Awards & recognition
- Fellow, Knight-Wallace Fellowship for Journalists, University of Michigan (2023-2024)
- Fellow, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford (2022)
- Finalist, International Journalist of the Year category, One World Media Awards (June 2021)
- Honourable Mention, Karpoor Chandra Kulish International Award for Excellence in Journalism (May 2021)
- Second Prize winner, Fetisov Journalism Award (Outstanding Investigation category), February 2021
- Winner, Local Reporter category, Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism, United Kingdom (December 2020)
- Finalist, Local Reporter category, Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism, United Kingdom (November 2020)
- Finalist, Outstanding Investigative Reporting category, Fetisov Journalism Awards, Switzerland, November 2020 (winner to be decided in February 2021)
- Winner, Investigative Reporting category, West Africa Media Excellence Award, Accra (November 2020)
- Honourable mention, WJP Anthony Lewis Prize for Exceptional Rule of Law Journalism (June 2020)
- Finalist, International Journalist of the Year category, One World Media Awards (June 2020)
- Winner, People Journalism Prize for Africa (PJPA), February 2020
- Winner, Online Category, Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting (December 2017)
- Winner, Maritime Economy category, African Media Initiative awards, Kenya (December 2016)
- Second Runner-up, Online category, Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting, Nigeria (December 2016)
- Winner, Online category, Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting, Nigeria (December 2016)
- Winner, Nigerian Investigative Reporter of the Year, Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting (December 2016)
- 2nd Runner-up, Investigative Reporter of the Year category, Diamond Award for Media Excellence (DAME), Nigeria (December 2016)
- Winner, Hans Verploeg Newcomer of the Year category, Free Press Awards, Netherlands (October 2016)
- Winner, Journalist of the Year (Business and Economy Reporting), PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Journalism Excellence Awards, Nigeria (October 2016)
- Finalist, Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism, United Kingdom (September 2016)
- First Runner-up, Online Category, Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting, Nigeria (December 2015)
- Runner-up, Thomson Foundation/Foreign Press Association (FPA) Young Journalist from the Developing World, United Kingdom (November 2015)
- Winner, Online category, Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting, Nigeria (December 2014)
- Finalist, Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism, UK (August 2014)
- Finalist, Uzoigwe Elechi Africa-wide Essay Contest (January 2014)
- Winner, Deutsche Welle/Orange Magazine Reporting Fellowship to the Global Media Forum in Bonn, Germany (March 2013)
- Commendation Prize, National Orientation Agency (NOA) nationwide essay contest on removal of fuel subsidy, Nigeria (April 2012)