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Daily Times Nigeria will honour distinguished Nigerians and institutions at its centenary awards in Lagos as part of its 100th-anniversary celebration. Read More: https://punchng.com/daily-times-to-honour-nigerian-changemakers-at-centenary-awards/

The Kebbi State Government has completed 25 major infrastructure projects and awarded 19 new contracts, the Commissioner for Information has disclosed. Read More: https://punchng.com/kebbi-completes-25-projects-awards-19-new-contracts/

Sven Kockelmann (56) heeft de Sonja Barend Award gewonnen. De journalist wint de prijs voor zijn interview met oud-premier Schoof. BNNVARA, de omroep die de prijs uitreikt, looft Kockelmann voor de manier waarop hij van het interview met de toen afzwaaiende premier "geen politiek kruisverhoor, maar een persoonlijk gesprek over een turbulent premierschap" maa

Sven Kockelmann won zondag de Sonja Barend Award, de prijs voor het beste interview van het afgelopen tv-seizoen. De presentator krijgt de prijs vanwege zijn gesprek met vertrekkend premier Dick Schoof.

Plus, will a new three-hatter be announced? Follow the action and announcements, including Best Chef and Restaurant of the Year via the live blog from 3pm.

The Kebbi State Government has completed 25 major road projects and awarded 19 new ones to address infrastructure deficits and boost socioeconomic activiti Read More: https://punchng.com/kebbi-completes-25-road-projects-awards-19-new-ones/

Palestinian girl Nisreen Skaik tells Al Jazeera how much winning a Junior Digital Creator Award means

Dubai Municipality has awarded four contracts worth Dh3 billion to expand the emirate’s stormwater drainage network, as part of a wider project aimed at increasing rainwater drainage capacity by 700 per cent by 2033. The project falls under the third phase of the Dh30 billion Tasreef programme and will involve constructing and extending 100km of main drainag

Tenant Stephen Russell initially awarded €20,000, but deductions made over failure to pay rent and refusal of access

Plus: Plenty in a name for Maurice Regan’s ‘Luck Penny’; Vincent Browne recalls Charles Haughey’s guile and greed; and Garda to clamp down on souped up e-bikes

WapTV, a family entertainment channel, has received three awards in October, coinciding with its 14th anniversary of broadcasting in Nigeria. Read More: https://punchng.com/waptv-bags-multiple-awards/

Tokoh konservasi mangrove dari Desa Torosiaje, Kabupaten Pohuwato, Gorontalo, Umar Pasandre menerima BIA Award dari ...

"The [Mass Effect] and [Dragon Age] games were a literal inspiration."

Bruno Santamaría Razo’s fiction debut “Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building”(“Seis meses en el edificio rosa con azul”) has clinched the top Ojo award at the 24th Morelia Film Festival (FICM), which wraps Oct. 25. Hailed by Variety as a “lush, poetic film rooted in memories,” it became the first Mexican feature to […]

The home-grown brand behind the Dubai chocolate confectionery craze has enjoyed more sweet success after scooping a major UAE award. Fix Dessert, led by husband and wife team Sarah Hamouda and Yezen Alani, rose to global prominence in 2024 thanks to its Can’t Get Knafeh of It bar – a pistachio, knafeh and tahini-filled treat. The company has now been honoure

“Galerna,” a fiction feature from Mexico’s Tatiana Huezo, has snagged the top prize at Impulso Morelia, the pix-in-post industry section of the 10-day Morelia Film Festival, which wraps Oct. 25. The José Maria Riba Award, presented by Cinépolis Distribution and Profest 2026, bestows $14,740. (250,000 pesos) toward outstanding post-production needs and/or pro

Messi awarded the Princess of Asturias Award for his work for disadvantaged children's access to health and education.

Barcelona and Inter Miami have congratulated Lionel Messi after the Argentine star received the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports in Spain. Read More: https://punchng.com/barcelona-inter-miami-hail-messis-historic-asturias-award/

The weekend feels awards-y with John Turturro tugging the heartstrings in The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, Olivia Colman (Wicker) and Helen Mirren (A Talent For Murder) in the house, and Hans Zischler and Sandra Hüller playing Thomas Mann and his daughter on a road trip (Fatherland). The A24 You Can See Everything phenomenon […]

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has awarded $50,000 in damages to a former commissioner, Prof. Nazifi Darma, ruling his removal before his tenure ended was unl Read More: https://punchng.com/unlawful-removal-ecowas-court-awards-ex-commissioner-50000/

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will present the award at the concluding ceremony of the singer's year-long birth centenary celebrations at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on November 29, says CM Sarma

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has awarded $50,000 in damages to a former commissioner, Prof. Nazifi Darma, ruling his removal before his tenure ended was unl Read More: https://punchng.com/ecowas-court-awards-ex-commissioner-50000-orders-back-pay/

Argentine captain Lionel Messi has received the 2026 Princesa de Asturias Award for Sport, describing it as an honour that goes beyond his football achieve Read More: https://punchng.com/messi-receives-2026-princesa-de-asturias-award-for-sport/

Perennial winner Chase Elliott has opted to remove his name from consideration for NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award out of respect for the late Kyle Busch.

