Tag: Award
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Gov. Wike bags Power of Sports award
The International Sporting Press on Wednesday in Brussels, Belgium, honoured Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike with the Power of Sports award. He was nominated by the International Sports Press Association-Africa (AIPS) Africa. Witnessed by Sports Personalities and Journalists from across the globe, the award to Governor Wike was for his his remarkable fidelity in…
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Gov. Wike bags international POS award
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has been nominated for the prestigious International Sports Press Association-Africa (AIPS) Africa Power of Power (POS) Award. In a nomination letter to the Rivers State Governor, dated 26th March, 2018, President AIPS Africa, Mitchell Obi said that Governor Wike is being recognised for his remarkable fidelity in raising the…
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92 persons benefit from NITDA’s postgraduate scholarship awards
No fewer than 92 persons have benefited from the 2017/2018 Postgraduate Scholarship programme of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). The Head, Corporate Affairs and External Relations Unit of the agency, Mrs Hadiza Umar said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. According to Umar, the scholarship programme is part of President Muhammadu…
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NIPOST emerges in final selection of World Summit on Information Society award
The Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) has been selected as one of 90 finalists of the annual World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Prizes contest. Mr Francklin Alao, the General Manager, Corporate Communications of the agency made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja. According to Alao, WSIS…
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Trump announces Fake News award winners, CNN, NYT top list
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday night announced the winners of his highly anticipated Fake News Awards with CNN and New York Times emerging top on the list. Trump crashed the Republican Party’s website on which he posted the list of the award winners moments after he tweeted the link announcing the winners, due to…
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Trump wins Press Oppressor award
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a Journalists’ and press freedom campaign organisation based in the U.S., has named President Donald Trump as the winner of its award for ‘Overall Achievement in Undermining Global Press Freedom’. The CPJ said Trump emerged the overall winner at the award on Monday night in New York after he…
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Legends to flock Aiteco AF Award in Gala 2017 in Accra
All previous winners of the African Player of the Year since its inception by CAF in 1992 are expected to grace the Aiteo CAF Awards Gala 2017, scheduled for Thursday, 4 January 2018, at the International Conference Centre in Accra, Ghana. From Abedi Pele, winner of the maiden edition in 1992 through to Riyad Mahrez,…
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Akarigbo, Tokunbo Awolowo Dosumu, others bags new award
As part of the activities to mark first year anniversary of the one year anniversary and global Peace tree planting in Nigeria, Queen (Dr.) Irone Munni (Founder and President, from Beverly Hills, United States of America enjoined all the peace Ambassadors in Nigeria, Africa and the entire world to embrace peaceful co-existence among others citizens.…
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NNOM conferment: Lai Mohammed lauds Onobrakpeya
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has congratulated Mr Bruce Onobrakpeya on his conferment with the Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM). In a congratulatory message issued on Thursday in Abuja, the minister said that the award to the octogenarian artist was a great boost for the Creative Industry. The minister said…
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And Bruce Onobrakpeya wins Nigeria’s Ultimate Medal – Sunny Awhefeada
By Sunny Awhefeada …and Bruce Onobrakpeya wins Nigeria’s Ultimate Medal. The Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM) was instituted in 1979 to reward cerebral achievement. It was at inception known as the Nigerian National Merit Award (NNMA). Although the nomenclature has changed, the significance and prestige of the award remains unassailable. The biodata on the…