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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3 Nigerian Journalists Win At 2018 West Africa Media Excellence Awards
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 Of 12th Nigeria Media Nite-Out Award (NMNA)
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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Marianne Olaleye Shortlisted As A Winner Of 2018 Portrait Of Britain
Marianne Olaleye, a Nigerian photographer has emerged winner after her selection in the Portrait of Britain shortlist for her portrait of Aisha.
The British Journal of Photography organises the photography competition, which is all about inclusivity, celebrating differences and similarities in the United Kingdom.
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Victor Ekwealor Emerge 2018 Digital Rights And Inclusion Media Fellowship Pioneer Fellow
Victor Ekwealor and Togolese Emmanuel Agbenonwossi have emerged as the pioneer Fellows for the newly introduced Digital Rights and Inclusion Media Fellowship.
The Digital Rights and Inclusion Media Fellowship is a project of Paradigm Initiative, a social enterprise dedicated to the promotion of digital rights and inclusion in Africa.
The fellowship attracted 116 applications from 19 countries.
Yushau Abdulhameed Shuaib & Nigerian Prisons Service Win 2018 Golden World Awards (GWA)
Yushau Abdulhameed Shuaib and Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) have won 2018 Golden World Awards (GWA) in the respective categories of Publications and Crisis Management.
The Golden World Awards (GWA) instituted by the International Public Relations Association (IPRA), honoured Yushau Abdulhameed Shuaib for his work on “Boko Haram Media War” with Image Merchants Promotion being the PR Agency.
The Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) was honoured for a media campaign on Prison Decongestion and the plight of Awaiting Trial Inmates (ATI) with Image Merchants Promotion being the PR Agency.
The award ceremony takes place in Barcelona, Spain in October 2018.
The NPS’ campaign which was executed by award-winning Image Merchants Promotion Limited, publishers of PRNigeria and Economic Confidential respectively, created massive public awareness for mass-mobilization and positive response from the concerned stakeholders who deployed legal and constitutional procedures to address the challenges of the alarming statistics of ATI.
The NPS is the first security agency in Africa to have won the award on Crisis Management.
The Prison service has previously won awards for Superior Achievement in Branding and Engagement (SABRE) hosted by the African Public Relations Association (APRA) in Botswana. It received Public Education Award and Certificate of Excellence on Public Sector.
The prison decongestion campaign was listed among the finalists after the first round of online adjudicating for the 2018 IPRA GWA nominees before the judges converged on Belgium to select the final winners.
The campaign was approved by the Controller General of Prison, Ahmed Ja’afaru. With support from the Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC) and Prisoners’ Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), some of the campaign strategies included Facility Tours of Prisons, Media Relations, Training of Prisons Public Relations Officers and Stakeholders Engagements. The outcomes included the enhanced capacity of PR Officers with fair media coverage, editorial mentions and robust Stakeholders’ Participation. Between January to December 2017, the campaigns were successful as the statistics of the ATI dropped to 66% by the end (December) 2017. Factors responsible for the awaiting trial inmates in Nigeria include but not limited to high remand in custody, lack of speedy trials, overuse of imprisonment rather than fine on lesser offences by the courts, abuse of arrest powers and bail conditions by the police.
Anietie Isong Wins 2018 McKItterick Prize
Anietie Isong has been named winner of the 2018 McKItterick Prize for his debut novel, ‘Radio Sunrise’ receiving a £4,000 prize money.
Anietie Isong, the first Nigerian to win the prize since it was established in 1990, joins previous award winners including Helen Dunmore, Petina Gappah and Mark Haddon.
The McKitterick Prize, administered by the Society of Authors, honours the first novel by a writer aged over 40.
Anietie received the prize from broadcaster and actor, Stephen Fry at the Authors’ Awards ceremony in London.
Prize judge Aamer Hussein, short story writer and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature said:
“It’s a particular pleasure to discover the original, intriguing voice of Anietie Isong. In his brief, deftly told Radio Sunrise, the author depicts his often-hapless protagonist’s sexual mishaps and political travails on a journey to his hometown with a unique blend of humour and poignance. An intriguing and accomplished new novelist.”
According to Anietie Isong:
“I am thrilled that my debut novel resonated with the judges. Radio Sunrise paints a satirical portrait of (post) post-colonial Nigeria that builds on the legacy of the great African satirist tradition of Ngugi Wa Thiongo and Ayi Kwei Armah. Its just a story about Ifiok, a young journalist working for the government radio station in Lagos, aspires to always do the right thing but the odds seem to be stacked against him.
Government pressures cause the funding to his radio drama to get cut off, his girlfriend leaves him when she discovers he is having an affair with an intern, and kidnappings and militancy are on the rise in the country.
When Ifiok travels to his hometown to do a documentary on some ex-militants’ apparent redemption, a tragi-comic series of events will make him realise he is unable to swim against the tide.”
Eight awards were presented to 31 writers.
Among the winners were host of debut names along with recognised writers of fiction, non-fiction and poetry to share a prize fund of £98,000.
The ceremony, which took place at the Royal Institute of British Architects, saw over 400 guests from across the publishing industry come together, as the winners of other prizes administered by Society of Authors were revealed.
Anietie has worked as a journalist, speechwriter and public relations manager in the UK and in Nigeria.