him. We should all be proud of him,” the organisers announced in a letter jointly signed by the President of UAJ, Mr Mahfouz ElAnsary, Advisor of UAJ, Ambassador Ahmed Haggag and General Secretary of UAJ, Dr Samia Abbas.

“This initiative is to encourage other journalists taking part in our training course to follow his footsteps,” the UAJ and Egyptian information ministry, said.

The journalist is an alumnus of the Training Course for Young African Journalists, having participated in the 45th edition of the fellowship in 2015.