The winners – 2011 Nigerian Blog Awards

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1. mikesfrequency
   July 15th, 2011 @ 8:47 pm

   All that keeps ringing in my head is CHUTZPAH.Hehehe…

   Well, I', happy I participated and was nominated though. Voting was fair though as you will always expect, not all results can be predicted. Its called the Chutzpah effect.

2. OgbongeBlog
   July 15th, 2011 @ 9:39 pm

   glat to have won, at least one of the 6 categories my blog was noiminated. Hope to win more next year by His Grace.

3. OgbongeBlog
   July 15th, 2011 @ 9:45 pm

   glad to have won, at least one of the 6 categories in which my blog was nominated. Hope to win more next year by His Grace.

4. Paul
   July 15th, 2011 @ 10:43 pm

   Dnt really think the result was fair,but its al gud! Shoutout to evry1 dat won, and to dose who did nt win, u knw u r d best!

5. Adesoji Adegbulu
   July 15th, 2011 @ 11:57 pm

   Great list of winners. I like this.

   I am also listing all the winners on Top Nigerian Blogs Aggregator. You can check this on http://www.9jacorp.com

   :)

6. Patrick
   July 16th, 2011 @ 12:32 am

   http://www.nigerianinfo.com/ is also a very good Nigerian Blog on Education and Nigerian News

7. Adesoji Adegbulu
   July 16th, 2011 @ 12:41 am

   In the list of the winners above, i found out that some of the blogs are still on free domain name. So if any of the winners are ready to take their blogs to the next level, I am willing and ready to give them FREE custom domain name for 1 year. If any of the winners who uses a free domain name is reading this, please read http://makemoneyonlineng.com/winners-2011-nigeria… to show your interest in the FREE custom domain name for 1 year.

8. tega
   July 16th, 2011 @ 12:45 am

   can u post the voting stats pls, for more credibility…. tnx

9. Naijamum in L.
   July 16th, 2011 @ 12:56 am

   Thanks for the award

   Really appreciated.

   Naija has a lot of talented bloggers so I know it must have been a close race.

   Thanks again

10. Akan
    July 16th, 2011 @ 1:09 am

    Thank you for the award. It is much appreciated. Thank you again.

11. itua
    July 16th, 2011 @ 1:41 am

    http://www.moonfaceonline.com

12. NigeriaBestJobs
    July 16th, 2011 @ 1:44 am

    Congrats to the winners, abeg try include Jobs blog next time. This is the best Jobs website for Nigeria Vacancies http://www.nigeriabestjobs.com

13. Amanda
    July 16th, 2011 @ 1:47 am

    Great choices if you ask me.Keep it flying high and real.Here is my blog link. http://amandashares.blogspot.com.Add me please.cheers

14. Olajide Kazeem
    July 16th, 2011 @ 3:38 am

    Can u pls post the voting counts and details for more credibility, i think this blog awards tingy is so wack… Seriously..

15. Chioma
    July 16th, 2011 @ 3:44 am

    hmmnn.. Nice 1.. yeah, i support that, post the voting counts.. i think its all based on frienship blogging and blogs that supports u… 234Next for best mag n news blog.. Omg!!!!!! u pips re wack mehn..

16. Anita
    July 16th, 2011 @ 3:51 am

    Thank you all so much. God bless

17. These are the Winners of 2011 Nigerian Blog Awards (Plus My Gift)
    July 16th, 2011 @ 4:32 am

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18. ore
    July 16th, 2011 @ 5:21 am

    You should have made the voting a poll thingy, bt any way kudos to the winner

19. Madame Sting
    July 16th, 2011 @ 5:27 am

    You can read my thots here: http://www.nigerianscorpio.com/2011/07/best-stude…

20. engee
    July 16th, 2011 @ 5:43 am

    kudos to the winners,still new in the system,here is my link http://engeesblog.blogspot.com,add me.

21. engee
    July 16th, 2011 @ 5:44 am

    kudos to the winners,still new in the system,here is my link http://engeesblog.blogspot.com add me.

