Award

Michael Omonua's 'Rehearsal' has scooped the grand prize award at the just concluded Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur. The highly coveted award which comes with a cash prize of 12000 Swiss Franc was recently confirmed in a…

Senegalese writer and 2021 winner of the prestigious literary prize, Prix Goncourt, was awarded a top honour by Senegalese President Macky Sall. "Mr Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, we make you a Commander in the National Order of the Lion"…

Paulina Chiziane is the winner of the Camões literary Prize 2021. The choice of the Mozambican writer was made unanimously, according to the Portuguese Minister of Culture, Graça Fonseca. For the 66-year-old, this is an award she shares…

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee," the award-giving body said. Based in Britain and…

Nissi Ogbulu's 2020 short film 'The Satchel' has won the 'The Audience Choice' for 'International Best Animated Short Film' at the just concluded 2021 Cannes Independent International Film Festival (CIIFF) in France. Confirming the…

The list of nominees in key categories for the Emmy Awards, the highest honors in television was announced on Tuesday. The award ceremony slated for September 19 is to be held in Los Angeles hosted by Cedric the Entertainer. This 73rd…

Nigerian social media stars, Ikorodu Bois have been nominated for the Favourite African Social Media Star category at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards. The Ikorodu Bois is a Nigerian online comedy group that recreates and…

New Telegraph, one of Nigeria's leading national dailies has conferred its 2020 Award of Government Agency of the year (in the area of #Transparency) on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation #NNPC. The Managing Director and…

American Grammy Award-winning global sensation and record label executive, DJ Khaled, will be the international host for the MTV Africa Music Awards Kampala 2021. The award ceremony will air globally for the first time, beginning…