Events

Nigerian Marketing Awards Champions Marketing Excellence with New Council

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12 months ago

September 24, 2025

Nigerian Marketing Awards announces 2025 Council and gains NIPR endorsement, reinforcing its status as Nigeria’s most credible marketing platform

The 2025 Awards Decision Council for the Nigerian Marketing Awards has been announced, featuring a diverse group of marketing leaders and experts from across Nigeria’s marketing ecosystem.

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The announcement also came with a significant endorsement from the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), further solidifying the Awards’ reputation as the most credible platform for recognising marketing excellence in Nigeria.

The 2025 Council includes respected professionals from top brands, agencies, media, public relations, regulation, and experiential marketing.

Chaired by Iquo Ukoh, FNIMN, CEO of Entod Marketing Ltd, the panel includes seasoned names such as Bunmi Oke of Ladybird Limited, Dr. Nkechi Ali-Balogun of NECCI Consulting, Tomiwa Aladekomo of Big Cabal Media, and Angela Ukara-Makinwa of EXP Marketing, among others.

Nigerian Marketing Awards has once again demonstrated its commitment to transparency and inclusion by featuring representatives from all five foundational professional bodies — ARCON, NIMN, AAAN, EXMAN, and OAAN — now joined by NIPR, marking a landmark development in its evolution.

NIPR’s formal endorsement includes the nomination of Tokunboh George-Taylor, a respected communications leader, to the Council.

This development positions NMA as a unique industry platform that draws legitimacy from across the entire marketing communications value chain.

Founder of the Nigerian Marketing Awards, Tony Agenmonmen, FNIMN, described the update as “a milestone in our journey to build the biggest and most credible marketing awards in Nigeria.”

He highlighted the Awards’ ongoing accreditation by the UK-based Independent Awards Standards Council (IASC), which benchmarks the programme’s processes against global best practices.

The fourth edition of the Nigerian Marketing Awards® is scheduled for 15 November 2025 at The Jewel Aeida in Lagos.

The Call for Entries remains open until 30 September 2025, with submissions already flowing in from top agencies and brands nationwide.

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As the Nigerian Marketing Awards continues to raise the bar for marketing excellence, the unveiling of the 2025 Council signals another power move towards deeper industry trust, credibility, and long-term impact.

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WAKE UP! Art Exhibition Returns for a Second Act

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3 weeks ago

August 27, 2026

Mariam Balogun

The contemporary art and photography exhibition “Wake Up!” is back again for a second edition.

Curated by Awele Onwordi, Wake Up! 2 exhibition pays homage to the Nigerian youth and burgeoning street culture which many of its contributing artists reference in their works.

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Titled “Young, Wild, Free”, the exhibition celebrates the creativity, resilience, freedom and cultural influence found in Nigerian youth.

Taking aim at societal issues and economic concerns, the exhibit reflects the youth and their refusal to compromise or bow despite all the challenges stacked against them while charting youth culture through art, music, fashion, skateboarding, photography and community.

The exhibition will be held, once again, at the Angel and Muse Gallery at 25 Sumbo Jibowu street off Ribadu Road off Awolowo Road in Ikoyi.

It will open on Saturday 5 September 2026 and will run until 11 September 2026
This second edition which focuses on celebrating, nurturing and exploring artistic practices rooted in youth and street culture will feature works from DENCITY and SUPERGLIDER HOUSE.

Exhibiting artists include Ajilore Kehinde – their work is deeply influenced by Nigerian street culture and works of other artists like Slawn, Peters Ejiro, etc, Chuka Onwordi – graphic designer who embodies themes of death, melancholy and beauty in his works, ZIDYEP – Abuja based creative whose works move between digital and physical spaces through art, graphic design and air brushing , Franklyn Okoye – graphic designer and artist whose works explore themes of identity and hyper-reality, Awele Onwordi – founder & curator of WAKE UP and multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans character art, creative logo design, album covers and more , Oluchi Kogolo – digital illustrator whose work explores street culture, personality and storytelling through a raw and playful visual style and Kozetuo Apeji – multidisciplinary artists who work explores experimental approaches to problem solving through both digital and traditional art forms.

Commenting on the exhibition in her curatorial statement, Awele noted that “despite economic instability, limited opportunities and socio-political challenges, Nigerian youth continue to shape culture through music, fashion, art, skateboarding, raves, photography and community.”

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Continuing and harping on the raison d’etre of the exhibition she said, “Young, Wild and Free exists to celebrate Nigerian youth while also creating a platform that supports and amplifies them.”