22. City Gist
    July 16th, 2011 @ 6:33 am

    Nigerian bloggers are really hitting it hard. Congrats to Omojuwa, Linda Ikeji…and of course Chutzpa. At http://CityGist.com we aggregate RealTime news from the best news and entertainment-centric website. if you are a blogger…better get yours listed today

23. NigeriaBestJobs
    July 16th, 2011 @ 6:56 am

    i haven't even heard of some blogs that won some categories. well i think i hv to mke more 'blogger' friends so they can List me as a WINNER next time…. lol (no offence)

    Toni

24. Tosin
    July 16th, 2011 @ 7:53 am

    I enjoyed voting in this contest and even found many nice blogs through it.

    Anyways, I hope you like http://www.REALbubbler.blogspot.com

25. AngryBlogger
    July 16th, 2011 @ 8:04 am

    This was bullshit jor. This chutzpah babe or whatever she calls herself obviously begged all her family and friends and okada men on her street to vote for her because NO ONE credible in the blogosphere knows her.

    Even if she has a few fans they might have got her one award but all 5 and blogger of the year? Rubbish and nonsense. anyway, I choose to believe you believe the voting was fair, that she didnt screw anyone to win. LOL.

    and LindaIkeji's blog is NOT controversial. Unless you are a moron. When 'Truth Don Die' is there? again, rubbish and nonsense.

    That Kevin Dude is not even funny. All in all, rubbish and nonsense.

    Welldone.

26. 9jaFOODie
    July 16th, 2011 @ 8:41 am

    Congratulations to all the winners!!

    PS: organizers, please ignore the complainers, it's just bad belle for most of them.

27. Eights & Weights
    July 16th, 2011 @ 10:23 am

    Thanks for organizing this GNG. I had fun voting :)

28. Stellasgossipgroove.
    July 16th, 2011 @ 11:45 am

    Congrats ya'all!

29. Margaret
    July 16th, 2011 @ 12:40 pm

    i hope to win next year…congrats to all naija bloggers.

30. tinkerbell
    July 16th, 2011 @ 1:52 pm

    ESCO LITERATI:SATIRES ON NIGERIAN LIFE…DID NT WIN!!!!!!!!!!!! seriously!!!!!

31. stelzz
    July 16th, 2011 @ 8:33 pm

    Congrats to all the winners. Check out my blog:

    http://thespringinmysteps.blogspot.com

32. stelzz
    July 16th, 2011 @ 8:35 pm

    I hoped ESCO would win one though..

    http://thespringinmysteps.blogspot.com

33. stelzz
    July 16th, 2011 @ 8:35 pm

    congrats to all the winners. I believe they deserved it…

    http://thespringinmysteps.blogspot.com

34. Victor Counted
    July 16th, 2011 @ 8:56 pm

    Congratulations to all the winners; especially to "Light Her Lamp" for having it for our category. May God bless you'll. Is been a wonderful experience. Merci.

35. Very Open Minded Ind
    July 16th, 2011 @ 11:03 pm

    Men all of u complaining need to get a darn grip!! I'm EXTREMELY/TOTALLY/VERY/COMPLETELY burnt that a friend of mine who was nominated in 5 different categories didnt win even 1 award tho his blog is PRETTY AWESOME… But then again y'al have to realize its more of a popularity poll type thing… so wat if the Chutpah chick asked every tom dick and harry to vote for her, oh! did u really think shes the only 1 that did that? all they get is recognition n a badge on their sites.. I'd understand your whining if the winners were getting a whole red carpet event or a cash prize and a plaque or a glamorous trip to some place n other goodies we'd all be VERY jealous of but thats not the case so till then.. Congrats to every1 that won (posting up the stats would be nice) and yall should pop a CHILL PILL!!

36. Naijawapzone
    July 17th, 2011 @ 2:12 am

    I love the concept, hoping to win next time with my blog
    http://naijawapzone.blogspot.com

37. anonymous
    July 17th, 2011 @ 7:50 am

    literati: satires of nigerian life didnt win. sighs, nonsense jorrrrrr

38. Abolore
    July 17th, 2011 @ 12:01 pm

    M so glad omojuwa.com won! Japh u'r wow! thumbs up

39. EdiMulo
    July 18th, 2011 @ 12:00 am

    Ah! Mixed feeling… Lol. Congrats to Linda Ikeji and Jennifer Erere Abayowa. (Lightherlamp!) You won again! And people Linda's blog is not controversial please… I guess this award can be improved upon, so as to make it bigger than "the number of people I know" or "the people who already know me" stuff. Kudos to the organizers! http://www.edimulo.blogspot.com/

40. cosmas whyte
    July 18th, 2011 @ 9:46 am

    This a good development to encourage the nigerian bloggers.

