Congratulations to all of the very deserving winners, awarded by more than 1,761 media owner facing agency professionals as part of the october 2015 media i industry survey. Among the books that have survived the second round of cuts, a few clear. Full list of winners at the 6th nigerian broadcasters merit awards nbma the event was hosted by the famous tv celebrity couple isaac and nneka moses. Sulaimon olanrewaju won the cocacola prize for brand and marketing reporter of the year, and the mtn prize for telecommunications reporter of. Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional. The guardian nigeria newspaper brings you the latest headlines, opinions, political news, business. In 2015 she was honored by the american library association as the. National merit scholarship corporation national merit. National book awards 2015 national book foundation. She is a milken family foundation national educator award winner, and was the.
Waec unveils national distinction merit award winner. Oct 15, 2014 get to know the finalists for the 2014 national book award on tuesday night, finalists for the national book awards read from their nominated works at the new school in new york city. The event was hosted by the famous tv celebrity couple isaac and nneka moses. Jesmyn ward wins major prize for sing, unburied, sing. Nov 18, 2015 the national book awards honor fiction, nonfiction, poetry and childrens books. The nigerian national order of merit award nnom is an academic award conferred on distinguished academicians and intellectuals who have made outstanding contributions to the academic, growth and development of nigeria. Nigeria entertainment awards 2015 the complete list of winners. The 26th presentation of the diamond awards for media excellence holds next wednesday at the agip recital hall, muson centre. Cowinner of the allan merriam prize, society for ethnomusicology, 2015. The national book foundation announced this years national book awards wednesday night, which.
Biography welcome to the official site of sharon draper. Nigerian student wins us media scholarship fund award. The nigerian national merit award nmma has since inception in 1979 conferred the nigerian national order of merit award nnom on 71 nigerians from all walks of life. The governing board of the nigerian national merit award is currently soliciting nominations or applications for the award of the nigerian national order of merit nnom for the 2020 round. Movies from around africa and the diaspora will slug it out in 28 different categories. Secretary of the nigeria national merit award nnma, prof. This year, the media sector in africa celebrates 50 years of television broadcasting in nigeria while channels television took the television station of the year award. Bluegrass printmedia person of the year from the international bluegrass. Nigeria entertainment awards 2015 the complete list of.
Jesmyn ward accepts the 2017 national book award for fiction full speech masha gessen accepts the 2017 national book award for nonfiction full speech frank bidart accepts the 2017 national book award for poetry full speech robin benway accepts the 2017 national book award for young peoples literature full speech. Winners are selected by a committee of college admission officers and high school counselors without consideration of family financial circumstances, college choice, or major and career plans. The nigerian national order of merit award nnom is an academic award conferred on. The guardian newspapers limited has again emerged tops at the nigeria media merit award nmma 2016 grand award presentation ceremony in lagos. Nominations are valid only for the year of nomination. Book awards and media awards booklist online, american library association. Chimamanda ngozi adichie wins us national book critics. Aug 21, 2015 the full 2015 african movie academy awards amaa nominees list has been revealed. Media information page for 2015 winners of the national outdoor book awards.
It will be a fitting finale to a rigorous exercise that will honour the best of the nigerian media at a daytime ceremony for the first time in dames long history. Let us also not forget that it was a finalist for the national book award. The 2016 national book awards finalists the new yorker. Book tv presented coverage of the 2015 national book critics circle awards from the new school in new york city. The goal of the award is to provide support to young entrepreneurs with smart and innovative ideas that have a positive impact on peoples lives and the communities that surround them. From the entire nea awards team and producerscongratulations to the 2018 winners. Nigerian online merit award nioma holds july prnigeria. Categories include fiction, nonfiction, poetry, young peoples literature, translated literature, and the medal for distinguished contribution to american letters. On wednesday night in new york city, the winners of the 2015 national book awards were announced. List of winners of the national book award wikipedia. It is designed to accord recognition to outstanding contribution by individual nigerians in specific areas such as science, technology, law, medicine, humanities, arts and culture. She emerged as the third joint winner of the award along with a costudent of her institution, dien luong from. The winner of the waec endowment fund prize books went for the lagoon school, lekki for producing the first best aggregate results in the mayjune 2015 wassce in lagos state.
Nigeria media niteout award unveils nominees vanguard news. Chioma obinna won 9mobile most innovative reporter of the. From 1935 to 1941, there were six annual awards for novels or general fiction and the bookseller discovery, the most original book. Best books of 2015 announcing the winners of the annual goodreads choice awards, the only major book awards decided by readers.
