Taaooma, others shortlisted for youth award The Punch
Published 2 May 2021
A cross section of 50 youths have been selected as finalists for the 2021 edition of the 10 Outstanding Young Persons Award of the Junior Chamber International Nigeria.
The Chairperson, 2021 JCI Nigeria TOYP Award Planning Committee, Oluwakemi Irinoye, stated that the finalists were selected by the award panel of judges out of the shortlisted 50 from the initial total of 1,027 entries received for this year’s edition of the award.
She noted that the finalists would move on to the voting phase for honours in the 10 categories of the award, which would be determined by the general public.
Nominations for Newbury Civic Awards extended
Entries for the two categories must be submitted by Wednesday
Liam Headd
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NOMINATIONS for two categories in the 2021 Newbury Town Civic Awards have been extended until Wednesday (March 3).
Anyone wishing to enter either the Young Persons Civic Award or the Environmental Contribution Civic Award categories must submit entries before the new deadline.
Newbury Town Council introduced the Newbury Town Civic Award in 1997.
More recently, the Young Persons Award, the Business Civic Award and the Environmental Contribution Civic Award have run alongside the main Civic Award.
The awards highlight the importance of those who make a difference in the community and are presented to people who have made an exceptional contribution to Newbury, and celebrate the achievements of our local community.
WapTV celebrates multi-award win
Tofarati Ige
Members of the WapTV team, especially Slimmy Tee, Chief Olododo and Ebubae, entered December in a celebratory mood, as the channel recently received two awards.
The station got the
COVID-19 Impact Hero award for its contributions towards the fight against the novel pandemic at the eighth edition of the Maya Awards; as well as the
Indigenous TV Station of the Year award at the second edition of the Young Persons Award Dinner.
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