Category : Prizes & Awards

Burna Boy, Joeboy, Tiwa Savage And The Winners At The 6th AFRIMA (full List).

NigGalNovember 25, 2019November 25, 2019

Nigerian stars Burna Boy, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage and others have emerged winners at the recently concluded award ceremony. The 6th and 2019 All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA held on...

Prizes & Awards

AFRIMA: Burna Boy steals show with overall best artist award in Africa.

NigGalNovember 25, 2019November 25, 2019

Afro fusion artiste, Burna Boy has made another history as he has been adjudged the overall Best Artiste in Africa. He also won Best Male...

Prizes & Awards

Wizkid Wins Soultrain Awards 2019

NigGalNovember 19, 2019November 19, 2019

The popular singer won the Ashford and Simpson’s songwriters award, along with other songwriters, for the song ‘Brown Skin Girl’ by Beyonce, St John, Wizkid...

Prizes & Awards

Nigerian entrepreneur Temie Giwa-Tubosun wins Jack Ma’s African business hero award

NigGalNovember 18, 2019November 18, 2019

A Nigerian entrepreneur has taken home the top prize at the Jack Ma Foundation’s first annual prize for African businesses.Temie Giwa-Tubosun walked away with the...

Prizes & Awards

UBA Group Gets Double Honours, Wins CEO, 2019 Bank Of The Year

NigGalNovember 15, 2019November 15, 2019

United Bank for Africa Plc got double honours over the weekend as it emerged the Bank of the year 2019; while its Group Managing Director/Chief...

Prizes & Awards

Meet The Winners Of 2019 Cowbellpedia Mathematics Competition.

NigGalNovember 13, 2019November 13, 2019

In a thrilling Cowellpedia Mathematics competition final encounter last weekend, Michael Enehizena of The Scholars Universal Secondary School, Ota, Ogun State and Oghenero Ologe of Zionfield Pinnacle School, Ikorodu, Lagos State won the crowns in the Junior and Senior...

Prizes & Awards

Putin honours Oramah with National Award

NigGalNovember 8, 2019November 7, 2019

President Vladimir Putin of Russia today in Moscow bestowed the national honour of “The Order of Friendship” on Prof. Benedict Oramah, President of the African...

Prizes & Awards

Nigerian author wins literary award in UAE

NigGalNovember 8, 2019November 7, 2019

A 41-year-old Nigerian author, Chelochi Onyemelukwe-Onoubia, has clinched the award for best fiction writer at the ongoing Sharjah International Book Fair, in the United Arab...

Prizes & Awards

Godwin Maduka Wins 2019 ‘Man Of The Year’ Award

NigGalNovember 7, 2019November 7, 2019

A renowned United States based Nigerian Medical Doctor, Chief Godwin Maduka has won the 2019 ‘Man of the Year Award’ after he was nominated by...

Prizes & Awards

Burna Boy Wins ‘Best Africa Act’ Award at 2019 MTV EMA’s

NigGalNovember 5, 2019November 5, 2019

Serial hitmaker, Burna Boy, has been announced as the winner of the ’Best Africa Act’ award at the 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards. Burna, who was nominated alongside fellow Nigerian, Teni the Entertainer, South Africa’s Prince...

Prizes & Awards

Ex-Budget Minister, Sen Udoma bags Japan’s highest honour medal

NigGalNovember 4, 2019November 4, 2019

Nigeria’s immediate past Budget and National Planning Minister, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, on Sunday, made history as the first-ever Nigerian to be recognised and honoured by the Japanese Government with...

Prizes & Awards

Visually Impaired Professor Wins Innoson’s N8.8m SUV

NigGalOctober 31, 2019October 31, 2019

Prof. Jibrin Diso, a visually impaired Professor of Education at Bayero University Kano (BUK) on Friday received a car worth N8.8 million won through a...

Prizes & Awards

2Baba gets special recognition award at AFRIMMA 2019

NigGalOctober 29, 2019October 29, 2019

Innocent Ujah Idibia was honoured with a #20YearsAKing Special Recognition Award for his pioneering role in the evolution and rise of Afrobeats. On October 27, 2019,...

Prizes & Awards

BBNaija Diane to host Miss Africa Golden and Africa Golden Awards

NigGalOctober 28, 2019October 28, 2019

BBNaija Diane of the ‘Pepper Dem Gang’ and veteran actor and comedian Basorge are set to take charge of the 2019 Edition of Miss Africa...

Prizes & Awards

Kennedy Uzoka wins Bank CEO of year 2019 award.

NigGalOctober 25, 2019October 25, 2019

The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Mr Kennedy Uzoka, has won the much-coveted ‘BusinessDay’s Bank CEO’ of the year...

