Lagos state governor Akinwunmi Ambode and his counterpart from Akwa Ibom State, Mr.Udom Emmanuel will co host 2015 edition of the Nigeria Media Nite Out Awards. The Prestigious Awards ceremony – the 9th edition will hold on September 20th at Time Square Entertainment and Events Center Ikeja Lagos.
This year’s awards will no doubt mark the 9th consecutive year of rewarding excellence and good efforts of performing media personalities, corporate bodies and supporting individuals. Many hardworking journalists and Corporate Organisation have been rewarded in the past and we are still working to ensure the media industry is getting the necessary accolades deserved.
Listed as the chairman board of trustee Nigeria Media Nite Out Award is Hon. Dr. Bello Mohammed ( Mon), former chairman House Committee on Security and Intelligence. Alhaji Lai Mohammed, National Director of Publicity, APC has been listed as guest speaker for the day. Hard working journalists from various categories listed for award are Political Writer of the year, Society Writer of the year, Editor of the year, Crime Writer of the year, Entertainment writer of the year and many more.
A keynote address would be delivered on “Corruption and National Development, the role of media, by Mr Jim Obazee Executive Secretary/CEO, Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria. Nigeria Media Nite Out Awards is powered by SOLKEM Entertainment And Media Limited.
Meanwhile, three editorial staff of News watch Times has been nominated for the prestigious award in their respective fields . Folake Sokoya will contend with Kunle Akinwande of Nation,, Kunle Fabiyi,of Punch Evelyn Usman of Vanguard and Ngozi Umujare of The Sun for the award of The Best Crime Writer of the Year. Biodun Komolafe who was also nominated last year will slug it out with Stanley Opara of Punch, Chukwu Onaeke of Guardian, Collins Nweze of The Nation and Maduka Nweke of The Sun as the Best Business Writer of the year, while Mansur Oladunjoye will try his luck against Ade Akanbi of Punch, Emmanuel Aziken of Vanguard as the Politics Writer of the Year