200-level mass communication student and UCJ-UNN member Okoye Peter received Crisp Nigeria's maiden campus journalism award at the induction ceremony and official website launch of the Union of Campus Journalists, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UCJ-UNN), held on June 29, 2024.

The award, which was sponsored by Okeke Chibueze, the CEO of Gold Leaf ICT Centre, came with a cash prize of N10,000. Okoye's story on the prevalence of cohabitation across Nigerian tertiary institutions and its attendant dangers for students was selected for its thematic relevance, originality, and depth of fieldwork.

Other awardees at the event included screenwriter and author Nnaemeka Eze (Nanai Boi), who was honoured for teaching creative writing to the union's members. Filmmaker and communicator Frances Nwabufo and journalist Chinagorom Ugwu also received awards of honor for their contributions to UCJ-UNN. The pioneering president of UCJ-UNN, Ngozi Blessing Udeobasi, received an award of excellence for her contributions to campus journalism.

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