Ogunseye, Toyosi

Toyosi Ogunseye is the editor of The Sunday Punch in Nigeria. She started her journalism career in 2004 at the Sun Newspaper and moved to News Star Newspaper in 2007 as a senior correspondent. She joined The Punch Newspaper in 2009 and was the sub-assistant editor for news and politics till 2012.

In 2012 Ogunseye received a Role Model Award from the department of biochemistry at the University of Lagos and a Distinguished Role Model Award from the university's department of mathematics. She was also awarded Punch Staff of the Year and was named Child-Friendly Reporter of the Year by the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME).

In 2011 Ogunseye also won the CNN/Multichoice African Journalist Awards (MSD/Health category), an Excellence Award from the Pan-African University, the Nigeria Media Merit Awards' Environment Journalist of the Year and a Role Model Award from the Rise Youth Network.

In 2010 she was named Judiciary Reporter of the Year by the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence; MDG Journalist of the Year and won the Business and Social Responsibility of the Year category at the Peak Media Awards.

Ogunseye holds a Bachelor's degree in biochemistry, a post-graduate diploma in print journalism and a Master's degree in media and communication.