Category : Prizes & Awards

Model Secondary School Nsukka, Enugu State, Emerges Fg’s 2019 Educational Award

NigGalOctober 4, 2019October 19, 2019

Federal Government has named Model Secondary School, Nsukka, Enugu State, winner of the 2019 President’s Teachers & Schools Excellence Award. The prestigious national award, which...

ICT Prizes & Awards

Digital Firm, Wild Fusion Named 2019 Top Digital Marketing Agency

NigGalOctober 2, 2019October 19, 2019

Wild Fusion, has been ranked as one of the top digital, creative and marketing agencies in the world for business success across 14 industries, according...

Prizes & Awards

Nnemdi Ozoemena emerges 2nd best in 2019 Commonwealth Essay Competition.

NigGalOctober 1, 2019October 19, 2019

A 17-year-old Nigerian student, Nnemdi Ozoemena, has emerged the runner-up in the senior category of the 2019 Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition. Mr Blackson Bayewumi, Country...

Prizes & Awards

Cavalli Group Wins Best Developer in Africa Award

NigGalOctober 1, 2019October 19, 2019

Cavalli Business & Investment Group, the holding company for Deluxe Residences Limited and Global Property Partners (GPP), has won the “Best Developer in Africa” Award...

Prizes & Awards

Funke Adekoya (SAN) won the Partner of the Year award at the much-coveted African Legal Awards 2019

NigGalOctober 1, 2019October 19, 2019

The criteria for giving the award are based on the recipient’s track history of excellent leadership, legal skill, client management, among others– It should be...

Prizes & Awards Sports

Chukwueze, Dele-Bashiru Make Tuttosport Golden Boy 40-man List.

NigGalSeptember 27, 2019October 19, 2019

Super Eagles forward, Samuel Chukwueze and Flying Eagles midfielder Tom Dele-Bashiru have been included in the Golden Boy 40-man shortlist. Back in June, Tuttosport, organisers...

ICT Prizes & Awards

6-year-old Nigerian student emerges Africa’s youngest Microsoft specialist.

NigGalSeptember 26, 2019October 19, 2019

A six-year-old Nigerian student, Master Damilare Akano has emerged Africa’s youngest Microsoft Specialist in the Certiport international certification examination. Akano alongside 200 other students participated...

Entrepreneurship Prizes & Awards

Gift Udoh: US Honours Nigerian Lady For Contribution Towards Farming

NigGalSeptember 25, 2019October 19, 2019

The United States has honoured another Nigerian, Gift Udoh, who reflects the great potentials the country holds. Udoh is also a 2019 Mandela Washington fellow...

Appointments Prizes & Awards

UN Appoints Dangote, Adesina to Battle Global Malnutrition

NigGalSeptember 25, 2019October 19, 2019

The United Nations has appointed Africa’s richest man and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, and President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina,...

Nollywood, Movies Prizes & Awards

Oscar committee calls for Nollywood entries ahead of 92nd edition

NigGalSeptember 23, 2019October 19, 2019

Ahead of the 2020 Oscars, the Nigerian Oscar Selection Committee (NOSC) has called for entries. The Nigerian Oscar Selection Committee (NOSC) has called on Nigerian...

Prizes & Awards

Nigerian Cadet Officer Receives Special Award From UK Royal Army

NigGalSeptember 19, 2019October 19, 2019

Nigeria’s Cadet Officer, Sunday Linus Ogbole, has won the King Hussain Award by The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was given the award for being...

Arts Prizes & Awards

Chimamanda at 42, bags prestigious award in Germany.

NigGalSeptember 17, 2019October 19, 2019

Prolific Nigerian-born writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been honoured with the Kassel Citizens’ ” Prism of Reason” Award for “her vision of humanistic diversity”. At...

Innovations Prizes & Awards

2 Nigerians among finalists for $25,000 Anzisha Prize for young African entrepreneurs

NigGalSeptember 17, 2019October 19, 2019

Two Nigerians, Abdulwaheed Alayande and Emmanuel Okon made the cut among 20 finalists to contend for the $25,000 Anzisha Prize for young African Entrepreneurs. Over...

Music Prizes & Awards

Falz, Nasty C, Sarkodie make history with new BET award category.

NigGalSeptember 15, 2019October 19, 2019

BET International has announced the launch of a new category to honour artists from around the world during the BET “Hip Hop Awards” 2019. Artists...

Arts Prizes & Awards

Mathew Aneke, Win 2019 NLNG Science Prize.

NigGalSeptember 12, 2019October 19, 2019

Last Thursday, Nigerian-born Mathew Aneke won the 2019 Nigeria Prize for Science, alongside a Chinese researcher, Wang Meihong, for their works on carbon capture, utilization,...

