Amina Yuguda

About Amina Yuguda

The 2017 BBC World News Komla Dumor Award landed on Amina Yuguda's desk when journalism in Northern Nigeria needed voices willing to tell difficult stories.

Yuguda is a journalist from Yola, Adamawa state. She built her career reporting for Gotel Television, a local network where she focused on profiling major stories across Northern Nigeria. Her work often centered on the Boko Haram insurgency and its impact on communities in the region.

Her reporting caught international attention. The BBC recognized her work with the Komla Dumor Award in 2017, one of the most prestigious honors for African journalists. The award acknowledged her commitment to telling stories that mattered, especially from a region often overlooked by mainstream media.

Beyond breaking news, Yuguda produced The Real Africa, a mini-documentary series that went deeper into the narratives of the North. The series reflected her approach to journalism—listening to ordinary people and letting their stories reshape how outsiders understood the region.

Her career took a different turn when she joined the American University of Nigeria. She now works as an Assistant Director in the office of the Vice President for University Relations. The move allowed her to shape how the institution connected with communities and told its own story.

Yuguda's trajectory shows how journalists can evolve their roles without abandoning their purpose. Her years at Gotel Television equipped her to understand media, messaging and audience. Those skills translated into her work at the university, where institutional relations require the same storytelling instincts she honed in the field.

Her work remains rooted in Northern Nigeria. Whether reporting on crisis or building relationships for a university, she has chosen to stay in Adamawa and contribute to the region's development. The Komla Dumor Award sits as evidence that journalism done with courage and clarity leaves a mark.