Gbolagade babalola ayoola is an erudite professor of agricultural economics and policy. Media information page for 2015 winners of the national. The nahro agency awards program was created to give national recognition to the achievement and innovation of nahro agencyorganizational members throughout the country. Rex chimamanda ngozi adichies first novel was longlisted for the. The awards, presented by category, are designed to give recognition to outstanding books, to stimulate writers to further literary creativity and to encourage the reading. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. Nigerian national merit awards, maitama fct, abuja.
Chimamanda ngozi adichie takes us national book critics circle award. Friends of american writers chicago award winners information. These were the awards that were handed out at the ceremony. Waecs best national distinctionmerit award winners. The trio, master babalola david oluwasayo, master alabi philip toluwase and miss nkata lewechi ugonma emerged first, second and third respectively among over a million candidates that sat the mayjune 2015 west african senior school certificate examination. Tanehisi coates won the national book award for nonfiction. Tanehisi coates full speech 2015 nba poetry award winner. Tanehisi coates, adam johnson win national book awards. Full list of winners at the 6th nigerian broadcasters merit.
Olufemi obafemi during the 2018 nigerian national order of merit. Nigerian media merit award archives the guardian nigeria. Oluwafeyisola adegoke, who announced this in abuja tuesday, explained that the awards for both years were being combined. Students in the us, nigeria, and ghana are reading the book and sharing. Association of american publishers, professional and scholarly publishing division winner s. The chairman of the board of the nigerian national merit award, nnma, professor shekarau yakubu aku recently led top management staff of the organisation on a courtesy visit to the nigerian communications commission, ncc. Nigerian national order of merit award onlinenigeria. The nolly awards recognise professionals from various disciplines across nollywood. Waec announces the winners of national distinctionmerit. The west african examinations council waec, has, thursday, in lagos unveiled winners of the national distinction merit award. First awarded in 1950, the national book awards recognize the best of american literature.
The nigeria media merit award is reputed as the foremost media excellence scheme and most prestigious annual celebration of the best. The national outdoor book award program recognizes the work of outstanding writers and publishers of outdoor books. Awards of merit in housing and community development nahro. Tata motors received numerous awards and recognitions like, car design award, family car of the year award etc. Gbolagade ayoola disclosed this in an interview with the news agency of nigeria nan in abuja recently. The 10th edition of the annual nigerian entertainment awards nea ended few hours ago in new york city. Aguiyi ironsi street, aguyi ironsi, maitama, abuja, nigeria. The deji alli young talent award daayta programme is a youth awards initiative founded in 2015 by arm in honour of its founding ceo deji alli. The maiden nigerian online merit award nioma will hold on friday, july, 2018, at the main hall of lagos sheraton hotel, ikeja, the organisers announced on saturday. Awards, grants, fellowships, and competitions writers and editors. Finalists unveiled for this years national book awards npr. The national book awards are awarded each fall by the national book foundation. The event had been originally scheduled for may 18 but was postponed due to the ramadan and party congresses, which altered the plans of some of the key personalities expected. Crossing the spectrum of electronics, print and digital platforms.
The nigeria media merit award is considered as one of the most reputable prizes for media excellence in our country, instituted by some of the great veterans of the nigerian press to encourage and reward distinction in the practice of journalism, while promoting a symbiotic relationship between the media industry and the society. Only two bets are certain when the national book awards will be announced at a. At the final national book awards ceremony see also finalists for this award. Dec 11, 2015 the nordica media merit awards is an initiative of nordica fertility centre to promote and reward fertility reportage in nigeria. Here are the 2015 national book award winners vulture. It was fun, frills and thrills on saturday february 27, 2016, as broadcasters from southwest, southeast and lagos stormed the grand ballroom of barcelona hotel, abuja for the much talked about sixth edition of the nigerian broadcasters merit awards. Finalists unveiled for this years national book awards. President muhammadu buhari presenting the award certificate to the winner of the 2018 nigerian national merit award, prof. The primary responsibility of the mmna is to confer the nigerian national merit nnom award on deserving nigerians. The nigeria national merit award scheme is an attempt to transpose this ancient value into a modern potential in the context of our present day nation state status. Nigerian national merit award in merit house, 22, merit house. Anthropology, criminology, and sociology award level. These authors and books have won the annual national book awards, awarded to american. Press releases, high resolutions scans and other materials for the national outdoor book awards noba.
