PREMIUM TIMES, The Examination, other partners’ lead poisoning investigation named finalist in global journalism awards
Investigation exposed lead poisoning in Ogijo The collaborative investigation examined the health and environmental consequences of lead-acid battery recycling in parts of Africa, with PREMIUM TIMES reporting extensively from Ogijo, a community in Ogun State where several battery recycling factories operate.
A collaborative investigation by PREMIUM TIMES, The Examination, The New York Times and Truth Reporting Post into lead poisoning linked to battery recycling in Nigeria has been named finalist in two categories of the 2026 Online Journalism Awards.
The investigation also examined the international supply chain, tracing Nigerian recycled lead to overseas buyers and the global automotive industry.
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