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Four Nigerian journalists in final list for CNN Journalists Award
Written by Adekunle Aliyu
Friday, May 16, 2008

Four Nigeri-an journalists have been named among 23 finalists in the prestigious CNN Multichoice African Journalist 2008 competition. They are Lucas Ajanaku, Tell Magazine; Deji Badmus, Channels Television; Emmanuel Mayah, The Sun Newspaper, and Godwin Nnanna, BusinessDay.

Announcing the finalists yesterday, Azubuike Ishiekwene, chair of the Independent judging panel said the winners of the competition would be announced at a gala awards ceremony in the State Banquet Hall, Ogu, Accra Ghana on Saturday, July 19.

This year, 1912 entries from 44 countries throughout the continent were received for the competition including French and Portuguese speaking Africa.