Nigeria, July 25 -- 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 ...