DAME INVITES ENTRIES FOR 34TH EDITION IN 25 CATEGORIES
PRESS RELEASE DAME INVITES ENTRIES FOR 34TH EDITION IN 25 CATEGORIES The Trustees of the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) Trust Fund, Africa’s longest running media awards programme, invite entries for works done and published in 2024, for the 34th edition of the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) in the following categories: Reporting […]
UNICEF begs states to save nine million children by accessing child nutrition fund
The United Nation Children’s Fund on Wednesday urged states in Nigeria to urgently provide their counterpart funding to access the Child Nutrition Fund to save about nine million children from malnutrition. “Without urgent action in 2024, UNICEF estimates that approximately nine million children under five years will suffer from moderate and acute malnutrition,” Prosper Dakurah, […]
Why Polio is spreading after Nigeria was declared free – UNICEF
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has said polio has returned to Nigeria and is spreading to many states after the country was declared polio-free in 2020. It blamed the development on low vaccination rate especially in some northern states and the refusal of some parents to allow their children to be vaccinated. […]
Polio, malnutrition cases rising, says UNICEF
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday, July 3, raised the alarm over soaring polio and malnutrition cases among children, urging government and people to rise to the challenge. Although Nigeria was declared a polio-free country in 2020, UNICEF,an organ of United Nations (UN), warned that it has started rearing its ugly […]
UNICEF, DAME sign groundbreaking partnership to boost children’s rights advocacy
In a significant move to advance the rights and welfare of children in Nigeria, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Nigerian Guild of Editors, and the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This partnership aims to leverage media’s influential power to promote and protect children’s rights across […]
DAME INVITES ENTRIES FOR THE 31st EDITION
PRESS RELEASE DAME INVITES ENTRIES FOR THE 31st EDITION The Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) has invited entries for the 31st edition of the annual awards in 24 categories, broadly grouped under reporting, commentary, documentary-drama, aesthetics, and overall awards. The categories are: REPORTING: Agriculture Reporting, Business Reporting, Child Friendly Reporting, Education […]
THE 28th DAME: CALL FOR ENTRIES
The Diamond Awards for Media Excellence Trust Fund; Africa’s longest media awards programme invites for its 28th edition in the following categories. Print, Online and Broadcasting Agriculture Reporting Anti-Corruption Reporting Best Designed Newspaper Business Reporting Child Friendly Reporting Editorial Cartooning Education Reporting Insurance Reporting Investigative Reporting Judicial Reporting Lagos Reporting Nutrition Reporting Sports Reporting News […]