Adam johnson took home the fiction award for his story collection fortune smiles random house. Outstanding book award, communication and sport division of the national. The maiden edition of the awards was held on october 31, 2010. General fiction for adult readers is a national book award category that has been continuous since 1950, with multiple awards for a few years beginning 1980. Media in category recipients of awards the following 200 files are in this category, out of 329 total. The nigerian national order of merit nnom is an order of dignity and distinct from the national honours. The list of candidates contesting for the various office in the icoba national council in the upcoming ic. The friend by sigrid nunez won the national book award for fiction in 2018 and wasnt on list. Inappropriate the list including its title or description facilitates illegal activity, or contains hate speech or ad hominem attacks on a fellow goodreads member or author. President muhammadu buhari will in abuja on thursday, december 1, award n10 million each to two recipients of this years nigerian national order of merit nnom. Us department of justice, ncc clinch merit awards on. The national jewish book awards is the longestrunning north american awards program of its kind in the field of jewish literature and is recognized as the most prestigious.
By nike cole and osundare israel a nigerian student of columbia graduate school of journalism in united states, jennifer ehidiamen is one of the winners of the 2016 foreign press association fpa scholarship fund award. Neal shusterman full speech 2015 national book awards ceremony wednesday, november 18, 2015, cipriani wall street, new york, ny. She was selected for the national book foundations 5 under 35 and her. Full list of winners at the 6th nigerian broadcasters. Soon, that number will be whittled to just four winners. Oct 06, 2016 the novel, which is one of this years national book awards finalists in the fiction category, tells the story of august and her friends gigi, angela, and sylvia, four adolescents in nineteen. The bookseller discovery officially recognized outstanding merit which failed to receive. Current and previous winners of the national book awards. Oct 14, 2015 shortlists for the national book awards went public wednesday, halving the number of nominees to just 20 finalists. National book awards 2017 national book foundation. Dec 14, 2017 lagosvanguard newspapers had a brilliant outing at the 2017 nigeria media merit award, nmma, as its senior health correspondent, mrs. Yemi osinbajo a noble nigerian is on the ticket for the highest position in nigeria as the vicep.
The sixth edition of nigerian broadcasters merit awards held on saturday february 27, 2016, amidst pomp and pageantry at the grand ballroom of barcelona hotel, abuja. Nigerian national honours are a set of orders and decorations conferred upon nigerians and friends of nigeria every year. They were instituted by the national honors act no. Awards that indie and selfpublished authors can apply to for 2015. Neal shusterman full speech 2015 national book awards ceremony wednesday, november 18, 2015, cipriani wall street, new york, ny 2015 national book awards harold augenbraum honored. Recipients of the bhesa ekushey heritage award 2015. Who will be the 2015 pulitzer prize winner for fiction. Robin coste lewis full speech 2015 nba young peoples literature award winner. I agree the novel or collection chosen for the prize should be based on the merit of the work alone. Apr, 2017 the national book award has gone to hell. Winners have emerged at the 2017 nigeria media merit award, held at the muson centre, onikan, lagos. Get to know the finalists for the 2014 national book award. Nigerian national merit award honours 71 nigerians.
The guardian nigeria newspaper brings you the latest headlines, opinions, political news, business reports and international news. Akus team was received on behalf of the commission by prof. It was instituted to accord proper and due recognition for outstanding intellectual and academic attainments and contributions to the general development of nigeria. Certificate of merit for best historical research in recorded country, folk, roots, or world. The nigeria media merit award nmma, gra ikeja, lagos. Nigerian national merit award office in merit house, 22, merit house, 22, j. The award is often conferred on its recipient by the federal government of nigeria following a nomination and approval of the governing board of the nigerian national merit award. Dec 14, 2009 this year, the media sector in africa celebrates 50 years of television broadcasting in nigeria while channels television took the television station of the year award. Chairman of the nigerian national merit award governing board, prof. Nigerian broadcasters merit awards nbma are presented annually to recognize excellence of professionals in the africannigerian broadcast industry.
This years winners included david brion davis for the problem of slavery in the. Most of the award winners went home with computer laptops, cash prizes, and a book democracy watch written by former minister of information and culture, prince tony momoh. The nordica media merit awards is an initiative of nordica fertility centre to promote and reward fertility reportage in nigeria. The nigeria media merit award is reputed as the foremost media excellence scheme and. Click here to know more about the awards and accolades won by tata motors. If im a judge, im using any piece of media i can to help raise the priority of. Waec announces the winners of national distinctionmerit awards aloko adewale peter 9. Buhari to award n10 million each to national merit. Nigerian tribune won the prize for editorial writing of the year. Lesley nneka arimah was born in the uk and grew up in nigeria and wherever. Winners of 2017 nigeria media merit award nmma nigerian tribune won four awards. The poetry award went to robin coste lewis for her collection, voyage of the sable venus knopf. A big thank you to everyone who attended, helping make this the most successful media i industry awards night yet. The national book awards are the nations preeminent literary prizes, honoring outstanding fiction, young peoples literature, poetry, and nonfiction.