Chikezie Omeje emerge overall winner of the 2018 African Fact-Checking Award with a $2,000 cash prize at a ceremony held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Chikezie Omeje of the International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) won the 2018 African Fact-Checking Award for a piece that checked if Nigeria recorded a drastic reduction in pre-school enrolment.
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Winners have emerged at the 2018 PwC Media Excellence Awards.
The PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Media Excellence Awards celebrates and rewards excellence in business reporting in Nigeria. The competition is open to professional journalists on a full time employment or freelancers, working in Nigeria, who have produced a story that falls within the categories covered by the award and that is available on a platform whose primary audience is Nigeria.
The journalists selected in each category by the panel of judges are named the Journalist of the year in that category and receive a cash prize of 500,000 Naira.
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DropQue, a Lagos-based startup that helps companies source staff at a lower cost through secure video interviews, has been selected as the winner of this year’s Seedstars Lagos pitch event.
Pharmaceutical ecommerce platform MyMedicines and crowd-sourcing startup Natterbase were placed second and third, respectively.
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Peter Ngene, Soji Cole and Professor Isidore Diala have emerged winners of the 2018 Nigeria Prize for Science, Literature and Literary Criticism respectively sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited.
A cash prize of $100,000 each was given in the prize for Science and Literature respectively while one million Naira was given for Literary criticism award.
The winners were announced by Ayo Banjo, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Nigeria Prize for Science and Literature, in Lagos.
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The Love Of A Nigerian! By Adu Michael Adeyemi
Very few countries are culturally and ethno-religiously as diverse as Nigeria. With over 190 million people divided across more than 250 ethnic groups, over 520 languages, and several religious beliefs and sects, the country is an exemplary sample of a multifarious nation. This is the complexity that many people perhaps fail to comprehend and put into writing.
In spite of the supposed differences still, volksgeist, the ‘spirit’ of the people is not lacking. One may see this diversity in many Nigerian families. A typical Nigerian family could have the parents from distinct ethnic group and separate religious beliefs – with the children, a blend of several cultures, choosing to go with either religion of their parents at their will.
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Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (Team NSCDC) wins and retains the Korean Ambassador Cup for the sixth consecutive time.
Team NSCDC, adjudged as overall best team after the annual competition won seven medals, comprising of three gold, one and three bronze to topple Team Oyo state with four medals – three gold and one silver. They were placed second.
Q-Madi of Lagos came third with four medals including two gold, one silver and one bronze during the 2018 Korean Ambassador Cup
Hannah Ojo, a reporter with The Nation, has won the 2018 Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) media award at a dinner held at Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Ikeja.
For being the overall winner, Hannah Ojo was presented with a plaque, ₦200,000 and a ₦50,000 gift voucher from Vita Foam, sponsors of the awards.
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