ECHO Supervising Editor Shortlisted For CJA Awards

Toluwalope Adebayo

The Supervising Editor of Echo Media, Adesola Ikulajolu has been shortlisted for the 2020 Campus Journalism Awards.

Ikulajolu alongside the Immediate Past President of the Nigerian Union of Campus Journalist, AAUA Chapter, Damilola Olufemi, are among the 30 finalists to be screened by a panel of judges in Abuja, on March 28th.

The professional awards event, which is organized by the Youth Digest, is an annual platform that celebrates gifted Nigerian campus writers and journalists.

With over 266 entries, the third edition of the awards will have 15 winners in 15 categories which include: Upcoming Writer, Entertainment Writer, Sports Writer, Reporter, Gender Equality Reporter, Broadcaster and Photo-journalist, Pen Club, Author (Book), Social Media Influencer, Investigative Journalist, Features Writer, Editor, Print Magazine, and the grand award of Campus Journalist of the Year.

The  2020 CJA is themed “Press Freedom: Catalyst for Good Governance”.

According to the Head of the Screening Committee, Alfred Olufemi, the keynote address is set to be delivered by the Honourable Minister, of Youth and Sports.

Also, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu will be hosted as the Special Guest of Honour.

Olufemi further disclosed that the event will feature the launch of a book titled a ‘Musings of Young Minds: A collection of articles by campus journalists,” edited by
the Editor of the Youths Digest, Gidado Yushau Shuaib, .

Below are the names of the finalists and their institutions:

1. Kafilat Taiwo – Moshood Abiola Polytechnic

2. Muhyideen Kolawole – Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto

3. Olufemi Damilola – Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba-Akoko

4. Abdulhamid Abdullahi Aliyu – Bayero University Kano

5. Yusuf Mutiu Olaitan – University of Ilorin

6 Hassan Abdulsalam – Moshood Abiola Polytechnic

7. Ajala Samuel – Federal University Oye Ekiti

8. Daniel Whyte – Federal University Oye Ekiti

9. Mariam Ileyemi – Lagos State University

10. Victoria Ifeolu – American University of Nigeria

11. Abdulwaheed Sofiullahi – Usmanu Danfodiyo University

12. Owolabi Kuburat – Usmanu Danfodiyo University

13. Abdulhaleem Ishaq Ringim – School of Nursing, ABU Teaching Hospital

14. Uthman Samad – Obafemi Awolowo University

15. Ojurongbe Sodiq – Moshood Abiola Polytechnic

16. Abiodun Jamiu – Usmanu Danfodiyo University

17. Peter Oyebanji – Obafemi Awolowo University

18. Stephen Enoch – Bayero University Kano

19. Qosim Suleiman – Usmanu Danfodiyo University

20. Prince Innocent Federal University Otuoke

21. Muhammad Auwal – Ahmadu Bello University

22. Solomon Oladipupo – University of Lagos

23. Ridhwan Adetutu Abdullahi – University of Ilorin

24. Ikulajolu Adesola – Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba-Akoko

25. News Digest Press, (UDUS)

26. Mohammed Dahiru Lawal – Bayero Univesity Kano

27. LASUGONG Newspaper – Lagos State University

28. Adeyinka Ademola – The Polytechnic Ibadan

29. Mohammed Yakubu – IBB University

30. Udeobasi Blessing – University of Nigeria Nsukka