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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Lekan Otufodunrin, Journalist and Media carer specialist writes on the benefits of applying and winning media awards. Q: I have never applied for a media award even when I think I have good stories that can compete favourably with others. Is there anything wrong with my decision? A: There is nothing wrong with your decision
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Lekan Otufodunrin, Journalist and Media carer specialist writes on the benefits of applying and winning media awards. Q: I have never applied for a media award even when I think I have good stories that can compete favourably with others. Is there anything wrong with my decision? A: There is nothing wrong with your decision
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By Adediwura Aderibigbe, The Nation Journalists in the country have been urged to participate in Promasidor’s annual Quill Awards competition. The competition is designed to reward excellent news reporting. Promasidor’s Head of Legal/Public Relations Andrew Enahoro spoke on Wednesday on the competition when he visited The Nation in Lagos. Enahoro said participation in the award
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. Wins seven out of 12 categories, including Newspaper of the Year With seven out of the twelve categories of awards for the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) held in Lagos on Saturday,November 23, The Punch newspaper has maintained her dominance of the Nigeria print media. The Punch achieved this feat at the just
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Entries are invited from innovative young journalists in Nigeria for the inaugural Journalists for Christ International Outreach Young Journalists Award. Interested applicants should send an application and details of their publication, broadcast or project from January to November 2013. Applications will be assessed on the basis of the uniqueness of the topics, dept of research
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