Nollywood, Movies Prizes & Awards

Nollywood: NFVCB Chief, two others honoured at TINFF in Canada

NigGalSeptember 10, 2019October 19, 2019

Alh. Adedayo Thomas, Executive Director of National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) ,Moses Babatope, GMD FilOne Cinema and veteran Nigerian filmmaker Peace Anyiam-Osigwe have...

Entrepreneurship Innovations Prizes & Awards

Two Nigerian Firms Penciled For Shell’s Innovative Prize

NigGalSeptember 10, 2019October 19, 2019

Two Nigerian entrepreneurs have been shortlisted among 21 finalists for the Shell LiveWIRE Top Ten Innovators Awards; a global competition which highlights and rewards businesses...

Prizes & Awards

Ezekwesili, others bag Weizsäcker fellowship in Germany

NigGalSeptember 4, 2019October 19, 2019

A prominent Nigerian, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, has been awarded a Richard von Weizsäcker Fellowship at the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin from September 2019 to...

Entrepreneurship Prizes & Awards

Nigerian students win gold medal at SAGE competition in US.

NigGalAugust 30, 2019October 19, 2019

A group of Nigerian students has bagged a gold medal at the 2019 Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) competition, for ‘Marist Air...

Academics Prizes & Awards

FUTA Alumnus Emerges Best Student In China

NigGalAugust 30, 2019October 19, 2019

An alumna of Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ayoola Oluwakemi has won the prestigious 2019 China Excellent International Students award. Oluwakemi is currently undergoing her Ph.D. programme in...

Academics Prizes & Awards

UNIZIK Students Top Studies In Chinese As 100 Bag Scholarships.

NigGalAugust 28, 2019October 19, 2019

AWKA – Twenty-four students of the Confucius Institute of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka were among the 35 that passed the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) translated...

Academics Prizes & Awards

Nigerian school’s Air Quality Project wins gold in U.S.

NigGalAugust 28, 2019October 19, 2019

Marist College, Yangoji, Abuja, has won a gold medal at an international school entrepreneurship competition in the U.S., Mr Romanus Ayeh, Team Coordinator, has said....

Prizes & Awards Sports

12th African Games: Nigeria win six gold medals in weightlifting

NigGalAugust 27, 2019October 19, 2019

Team Nigeria has won six gold medals in weightlifting and three silver at the ongoing African Games in Morocco. The weightlifting event was held at the...

Arts Prizes & Awards

Nigerian Wins 2019 Koffi Addo Prize for Creative Nonfiction Awards

NigGalAugust 26, 2019October 19, 2019

Authors Resoketswe Manenzhe from South Africa and Frances Ogamba from Nigeria have won the 2019 Writivism Short Story and Koffi Addo Prize for Creative Nonfiction...

Prizes & Awards Sports

Chukwueze wins revelation of the season award.

NigGalAugust 22, 2019October 19, 2019

Villarreal winger, Samuel Chukwueze, has won the player revelation award for the 2018/19 season at La Liga club. The award was announced on Villarreal’s Instagram page on Tuesday....

Prizes & Awards

A Nigerian, Elizabeth Ehi-Ebewele, and 11 others honoured for combating wildlife crime.

NigGalAugust 22, 2019October 19, 2019

A Nigerian, Elizabeth Ehi-Ebewele, and 11others have been honoured for demonstrating excellence in combating wildlife crime. The award was presented by the Animal Welfare Institute...

Nollywood, Movies Prizes & Awards

Celebrate Your Heroes, US Urges Nigerian Filmmakers.

NigGalAugust 22, 2019October 19, 2019

The United States Consulate in Nigeria has urged local filmmakers and documentary producers to use their skills in telling stories about the African experience especially...

Nollywood, Movies Prizes & Awards

Nigerians win Netflix’s ‘Dear White People’ contest

NigGalAugust 21, 2019October 19, 2019

Contest across the United States, a film by Olamide Oladimeji and Ejiroghene, was selected as one of the top two. The film received an honorable mention...

Prizes & Awards Sports

8-year-old Nigerian, Stephanie Ogechukwu Onusiriuka Won Gold Medal At African Gymnastics Championship

NigGalAugust 8, 2019October 19, 2019

8-year-old Stephanie Ogechukwu Onusiriuka started Gymnastics on her own when she was just two years old. Her parents discovered her talent and decided to help...

Prizes & Awards Sports

Nigerian sprinter, Jerry Jakpa, wins 200m in Europe

NigGalAugust 5, 2019October 19, 2019

A week after failing to make Nigeria’s list of athletes to the Africa Games in Rabat, Morocco, Nigerian sprinter, Jerry Jakpa, won the men’s 200m...

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