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Good Nigerian art, media & entertainment. This includes Nigerian-inspired visuals, auditory or performing artifacts (artworks), music, movies, culture, etc.

Winners Of 2021 Diamond Awards For Media Excellence (DAME)

Winners have emerged at the 2021 Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME), which held at the Shell Hall, Muson Centre, Lagos.

Speaking at the award ceremony, Mr. Lanre Idowu, editor-in-chief of Media Review, the organisers of the award said 24 categories were advertised in the award but that only 13 categories had worthy entries.

He said DAME did not find entries for 11 categories that were worthy of its awards and that the organisation has resolved to put in place a programme to improve quality of entries in the coming year.

He said journalists are very important people in the society and that they deserve to be rewarded for the good work that they do.

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Winners Of 2021 Wole Soyinka Centre For Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) Awards

Winners have emerged in the 2021 Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) Awards held on December 9, 2021 in Lagos.

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) annually honours journalists who use investigative stories to amplify the voice of the most vulnerable in Nigeria.

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Damilola Banjo & Yusuf Akinpelu Emerge Winners At Norbert Zongo African Prize For Investigative Journalism (PAJI-NZ) Award [2021]

Damilola Banjo and Yusuf Akinpelu have emerged winners at the Norbert Zongo African Prize for Investigative Journalism (PAJI-NZ) award [2021] on November 13, 2021 at the prize-giving ceremony in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

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Aishatu Dalil Wins 2021 BBC Hausa Short Story Writing Contest For Women

18-year-old Aishatu Dalil has won the 2021 BBC Hausa Short Story Writing Contest For Women, with a story titled: “Hakkina” (‘My Right’).

Aishatu Dalil’s story ‘Hakkina’ tells the story of a young woman, Fatima, who is raped by her stepfather and is threatened by her mother not to tell anyone about the abuse. She locks Fatima in a room despite the injuries she sustained during the assault.

To Fatima’s mother, silencing her daughter not only covers for her husband but also ‘protects’ her daughter from the stigma faced by victims of rape in the Hausa society.

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Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia Wins NLNG 2021 Nigeria Prize For Literature

Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia with her novel ‘The Son of the House’ has won the 2021 Nigeria Prize for Literature sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited.

The Chair of the Advisory Board for the prize, Professor Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo made the disclosure of Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia as the winner of the $100,000 prize at a ceremony on October 30, 2021 at Expo Centre, Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos.

Her work beat Abi Dare’s ‘The Girl with the Louding Voice’ and Obinna Udenwe’s ‘Colours of Hatred’.

The one million Naira award for the NLNG’s Prize for Literary Criticism was won by Uchechukwu Uwazurike. There was no winner for the $100,000 prize for Science.

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