Chinagorom Ugwu, an investigative journalist with PREMIUM TIMES, has won the 2026 Solution Journalism Award at the Active Citizens Awards organised by BudgIT and CivicHive.
Mr Ugwu was announced as the winner at the award ceremony held on Friday night at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.
He was among four finalists shortlisted for the award after a public nomination process and what the organisers described as a “rigorous review process.”
Mr Ugwu was nominated for his investigative story which exposed the certificate forgery scandal of the then Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji.
The investigation, published in October last year, showed that Mr Nnaji forged a degree certificate from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate which he submitted to President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian Senate during his ministerial screening process in 2023.
