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The call for submissions for the 7th PwC Nigeria Media Excellence Awards, an initiative of the PwC, a leading professional services firm has commenced. The PwC Media Excellence Awards celebrates and rewards excellence in business reporting in Nigeria.
Mr Hassan-Adebayo, who won the same category in 2020, is one of the very few Nigerian journalists to record such a feat in the 30 years of DAME’s existence.
Rains pound Europe, US, China, houses submerged, cars washed away, over 200 killed The Punch Published 24 July 2021 People affected by recent floodings in Lagos and some parts of the world have yet to get over the incidents, Afeez Hanafi and Percy Ani report A homely apartment sheltering Mrs Dorcas Nicholas, her husband and their children became a desolate ambience last Friday. The family squatted in their neighbour’s room for three trying nights elongated by uneasy sleep. They were among several households temporarily displaced by floods that rocked Jakande Estate and other...
Lagos-Badagry Expressway: Deplorable highway hinders Nigeria’s multi-billion naira tourism hub in historic town Published 6 June 2021 The poor condition of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway is discouraging local and international tourists from visiting Badagry thereby killing the toursim potential of the ancient town, Afeez Hanafi reports For months, I longed to visit historical sites in Badagry, Nigeria’s foremost tourism destination far-flung Lagos. I always looked forward to seeing monuments and relics of the transatlantic slave trade spanning 16th to 19th centuries. Those are signs of Nige...
Punch Newspapers Sections Published 15 May 2021 Activities of commercial motorcyclists popularly known as okada riders have increasingly become a threat to Lagosians and security of Lagos, leaving the government with a daunting task of restoring sanity to the state, Afeez Hanafi writes Known for its ever-bustling economic activities, Lagos was the first and only point of destination that readily came to Ibrahim Abdullahi’s mind when he thought of leaving his hometown in Nasarawa State in search of pastures new. He arrived at the Centre of Excellence six months ago in the embrace of his kins...