MEDIA AWARDS: NAIJA STANDARD 2ND ANNIVERSARY IN USA
Punch Emerges Nigeria’s Most Read Newspaper…Vanguard Remains Nigeria’s Most Beautifully Designed, Fearless Newspaper
*TIME Magazine is World’s Most Respected Newsmagazine of the Year *THE NEWS becomes Nigeria’s Newsmagazine of the Year
*Sahara Reporters: Nigeria’s Most Fearless Online Newswire in the Diasporas * Pini Jason: Nigeria’s Most Respected & Intelligent Columnist (Post Humous)
* Bisi Olatilo: Nigeria’s Famous TV Personality of the Year * Ben TV, London: Nigeria’s Best TV in the Diasporas
* Oprah Winfrey: African-American Most Famous TV Personality/Talk Show Host
BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, TEXAS
AS Naija Standard Media Group, publishers of Naija Standard Newspaper Inc USA, Naija Standard Afrika Radio and Naija Standard Afrika Television celebrate its 2nd year anniversary here in Dallas, Texas, our ‘Academy Awards Commiitee’ consisting mainly of our Directorate and Members of Editorial Board have nominated and handed out awards in various categories of media representation to some of our colleagues who we strongly believe are consistently creative, ingenious, daring; ready to ‘sccop news’ and break stories where ‘angels fear to thread’ in this century of varying media attacks.
PUNCH, VANGUARD lead media train
Naija Standard can asuuredly tell you that Punch Newspaper has maintained its pride in place as ‘Nigeria’s Most Read Newspaper’ in view of its unbiased editorials, quality human angle stories and very classy headlines; while Vanguard Newspaper remains ‘Nigeria’s No 1. Newspaper’ due to its fearless stories, aesthetics and beautiful designs.
Time Magzine & THE News
The News, a weekly news journal in Africa’s most populous black nation has been adjudged ‘Nigeria’s Newsmagazine of the Year’ in view of its various undercover stories, one of which was the ‘Toronto Scandal Exclusive’ which exposed Salisu Buhari, former Nigeria’s Speaker, Federal House of Representatives and led to his sack. Time Magazine is unarguably ‘World’s Newsmagazine of the Year’ for its precise, truth and timely cover stories which has helped various government around the world to sit up.
Sahara Reporters Earn Applause
The Editorial and Directorate of Naija Standard Media Group Inc USA unanimously agreed that ‘Sahara Reporters’, a leading online Nigeria’s online newswire has remained a shinning light and agent of positive change in seeing a better Nigerian administration that would cater for the downtrodden and defenseless populace. This it has done daily by exposing corruption in high places among Nigerian political office holders among others. Sahara Reporters earns award as ‘Nigeria’s Most Fearless Online Newspaper in the Diasporas.’
Pini Jason Remebered
In a minute silence, Naija Standard remebered Late Pini Jason, a frontline columinist and veteran journalist and handed out a post-humous award to him as ‘Nigeria’s Most Respected and Intelligent Columnist.’
Winfrey, Olatilo & Ben TV London
After so much debate, ‘Academy Awards Commiitee’ gave out awards to Oprah Winfrey as ‘African-American Most Famous TV Personality & TV Host’, while Bisi Olatilo emerge ‘Nigeria’s Most Famous TV Personality’ and BEN TV, London became ‘ Nigeria’s Best TV in the Diasporas.’
