By Seye Joseph Professional and practicing journalists in Lagos and Ogun State have been invited to enter for the 2014 Humanitarian Reporting Award. The entry organized by District 9110 of Rotary International, Nigeria is aimed at building strong relationship between Rotary International, media and the general public; educate community and open doors for newsworthy humanitarian […]
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Adedeji Ademigbuji, Senior Correspondent of The Nation Newspapers, Nigeria and Birame Faye, reporter at Le Quotidien newspaper in Senegal have emerged as joint winners of the first edition of the Media Awards on Electrical Counterfeiting in Africa. Sponsors of the award, Schneider Electric (http://www.schneider-electric.com), the global specialist in energy management, named the winners in a
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Adedeji Ademigbuji, Senior Correspondent of The Nation Newspapers, Nigeria and Birame Faye, reporter at Le Quotidien newspaper in Senegal have emerged as joint winners of the first edition of the Media Awards on Electrical Counterfeiting in Africa. Sponsors of the award, Schneider Electric (http://www.schneider-electric.com), the global specialist in energy management, named the winners in a
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By Seye Joseph The Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ) the umbrella body for practicing and professional journalists in both the print and broadcast media in Nigeria has called for entries for the 2013 Ladi Lawal NUJ Journalist of the Year. The award is named after Alhaji Ladi Lawal former National President and Lagos State Chairman
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By Godwin Simon Entries have been invited for the 2014 Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA). The award which features categories in print and electronic media is open to all practicing journalists in Nigeria, regardless of sex and submission is based on works done in the year 2013. Categories for the award include print media reportage
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By Biyi Olaniyi No violet Bulawayo, a Zimbabwean has emerged winner of the inaugural edition of the Etisalat Prize for Literature. Bulawayo beat the two other writers on the shortlist, Yewande Omotosho and Karen Jennings, to win the prize with her maiden novel, We Need New Names. The novel is a satire of the dictatorship
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Entries have been invited for the 2014 African Blogger Awards (http://www.africanbloggerawards.com) that measures online and social influencers’ reach and influence through data analysis. The awards, divided into 36 categories, are open to bloggers, Instagrammers, Tweeters and YouTubers across Africa. Categories are diverse, and include sectors such as Advice, Fashion and Beauty, Events and Nightlife, Education,
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Multiple media award winner, Toyosi Ogunseye and Kingsley Ezeani have emerged winners of the Journalism and New Media prizes of the ‘The Future Awards Africa’ 2013. Ogunseye, Editor, Sunday Punch won the Journalism prize while Ezeani, Publisher of ‘Information Nigeria’ website bagged the New Media award. They were named winners at the award ceremony on
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By Amakoh Kelechi Journalists and media organisations whose work stood out amongst many have emerged winners of the 21st Nigeria Media Merit Awards (NMMA) held at the Ikogosi Warm Springs Resort, Ikogosi-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The Nation Newspaper won the Babatunde Jose Newspaper of the Year award beating The Guardian and The Punch. For the Dele
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By Kelechi Amakoh In a bid to promote investigative journalism in the country, journalists were rewarded at the 2013 Wole Soyinka Investigative Reporting Awards, WSIRA which held in Lagos December 9. Two journalists, Ini Ekott and Ruona Agbroko-Meyer of PREMIUM TIMES emerged joint Investigative Journalists of the Year 2013 with their entry: How Nigeria Squanders
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