Governor Sanwo-Olu Receives The Sun Governor Of The Year 2021.
Three years after he was elected governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has proven why he was entrusted with the people’s mandate. This is profoundly evident...
Category : Prizes & Awards
The Nation’s Ololade wins Global Journalism Award.
It has been rain of congratulatory messages for associate editor and multiple award-winning journalist with The Nation, Olatunji Ololade, who emerged as winner of the 2021...
Cellulant Recognised as the Best Digital Payment Solutions Provider in Africa at the World Business Outlook Awards 2022.
Cellulant and its One-Stop Shop Payments Platform, Tingg, have been recognised as leading payments brands in Africa, providing online and offline payments solutions to businesses,...
Nigerian professor wins Iowa University’s distinguished scholar award
Chris Ogbondah discussed “Tolerance and Unity through African American Storytelling” during the Frederick Douglass Power of Words Festival. Source:NorthernIowan.com A NIGERIAN professor of journalism Chris...
Nigeria’s Emmanuel Iduma, others win 2022 Windham-Campbell Prize.
Nigerian writer Emmanuel Iduma has won the 2022 Windham-Campbell Prize for Non Fiction. He won the award, alongside writers who received prizes in other categories,...
Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Adichie to receive honorary degree from Belgium university.
Nigerian writer and novelist Ngozi Chimamanda Adichie is set to receive yet another honorary degree from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium on April 22,...
Dr Chidi Achebe wins Award in the United States for excellence in medicine and science.
Dr Chidi Achebe, the second son of Africa’s legendary novelist, late Chinua Achebe, has won the 2022 prestigious John and Samuel Bard Award in the...
Toyin Abraham, Mo Bimpe Make Lagos Top 100 Women List.
March 17, (THEWILL) – The duo of Nollywood actresses, Toyin Abraham-Ajeyemi and Adebimpe Oyebade, also known as Mo Bimpe, have been listed among the Lagos...
9mobile Future CEO Initiative: Jane-Frances Okorie Emerges Winner.
16-year-old Jane-Frances Okorie has won the maiden edition of the 9mobile Future CEO speech competition. Okorie, a Lagos State Civil Service Senior Model College student,...
Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja wins global law experts award in legislative drafting
A Nigerian, Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja, has emerged winner of 2022 Global Law Experts yearly award in Legislative Drafting and Law Reforms organised by London...
Sterling Bank Confers Heart Fellowship Awards on 5 Tech Founders.
Sterling Bank Plc has awarded its HEART Fellowship to five tech founders to enable them to participate in the Founder Institute (FI) Lagos Spring Virtual...
Five Nigerian innovators shortlisted for the 2022 Africa Price for Engineering Innovation.
Five Nigerian innovators have been shortlisted among 11 others for the 2022 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation (APEI) – UK Royal Academy of Engineering, which...
Apply for $100,000 global prize, finalist urges Nigerian students
Nigerian students, both full-time and part-time, have been urged to apply for the $100,000 Chegg.org Global Student Prize organised by Varkey Foundation. This call was...
Olashore wins award for best global practice
The British Council has named the Olashore International School (OIS) as winner of the 2021-2023 British International School Award (ISA) for its commitment to promoting...
Wizkid’s ‘Made In Lagos’ Album Gets UK Silver Certification.
Nigerian superstar, Wizkid’s Made In Lagos album has been certified Silver in the United Kingdom. A silver certification is attained by an album for sales exceeding 60,000...
Nigeria Bags 2021 Open Government Partnership Impact Award.
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Support Unit has announced Nigeria as the winner of the 2021 OGP Impact Award for Africa and the Middle...
Osinbajo & Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Are Leadership Newspaper Persons Of The Year 2021.
While Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was the steady hand in the stormy and fraught Nigerian political waters in 2021, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala emerged the Director...
Trove Finance’s Global Share Dealing app wins 2021 Ecobank Fintech Challenge.
The leading pan-African Banking Group, Ecobank Group (www.Ecobank.com), announces that Trove Finance, a Nigerian-based global share dealing app, is the winner of the fourth edition...
Nigerian weightlifters home with nine medals from IWF championships
Nigerian Weightlifters returned home with nine medals at the just concluded International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships and Commonwealth Games qualifiers which held in Uzbekistan....
Miss Universe 2021: Nigeria’s Maristella Okpala Wins Best Costume.
Maristella Okpala, Nigeria’s representative at the Miss Universe 2021, has won the award for Best National Costume in the pageant. The award was announced on...
Mo Abudu in Forbes’ 2021 list of 100 most powerful women.
Nigerian filmmaker Mo Abudu has been recognised by Forbes as one of the most powerful women in 2021. The media mogul and philanthropist, who said...
Onyeagwu Emerges ‘CEO of the Year,’ Zenith Bank Wins Four Other Awards.
Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu, has emerged ‘CEO of the Year’ for a second consecutive year at...
Wizkid Sets New Record At The MOBO 2021 Awards, Wins 2 Major Categories.
BIG WIZ beats Drake, Kanye West, Lil Nas X, Mega Thee Stallion to win MOBO 2021 Best International Act, and Burna Boy with Davido to...
UBA Wins ‘African Bank of the Year’ Award.
Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA)( (www.UBAgroup.com) Plc yet again, reaffirms its leadership position across Africa, as the bank has been globally recognised...
Wizkid wins Apple Music African Artist of the Year.
Nigerian superstar Ayo Balogun widely known as Wizkid has emerged the winner of the Artist of the Year for African region in the Apple Music...
Heritage Bank CEO wins Banker of the Year SMEs & Agric 2021 award.
Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria most innovative service provider has been adjudged Banker of the Year 2021 under SMEs and Agric category, which was awarded to...
Ikenna Nzewi won $250,000 in the Africa’s Business Heroes 2021.
The 2021 Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) (www.AfricaBusinessHeroes.org/en/) winners were announced last night during a virtual live Grand Finale, with US$1.5 million in grant funding awarded...
MTV EMA 2021: Wizkid Wins Best African Act.
Multiple award-winning Nigerian superstar, Wizkid, has added another plaque to his shelf as he has bagged the award for the Best African Act in this...
Mele Kyari, CEO of the NNPC Bags CEO of the Year Award at the African Energy Awards 2021.
The African Energy Chamber (AEC) is proud to announce the winners of the first annual African Energy Awards 2021. Sponsored by Sasol, the Awards celebrate...
African voices Wizkid and Tems recognised at the 2021 Soul Train Awards
frican voices Wizkid and Tems recognised at the 2021 Soul Train Awards ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Neo soul pioneer, multi-platinum singer-songwriter and producer Maxwell to receive the ‘Legend...