Tobore Ovuorie


Tobore Ovuorie is a Nigerian journalist, health editor and senior investigative journalist with the ''Premium Times''

Biography

Ovuorie published her first book at the age of sixteen. She embarked on an undercover investigation titled Inside Nigeria’s Ruthless Human trafficking Mafia in 2013 which was published by Premium Times in 2014.
Ovuorie demanded $5,000,000 from EbonyLife films for publishing a film titled Oloture without giving her credit. She claimed that the film was a depiction of her experience in Inside Nigeria’s Ruthless Human trafficking Mafia. The film production company owner Mo Abudu stated that the movie was a work of fiction.

Awards

She is a recipient of the 2021 Deutsche Welle Freedom of Speech Award.