Category: Art, Media & Entertainment

Aaron Ajogwu has emerged overall winner of the inaugural Babalakin & Co (B & C) Art Exhibition, held to mark the firms 37th anniversary.

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Bidemi Babalola, a research archaeologist at the British Museum in London, has received the 2025 Dan David Prize, the world’s largest award for historical research.

Bidemi Babalola was honoured with the $300,000 prize at an awards ceremony held in Italy on May 28, 2025.

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Ibrahim Nureni has emerged as the first Nigerian and African winner to be honoured at the Maya International Haiku Contest.

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Samuel Kọ́láwọlé has emerged winner of the 2025 Whiting Award in the fiction category for his work ‘The Road To The Salt Sea’.

He is one of ten writers who will each receive $50,000 to help support their craft.

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Winners have emerged at the 2025 Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards (10th edition) at a ceremony held in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Silas Jonathan and Godwin Asediba are the 2025 winners of the Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling.

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Cletus Oche has emerged overall winner of the 2025 Next of Kin (NOK) Series 7, an annual juried art project that is both a competition and art exhibition providing guidance, mentorship and support by Thought Pyramid Art Centre.

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