Winners have emerged for the 2020 Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA) at the ceremony held on Friday night in Lagos.
With 895 entries assessed, The Nation with a total of 14 awards had 38 nominations in various categories. New Telegraph, 22 nominations, The Guardian had 17, PUNCH 14, Vanguard eight and The Sun two nominations.
The Guardian Newspapers won five of the awards.
The Nation Newspaper won the Newspaper of the Year Award, Television Continental (TVC), Television Station of the Year and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRC), Radio Station of the Year.
List of the winners of the various categories of the awards are as follows:
Newspaper of the Year
The Nation Newspaper
Television station of the Year
Television Continental
Radio Station of the Year
Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN)
Print Reporter of the Year
Duru Ekele-Innocent, The Nation
Television Reporter of the Year
Sharon Ijasan, TVC
Entertainment Reporter of the Year
Duru Ekele-Innocent, The Nation
Maritime Reporter of the Year
Bola Olajuwon, The Nation
Foreign Reporter of the Year
Duru Ekele-Innocent, The Nation
Investigative Reporter of the Year
Samson Folarin, The Punch
Most Innovative Reporter
Duru Ekele-Innocent, The Nation
Newscaster of the Year
Gimba Umar, Channels Television
Newspaper of the Year
The Nation Newspaper
Television station of the Year
Television Continental
Radio Station of the Year
Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN)
Print Reporter of the Year
Duru Ekele-Innocent, The Nation
Television Reporter of the Year
Sharon Ijasan, TVC
Entertainment Reporter of the Year
Duru Ekele-Innocent, The Nation
Maritime Reporter of the Year
Bola Olajuwon, The Nation
Foreign Reporter of the Year
Duru Ekele-Innocent, The Nation
Investigative Reporter of the Year
Samson Folarin, The Punch
Most Innovative Reporter
Duru Ekele-Innocent, The Nation
Newscaster of the Year
Gimba Umar, Channels Television
Power Reporter of the Year
Juliana Francis , New Telegraph
Defence Reporter of the Year
Juliana Francis, New Telegraph
Human Rights Reporter of the Year
Juiliana Francis, New Telegraph
Public Health Reporter of the Year
kunle Akinrinade, The Nation
Tourism Reporter of the Year
Ibrahim Yusuf, The Nation
Business Reporter of the Year
Collins Nweze, The Nation
News Photographer of the Year
Abiodun Williams, The Nation
Banking and Finance Reporter of the Year
Collins Nweze, The Nation
Capital Market Reporting
Collins Nweze, The Nation
Money Market category
Collins Nweze, The Nation
Newspaper Reporter of the Year
Oyesina Fadare, The Nation
Print Journalist of the Year
, The Nation
Telecommunications Reporter of the Year
Simon Utebor, The Nation
Bashorun MKO Abiola Prize for Sports Reporter of the Year
Samuel Ifetoye, The Guardian
News Photographer of the Year
Abiodun Williams, The Nation
IGI Prize for Insurance Reporter of the Year
Femi Ibirogba, The Guardian
NAFCON Prize for Environment Reporter of the Year
Gregory-Page Nwakunor, The Guardian
Abubakar Imam Prize for Newspaper Features Writer of the Year
Chijioke Nelson, The Guardian
Editorial Writing of the Year
The Guardian
NMMA is one of the foremost media excellence awards in the country
The ceremony attracted a huge audience of journalists, media and PR practitioners from traditional and new media platforms.
