The Union of Campus Journalists, University of Ibadan has unveiled winners of the 6th Edition of the Fisayo Soyombo Inter-Varsity Essay Competition.
The announcement was made during the annual award/handover ceremony of the union that was held on Saturday, May 4, at BNI Youth Centre, U & I Building, University of Ibadan.
Among the four winners of this year’s edition were two students of the University of Ibadan, Olanshile Ogunrinu and Oyibokure Smith who emerged as the second-prize winner and third-prize winner respectively.
The overall winner is Obiora Victor from the University of Nigeria (UNN) and finishing second-runner-up again is Onwe Chukwuebuka also from UNN.
The first prize winner will be awarded N250,000, second prize N150,000, third prize N100,000, and also an opportunity for the top three to intern at FIJ.
This competition is an endowment of Fisayo Soyombo, a former UCJUI President and now the founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ).