Entrepreneurship ICT Prizes & Awards

Two Nigerian start-ups emerge semi-finalists at GITEX SuperNovaChallenge

NigGalOctober 25, 2019October 25, 2019

Two Nigerian start-ups yesterday emerged semi-finalist at the Future Star contest held at the ongoing GITEX Technology Week in Dubai, UAE. The two finalists came...

ICT Prizes & Awards

Abdulhakim Bashir Wins Startup Innovation Competition In UAE, Gets $10k Prize

NigGalOctober 25, 2019October 25, 2019

Another Nigerian in tech, Abdulhakim Bashir, on Wednesday, October 9, became the winner of another international competition. He won in the Artificial Intelligence category of...

Prizes & Awards

Nigeria’s Dr Nneka Abulokwe awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in England.

NigGalOctober 24, 2019October 23, 2019

Dr Nneka Abulokwe, the co-founder of Think Tank, has been awarded the distinction of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty...

Events Music Prizes & Awards

Headies 2019 – Full List Of Winners Of 13th Headies Awards

NigGalOctober 21, 2019October 21, 2019

The 13th HEADIES Awards took place on October 19th at the Eko Convention Centre, Victoria Island Lagos. A night full of music, fun, and laughs;...

Prizes & Awards

VIDEO: 11-yr-old Naomi Oloyede addresses UNODC anti-corruption conference in Vienna.

NigGalOctober 17, 2019October 19, 2019

Eleven years old Naomi Oloyede, a student of Battle Axe High School, Abuja, who has a penchant for giving public speeches has announced herself to...

Prizes & Awards Sports

Nigerian wrestlers, Adekuoroye, Oborududu rise in world rankings

NigGalOctober 15, 2019October 19, 2019

Commonwealth champion, Odunayo Adekuoroye (57kg) has moved one step up in the latest rankings, and is now the second-best wrestler in the world in her...

Diaspora Prizes & Awards

Dapo Akande Honoured With A Portrait At Oxford University

NigGalOctober 14, 2019October 19, 2019

Professor of public international law, Dapo Akande, has been honoured with a portrait at St. Peter’s College in Oxford University, United Kingdom, making him the...

Prizes & Awards

Captain Hosa Okunbo Decorated With Lafayette Award At UN Day For Global Peace, Geneva.

NigGalOctober 14, 2019October 19, 2019

The Prestigious Lafayette Award at United Nations Day For Global Peace in Geneva has honoured the outstanding philanthropic and humanitarian efforts of Billionaire Businessman and...

Academics Diaspora Prizes & Awards

Nigerian girl breaks 125 year academic record in American High School.

NigGalOctober 14, 2019October 19, 2019

Nigerian Tobechukwu “Tobi” Phillips just broke a barrier as the first Black valedictorian in Alvin High School’s 125 year history in the Texas high school...

Prizes & Awards Sports

Nigerian Selected for Global Sports Mentoring Programme

NigGalOctober 11, 2019October 19, 2019

A Sports Administrator at the Lagos State Sports Commission, Dr. Oluwaseun Nariwoh, has been selected to attend the U.S. government’s flagship professional development exchange to...

Nollywood, Movies Prizes & Awards

Oscars 2020: Nigeria’s ‘Lion Heart’ competes with 92 countries

NigGalOctober 9, 2019October 19, 2019

Nigeria is competing with 92 other countries for the 2020 Oscars Academy Awards’ Best International Feature Film, the organisers said on their official website, Oscars.org....

Prizes & Awards Sports

Nigerian Soccer Star, Victor Osimhen bags Lille POTM, after impressive goalscoring form.

NigGalOctober 8, 2019October 19, 2019

Following his fine goalscoring run in the French Ligue 1, Victor Osimhen has been named Lille Player of the month for August. Osimhen heralded his arrival in France by...

Prizes & Awards Sports

World Athletics Championship: Ese Brume Wins Nigeria’s First Medal

NigGalOctober 8, 2019October 19, 2019

Ese Brume wins Nigeria’s first medal at the ongoing World Athletics Championship in Doha, Qatar. The 23-year-old jumped a distance of 6.91m to win bronze...

Diaspora Prizes & Awards Sports

Nigerian-born fighter, Israel Adesanya becomes the undisputed UFC middleweight champion

NigGalOctober 8, 2019October 19, 2019

As he predicted, Israel ‘the last Stylebender’ Adesanya lived up to the hype yesterday as he knocked out defending champion, Robert Whitaker to become the world’s best UFC fighter in the middleweight category. In...

Academics Prizes & Awards

Hadiza Saddik Mahuta Graduates As Best Student From University Of West England

NigGalOctober 7, 2019October 19, 2019

Nigerian Lady Hadiza Saddik Mahuta made the country proud by having her name on the Star of Fame database of University of the West England...

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