Nigeria, Oct. 3 -- PREMIUM TIMES foreign affairs and diaspora reporter, Beloved John, has emerged as the Runner-up in the ESG: Business and Society category of the 2024 Sanlam Financial Journalism Awards, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Thursday.

Some of Ms John's entries considered for the awards are: INVESTIGATION: Milk or Mimic: Nigeria's dairy market, a hub for inferior EU products and Green Energy's Dirty Secret: Illegal lithium trade thrives in Oyo.

She was initially shortlisted alongside Gouba Emmanuel of Info Nature, Burkina Faso; Rob Rose of Currency News, South Africa; and Deogratius Wamala of Daily Monitor, Uganda.

Rob Rose of Currency News, South Africa, was announced the winner of the category.

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