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Winners have emerged at the 10th Nigerian Breweries, NB Golden Pen Awards 2018 held in Lagos to promote and reward professionalism and objective reportage of events in Nigeria.
Overall, there were 243 entries and 235 entrants for the Golden Pen Reporter of the Year Award and 47 entries from 43 entrants in the NB Photo journalists of the Year Award.
According to the judges, the finalists in the Golden Pen Reporter of the Year Award scored at least 70 percent.
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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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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Winners have emerged at the 14th annual Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) held at the Intare Conference Arena in Kigali, Rwanda.
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Three Nigerian journalists have emerged winners of their categories at the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards held in Accra.
The Nigerian contingent clinched three of the final prizes in Investigative Reporting, Business and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Anthony Akaeze of Tell and the International Centre for Investigative Reporting won the Investigative Reporting while Victor Ekwealor and Adam Alqali emerged winners in the Business and SDGs category respectively.
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Winners have emerged at the 12th Nigeria Media Nite-Out Award (NMNA), which was held at the Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos – themed: “Role of Media in Ensuring Credible Elections and Maintenance of Good Governance”.
According to the coordinator of NMNA, Mr. Sola Olagbemiro, said the NMNA was a child of necessity born to recognise excellence, distinction, and achievements by media practitioners in virtually all the major categories and sub-sectors.
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