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Afeez Hanafi and Dayo Ojerinde
PUNCH Newspaper clinched three awards in the 29th edition of the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence held on Saturday at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos.
PUNCH won the Best Designed Newspaper ahead of
The Guardian declared as the first runner-up, while
The Nation was the second runner-up.
The newspaper was also declared winner in the Editorial Writing Category, beating
BusinessDay and
The Nation to the first and second runners-up respectively.
The PUNCH’s winning editorial was published on May 1, 2019, titled, ‘Cheerless valediction for Eighth National Assembly.’
In the Newspaper of the Year category won by