VON Wins 2023 Best Online Media Website

Yinka Otoki, Lagos

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Voice of Nigeria, VON, has won the 2023 Best Online Media Website category under the ng. Media Award at the 6th .NG Awards.

VON’s website, accessible via www.von.gov.ng was recognised for its excellence in journalism, amplifying local and original content, and contributing to the advancement of the .ng domain brand.

The event, which was held on Friday in Lagos, the commercial city of Nigeria, was organised by the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), the official registry for the .ng domain name.

NiRA operates as a stakeholder-driven entity, overseeing the comprehensive database of registrations within the .ng country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) namespace.

Voice of Nigeria, currently headed by Mallam Jibrin Baba Ndace, started in 1961, shortly after Nigeria gained its independence from the British. With the birth of a new country, it became necessary to have a channel through which Nigeria’s growing commitment towards growth and development would be made glaringly visible to the world.

As Nigeria’s external broadcast station, VON was created to be a major information hub, projecting Nigerian greatness to the global scene.
The official website, http://www.von.gov.ng/ is managed by the Digital Media Department, formally known as the Online Unit, created in the year 2000. The website has categories such as Indigenous news, business, sport, Africa and world news, as well as blogs and webcasts, among others.

Voice of Nigeria features diverse language content, including Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, French, Fulfude, Arabic, and Ki-Swahili, in addition to its English content.

Voice of Nigeria has a strong presence on major social media platforms, including X, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and Thread. VON leverages these social media outlets to distribute its content, engage audiences and expand its reach. Followers can connect with the latest news, programmes and initiatives from VON across its Social media accounts.

X- @voiceofnigeria

Instagram-vonnews1

Facebook-Vonnews1

TikTok- @voiceofnigeria

Spotify-Voice of Nigeria

Thread-vonnews1

LinkedIn-Voice of Nigeria

YouTube- Voice of Nigeria Von

 

 

 

Mercy Chukwudiebere

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