LAGOS — The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism will today present anti-corruption defender award and the lifetime award for journalistic excellence respectively to retired Supreme Court justice, Kayode Eso and media veteran, Mr. Lanre Idowu at the sixth award presentation ceremony of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting.

The event scheduled for NECA Main Hall, Plot A2, Hakeem Balogun Street, opposite Afrika Shrine, Agidingbi, Lagos will commence at 5pm prompt.

A statement by the Centre Coordinator, Motunrayo Alaka, said: “The award search committee came up with an overwhelming endorsement of Justice Eso’s untiring effort to promote integrity in the judiciary, as well as his unstinting commitment to the values of justice in the larger view of a noble society.”

It states further that Mr. Idowu, Managing Director of Diamond Publications, was chosen for his years of consistent labour towards the growth of the Nigerian media, exemplified by his principled stand on those positive values that directly connects media reporting to democratic growth.

Both men will be honoured alongside the merit award winners, runners-up and the WSCIJ-Nigeria investigative journalist of the year to be unveiled at the award presentation ceremony.

The merit award win for this year’s award programme will include the award plaque, laptops, free internet access subscription and up to N100, 000 cash prize for winners