Nigerian Blog Awards: from popularity contest to recognition of excellence in blogging

Finalists in the 2011 Awards mobilized their families, friends and colleagues, some of of whom were learning for the first time that they had been fraternizing with a blogger(!), to vote for them and this was perfectly within the rules of the Awards. Moving forward, beginning with the 2012 Nigerian Blog Awards, the focus will [...]

Will the numerical results of the Nigerian Blog Awards be revealed?

The short answer is no, for the reasons outlined below. Due to the anticipated changes to the voting process for the 2012 Awards, the practice of announcing only the winners will most likely be upheld. We did not define it as part of our process According to the schedule of events, the winners are revealed. [...]

The integrity of the Nigerian Blog Awards

The blogging community (bloggers and their fans) are making their views known following the July 15, 2011 revelation of the results of the 2011 Nigerian Blog Awards (NBAs) on twitter, and the subsequent posting of the results on this site. Some have posted reviews of the awards process on their blog; others have asked questions [...]

Winner of the SHORT LITTLE CONTEST

On the day of the awards, a SHORT LITTLE CONTEST was announced: the person who could predict the winners of the Nigerian Blog Awards most accurately would be the winner of either a $25 iTunes gift card or $25USD. The stipulation was that the winner could get a maximum of five responses wrong. But we’re [...]

Thank YOU!

The Nigerian Blog Awards have come to a close for another year and the results have been revealed. Before we start our autopsy of the awards (which begins in earnest on July 19), I’d like to use this space to thank all the people who have contributed in one way or another to these Awards. [...]

The winners – 2011 Nigerian Blog Awards

During an entertaining twitter event, the winners of the 2011 Nigerian Blog Awards were announced. They are: Best Beauty Blog Sarah Ofili’s Blog Best Blog by a Blogger based outside of Nigeria Sisi Yemmie Best Blog by a Nigeria-based Blogger Memoirs of a Woman with Chutzpah Best Book, Poetry or Writing Blog Fiesty Pen Best [...]

Twitter awards show and win Win WIN!

After a week’s wait the day of our twitter awards show announcing the winners of the 2011 Nigerian Blog Awards has arrived! In just 18 hours the winners will be revealed! Answers to some questions you may have: What is a twitter awards show? The twitter awards show refers to the announcement of the winners [...]

Voting has closed

Please note that voting has closed for another year. Depending on the results of the poll on the right, the winners will be announced this coming Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. Stay tuned! The nominees for the 2011 Nigerian Blog Awards are: Best Beauty Blog Love Kiksy Natural Saturdays Pwetty Bambi Sarah Ofili’s Blog Stella’s Addiction [...]

Last week to vote and what’s your favourite blog?

Good morning (well, if you’re in North America!), We’re entering the final few days of voting (votes will be accepted until July 9 at 11:59pm EST) and we have received over 3,300 votes if I’m reading things correctly! We know that many are voting for their favourite blogs but like happyBBB mentioned in the last [...]