    Hope to win next time http://page1magazine.blogspot.com

41. cosmas whyte
    July 18th, 2011 @ 9:57 am

    This a good development to encourage the nigeria bloggers.

    Hope to win next time: http://page1magazine.blogspot.com

42. Victor
    July 18th, 2011 @ 3:44 pm

    New Entertainment Blog on the Block! http://peculiarmagazine.com
    Watch Ya Back(end)!

43. Tunji Sarumi
    July 18th, 2011 @ 3:51 pm

    Congrats to all the winners!!!!

44. nigerianblogawards
    July 19th, 2011 @ 11:43 pm

    Thanks for your feedback; much appreciated, Michael.

45. nigerianblogawards
    July 19th, 2011 @ 11:43 pm

    Congrats to you and all the best next year! Anything is possible!

46. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 12:31 am

    The guidelines set out were followed so in that regard it's fair. Of course we all have favourites…many blogs I really like weren't even nominated! :)

47. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 12:31 am

    Thanks for listing the winning blogs on your blog aggregator…it'll be a great boost for many blogs!

48. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 12:32 am

    Thanks…this site is now listed.

49. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 12:33 am

    What a generous offer! Thank you! I've drafted the email to those with a free domain name…I just need an answer to one question from you. I sent it by gmail chat but maybe I'll send it by email.

50. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 12:44 am

    We had questions about this same thing last year and we'll address it in a separate post…hope you don't mind waiting a bit longer.

    One thing I can say that if someone doubts the credibility of the awards, showing the results won't convince them since they already have that doubt within them. They will question the posted results and it just goes on and on.

51. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 12:45 am

    Congrats…your fans are to be thanked!

52. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 12:46 am

    The blog has been added to our list…cheers.

53. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 12:51 am

    Hmm…we'll have to think about that. We don't want to have more than 30 categories so if we were to add a category for Jobs, we're have to get rid of the existing ones.

54. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 12:52 am

    Your blog has been added…cheers!

55. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 12:58 am

    I responded earlier to the voting counts question; I'll post it below. The details of the Awards can be found at this link.

    We had questions about this same thing last year and we'll address it in a separate post…hope you don't mind waiting a bit longer.

    One thing I can say that if someone doubts the credibility of the awards, showing the results won't convince them since they already have that doubt within them. They will question the posted results and it just goes on and on.

56. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 1:00 am

    As explained in the schedule of the process, both the nominees and winners were determined by visitors to the site who took the time to register their email address and nominate and vote. So the winning blog in each category was the one that received the most votes.

57. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 1:01 am

    Congratulations!

58. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 1:02 am

    Thanks for your suggestion. There are advantages and disadvantages to various processes and we're always trying to improve from one year to the next.

59. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 2:21 am

    Thanks for the link, Madame Sting. I read your post and I especially appreciate the critique of the voting process, since the logistics were different from what was used last year, and in my opinion it's the most important part of the whole Awards.

    My personal opinion on some of your points:

    You won for the Best Student Blog because you had the most fans vote for you. Would you have won if you hadn't solicited a single vote? Quite possibly. Is your blog the Best Student Blog? Yes, according to the criteria that the Nigerian Blog Awards uses to determine the winners of its various categories.

    The criteria to be named a nominee were the same as the criteria to be listed on the Nigerian Blog Awards site:

    be a Nigerian or blog about Nigeria

    blog must be public

    blog must have been updated in the last six months (there is no stipulation about how many times each week/month/year the blog has to be updated)

    In addition, the nomination form mentioned that the blog had to fit the category it was nominated in. Each nominee was compared to the description of the category and a top-nominated blog that did not match the criteria of the category it was nominated for was not retained. Some categories are harder to judge than others (is blog X inspiring? Maybe to some; maybe not).

    I'm not in favour of limiting voting to bloggers alone because I think those who read blogs and comment, but don't blog themselves, play an important role in spreading the word about good blogs out there.

    Memoirs of a woman with Chutzpah? If anyone is suspicious cheating in the awards went on, they should look at the fact that she won all her categories and know that no such thing occurred.