Researchers in Abu Dhabi have won an international award at a robotic surgery conference in Italy for an AI tool designed to assist surgeons during operations. The team at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in Abu Dhabi won the accolade for developing Janus AI, which will show surgeons footage of similar past procedures. The tec

Belgian TV series “The Inheritance,” about the death of a wealthy widow that ignites a battle over her estate, scored the Sony Pictures Television Award for best drama project at Rome’s MIA Market as its 12th edition wrapped Friday. The show, which is being produced by Kristoffel Mertens and Kato Maes for Belgian shingle Panenka, […]

The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project has awarded postgraduate scholarships to 500 Ogoni graduates in Rivers State as part of the UNEP report. Read More: https://punchng.com/hyprep-awards-postgraduate-scholarships-to-500-ogoni-graduates/

Hoofddorp, Belanda (ANTARA/Business Wire) – Setelah sukses memikat perhatian di ajang IFA Beberapa waktu lalu, ...

Chain Reactions Africa has secured six nominations at the 2026 ICCO Global Awards, emerging as the only Nigerian PR consultancy on the published shortlist. Read More: https://punchng.com/chain-reactions-africa-secures-six-icco-global-awards-nominations-sole-nigerian-consultancy-on-shortlist/

The NSW Supreme Court has awarded Rebel Wilson $359,000 in a successful countersuit against the co-producers of The Deb.

UK production firm, AI Film, has lost its legal bid to sue actor Rebel Wilson in the Supreme Court for $15 million.

Banoth Naveen went chasing suspected poachers through a reserve forest when he came in contact with a live wire

Abu Dhabi’s NMDC Energy has been awarded new projects worth Dh2.8 billion ($763 million) by Saudi Aramco to complete offshore engineering, procurement and construction-related works. Completion of the projects is expected to take between 18 and 23 months, NMDC Energy said in a statement on Friday to the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), where its shares a

More than 550 leaders gathered in Dublin for the landmark event, featuring the inaugural digital media hall of fame award

Hardgrave honoured for a knowledge of food and wine ‘as extensive as her passion for small producers and farmers’

Jakarta (ANTARA) – PT Pegadaian (Persero) meraih penghargaan bergengsi pada kategori Technology Innovation dan ...

The winners of annual awards given out by ASCAP for the year’s most outstanding music writing and broadcasts include biographies of film composers John Williams and Bernard Herrmann, as well as a documentary about cult R&B artist Swamp Dogg, liner notes for an archival release from Frank Zappa, Rick Beato’s YouTube podcasts, and books about […]

<p>NSW supreme court judge otherwise dismisses case brought by film’s co-producers and awards Wilson almost $400,000 after star countersued</p><p>Rebel Wilson has been ordered to pay A$10 (US$7, £5) in damages after emerging victorious from a bitter legal spat with her latest film’s co-producers.</p><p>The Pitch Perfect star directed, co-produced and starred

The prize comes less than two weeks after US President Donald Trump announced sanctions against the court.

Chaka Khan will receive the Classic Soul Honor at the 2026 Soul Train Awards, celebrating the singer-songwriter’s influence on R&B. Across her career, which spans more than five decades, Khan helped shape the sound of soul, funk and R&B with her music, including hits like “Tell Me Something Good,” “Sweet Thing,” “Ain’t Nobody,” “I’m Every […]

O desenho foi capa do P2 em Outubro de 2025. Ao receber o Grand Prix do World Press Cartoon, o autor disse que não achou que fosse o escolhido, “mas era o que eu mais gostava”.

Debutant Djamel White, whose literary crime thriller was longlisted for the Booker Prize, is up for two awards

The shortlist for the 2026 An Post Irish Book Awards has been announced, featuring writers and illustrators across 19 categories as the awards mark their 21st anniversary.

The EU has awarded the International Criminal Court its top human rights award.

Darragh O’Brien says procurement issues around the Irish Rail project are now being addressed ‘very seriously’

Swaralaya Palakkad will organise a day-long musical programme on November 29 to honour playback singer K.J. Yesudas

The award will be presented on Friday during the 40th National Conference of the Karnataka Itihasa Academy in Bidar

Anadolu Ajansının (AA) düzenlediği İstanbul Photo Awards 2026'nın ikinci sergisi İtalya'nın başkenti Roma'da açıldı.

Kota Pontianak meraih penghargaan Tim Percepatan Akses Keuangan Daerah (TPAKD) Award 2026 kategori terbaik tingkat kota ...

The ceremony will take place in April.&nbsp;

Mate Energy Industries has received the prestigious Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP) quality award from the Standards Organisation of Nig Read More: https://punchng.com/mate-energy-bags-prestigious-son-award/

CardinalStone Securities has been named Africa’s Best Broker and Nigeria’s Best Broker at the Euromoney Markets Awards 2026 for the second consecutive year Read More: https://punchng.com/cardinalstone-securities-named-africas-best-broker-at-euromoney-awards/

PEARL Awards Nigeria has unveiled the nominees for its 2026 awards, shortlisting top-performing companies quoted on the Nigerian Exchange Limited. Read More: https://punchng.com/top-ngx-performers-shortlisted-for-2026-pearl-awards/

The landscaping project has beaten 26 others from around Australia to take out the prize.

Two-time Oscar-nominated producer Rodrigo Teixeira will receive the inaugural Árbol de la Vida Visionary Award at the GuadaLAjara Film Festival (GLAFF), the Los Angeles offshoot of the Guadalajara International Film Festival, on Nov. 6. The honor will be presented by Oscar-nominated actor Wagner Moura ahead of a screening of James Gray’s “Paper Tiger,” which

Praia de Copacabana Rafael Catarcione/Riotur A cidade do Rio recebeu os títulos de Principal Destino de Praia e Principal Destino de Turismo Esportivo na etapa regional do prêmio World Travel Awards (WTA), que teve resultados anunciados no domingo (11), em uma cerimônia de gala na Jamaica. O WTA está em sua 33ª edição e tem como objetivo reconhecer a excelên