Adebulu with the DAME award plaque and certificate
Taiwo Adebulu, features and investigations editor at TheCable, has won the 2024 Diamonds Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) for education reporting.
The 33rd edition of the DAME Awards was held on Saturday in Lagos.
Adebulu won the education reporting category with his report narrating how students of the Federal Government College (FGC) Birnin-Yauri, Kebbi state were abducted by hundreds of bandits while writing their final examinations.
In the detailed report, Adebulu x-rayed how some of the girls — between the ages of 13 to 16 — were killed while many others were sexually and psychologically tormented in their forced marriages to the bandits.
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The report earned him a spot on the 2023 Fetisov Journalism Awards (FJA) shortlist in the outstanding contribution to peace category.
The Fetisov Journalism Award is the biggest prize in the history of international journalism.
Adebulu thanked the organisers of the DAME Awards for the recognition, noting that the story was borne out of a passion to shed light on one of the many challenges crippling education in the country.
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“It is always a wonderful feeling to be recognised for the work you do as a journalist. It shows that you are making some level of impact and that the work you do is not in vain,” Adebulu said.
“I am grateful to the organisers of the DAME award for this honour. I also deeply appreciate TheCable for giving me the platform to continue to do such amazing work.”
The annual award was initiated in 1991 to promote and recognise professionalism in the media by awarding outstanding individuals and organisations. The award has inducted over 560 names into its hall of fame in print journalism, broadcasting, and advertising.
Last year, Yekeen Akinwale, TheCable’s Abuja bureau chief, won the Niger Delta development reporting category.
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