    I have a hard time with this because the schedule of the awards explains the process and it was basically the same as last year. Both last year and this year, there was no stipulation that only bloggers or readers of blogs could vote. We encouraged people to campaign and we encouraged visitors to our nomination and voting pages to carefully consider their decision. Last year we had a blogger nominated in four Group A categories win in every category. We also had a blogger nominated in 10 categories fail to win a single one. The way the process currently is, it comes down to how well the blogger is able to engage or mobilize his or her fans.

    I like your closing point. Yes, the Awards (and the body of bloggers) have grown significantly from last year. As a result what worked last year may not work moving forward. Until this year's Awards began, we did not know the magnitude of the growth, and once a process like this has been initiated, it's not advisable to change it partway: the process was meant to run in a "most votes wins" format and that was maintained. I can't say for certain that things didn't work because I'm still trying to figure out if the problem is the new blogs that were nominated that many who have been blogging for several years were unaware of, how fans were mobilized, or some other thing that is causing concerns (or maybe it's a combination of these? Or something completely different?). The process ran as it was defined so for 2011, I'm satisfied. Personally, I am not a regular reader of the majority of the winning blogs, and several were completely new to me.

    I'm all for improving the awards from one year to the next and although we didn't implement any significant changes for this year aside from the voting process which was more secure than last year, the first post this year points to our awareness and openness to different models for nominations and voting. I appreciate your review and feel it'll definitely help us move in a good direction, so thank you for that.

60. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 2:28 am

    Your blog is added.

61. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 2:28 am

    This blog is not currently listed on our site because I'm not sure if a blog aggregator is really a blog.

62. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 2:30 am

    We have over 800 blogs listed on this site so far and I have no idea what percentage of the total number of Nigerian blogs that is. I think it would be weirder if you knew all the nominated blogs.

    Not sure what you mean by being listed as a winner but I hope you know it was the blogs that received the most votes that won.

63. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 2:31 am

    Your blog is added…thank you.

64. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 2:34 am

    Last year we had a nominee in four categories sweep them all so I'm not surprised by this sweep.

    Thanks for sharing your opinion. All I can do is direct you to the process used this year for the Awards.

65. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 2:35 am

    Thank you for your comments. You know the devil's advocates among the commenters will say you're only saying nice things to me because you won in your category. ;)

66. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 2:35 am

    Thank you for your kind words and for your graciousness.

67. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 2:36 am

    All the best to you in reaching that goal!

68. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 2:36 am

    Yeah…it seriously didn't win. It came down to the number of votes, alas!

69. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 2:37 am

    Your blog is now listed as The spring in my steps.

70. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 2:37 am

    Awww, you and at least one other commenter on this site!

71. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 2:38 am

    Great to see graciousness like this. Cheers to you.

72. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 2:38 am

    This entry made me laugh…thanks for that!

73. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 2:39 am

    Your blog is now listed; all the best next year!

74. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 2:39 am

    This is the blog that most are coming to express disappointment with the results. Hopefully things will work out better next year.

75. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 2:40 am

    :)

76. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 2:40 am

    Your comment about how the voting process can be improved will definitely be taken to heart; thank you.

77. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 2:41 am

    Thanks…your blog has been listed.

78. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 2:42 am

    We've listed you!

79. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 2:43 am

    We appreciate your graciousness!

80. mikesfrequency
    July 20th, 2011 @ 2:45 am

    You're welcome anyday!

81. Truthsayer
    July 20th, 2011 @ 3:01 am

    @Naija blog awards – thumbs up for the whole issh. But i think even after people nominate/vote a blog , you should still check the blog and the few other blogs in d category, i saw a blog on the list “Date360 Entertainment” – http://www.date360.net .. This website is a website with over 8Tabs on music,lifestyle,music e.t.c and the contents re so cool, i think the blog deserves the award of best magazine.. Also on your whole blog list, no website is more beautiful than it.. I think ya all shud just check it out.. Seriously..

82. rokzee
    July 20th, 2011 @ 4:10 am

    way too funny! i like uninhibited responses jare…no space for diplomacy. nonsense and rubbish #my new by-line. LOL

83. rokzee
    July 20th, 2011 @ 4:13 am

    you're only saying nice things cos you won in your category…LMAO!!!

