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Nigerian Tribune journalists, Adetola Bademosi, Justice Nwafor and seven others from different media houses across the country have been selected for the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) Natural Resources and Extractives Programme (NAREP) Oil and Gas Media Fellowship.
The organisation said out of the 1,429 applications it received from journalists and non-journalists across the country, 17 journalists were shortlisted from which nine participants were finally selected from across eight media organisations following interviews by an internal selection committee.
Selected journalists underwent a three-day intensive training between March 2 and 4, 2021 which introduced them to the oil and gas sector.
The participants were trained by experts on a range of issues including to revenue management and distribution in the oil and gas sector, the impact of the management of oil and gas on the quality of life of Nigerians, laws and regulations in the oil and ga