Nigeria’s most widely read newspaper, PUNCH Nigeria Limited, on Saturday reaffirmed its leadership position in the country’s print journalism landscape as it posted an outstanding performance at the 2014 edition of the Nigerian Media Merit Award.
At the Grand Award Presentation Ceremony, which held at the Imo State International Convention Centre, Owerri, your darling newspaper won the Babatunde Jose Prize for Newspaper of the Year, beating Vanguard and Leadership newspapers to clinch the top spot.
Editor, The PUNCH, Mr. Martin Ayankola, was adjudged winner of the Dele Giwa Prize for Editor of the Year. Editors of Vanguard and Leadership newspapers, Mideno Bayagbon and Sadiq Abdullateef respectively, were runners-up in the category.