84. rokzee
    July 20th, 2011 @ 4:17 am

    "all they get is recognition and a badge on their sites"…clearly, it is not for all that blogging is a passion…

85. me_me_me
    July 20th, 2011 @ 4:40 am

    i know the chutzpah chick and it was just ridiculous. . . BB, Twitter, FB, practically spammed everyone under the sun to vote for her…heck! she even tagged Kim Kardarshian in a Tweet to come and vote for her! LOL!

    Big ups to Chic Therapy! Esco shoulda won, like seriously!

86. Timi
    July 20th, 2011 @ 8:20 am

    All the best to the winners!

    Organisers – well done and wishing you all the best!

87. Madame Sting
    July 20th, 2011 @ 10:05 am

    I don't know why you had a hard time with number 4. What i was trying to say was that i don't think any cheating on you guys part took place. I hope that's what you understood from that comment. I don't have a problem that she won all her categories (if she deserved it), all i was saying was if you guys rigged the voting, then you wouldn't have made it so obvious.

    I don't have a problem that new bloggers or not knowing who the bloggers are. The highest votes worked in 2009 because not a lot of people were involved. What i have a problem with is that bloggers who are really not the best or most "anything" would win simply because they can mobilize more voters. If this was still being done for "fun" and people weren't taking the awards so seriously, then it would be fine. Obviously, this is no longer the case and people are taking this very seriously. So continuing to do it based on popularity takes away from the credibility of the awards.

    I think Myne has a good point in terms of who should qualify. That way someone who has only updated their blog 8 times this year doesn't get to win over someone who has updated 95 times simply based on being able to get people to vote for them.

88. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 10:38 am

    The process will be different next year. For 2011, it would not have been fair to define a process then go against it when the results don't match what I thought they should be. The process for 2011 was that the blogs with the most votes win, so that's why one blog won over the other. Is Date 360 the best blog in your opinion, sure. Someone else with an equally valid opinion could completely disagree with you too. Whatever process is used, it must be seen as somewhat impartial and the organizer should as much as possible not get involved in my opinion…instead the organizer should be more of a coordinator.

89. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 10:39 am

    There's always next year!

90. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 10:40 am

    Thanks for your comment. All the best to you too!

91. nigerianblogawards
    July 20th, 2011 @ 10:58 am

    I definitely understood that you don't think we cheated. I think the idea of whether a blog deserves to win or not is subjective, and each person will have an opinion on whether blog A is more deserving than blog B. We agree that all this growth and the seriousness with which people are taking the NBAs, combined with the shift in goal of the Awards necessitates revising the voting process and I guarantee that it'll be different in 2012 (what I can’t guarantee is whether people will like it!).

    Since the Awards will cease operating under the model of "most votes wins", quality will be emphasized. However in my opinion alone, this does not mean a blog that is updated twice a day will be considered "better" than a blog that is updated twice a month (for example). It's therefore possible that a blog updated less regularly could be nominated alongside one that is more regularly updated. (For the record, I'm not saying you said this should be the case, I'm just saying that as we work to figure out a better model, the focus will be on the quality of the blog).

92. Adesoji Adegbulu
    July 20th, 2011 @ 11:32 am

    Thanks to you too

93. Bawor
    July 24th, 2011 @ 3:56 pm

    This is very good. to check out list of nigerian bloggers or to list your blog. check out nigerian blog direcotry
    http://www.websitenigeria.com/Blogs/

94. Web Xpert
    July 31st, 2011 @ 6:34 am

    just checked the site out …
    Not fine – use of a free template dat wasnt even customised , images arent sharp; logo is bland; shade of yellow not sexy enuff …review of site 4.5/10

    tooxclusive.com, gidilounge.com and 360nobs.com are far finer than this and use even better magazine layouts especially 360nobs

    How did jaguda.com win best design …smh

95. Bombchell In Atl
    August 4th, 2011 @ 8:19 am

    I really like some of the blogs that won like jaguda, Notjustok, Nigerian Scorpio and will try to check out the rest.

96. @tolanipe10
    September 15th, 2011 @ 7:45 pm

    http://thomassuccessforlife.blogspot.com/

97. @tolanipe10
    September 24th, 2011 @ 1:50 pm

    I change my blog address to: http://olanipekunlfn.blogspot.com/____Please update it as soon as possible.

98. margaret
    November 16th, 2011 @ 7:18 am

    am new on the blog and will like my blog to be listed….you are doing great job. a href=http://www.margaretattah.blogspot.com rel=nofollowwww.margaretattah.blogspot.com/a