Nigeria, Oct. 18 -- Two PREMIUM TIMES' journalists who worked on a collaborative investigation that unravelled lead poisoning linked to battery recycling in Nigeria have been named among the three finalists for the 2026 African Investigative Journalist of the Year Awards.

The investigation was led by the editor of the Business and Economy desk of PREMIUM TIMES, Oladeinde Olawoyin, and an award-winning investigative reporter, Folashade Ogunrinde.

The Wits Centre for Journalism, supported by Absa Africa, is organising the award in its fourth year to recognise outstanding investigative reporting across Africa that reveals untold stories, holds the powerful to account, questions those in public life, and serves the public interest.

The 202...