Voting is now open – Group B

Posted on July 5, 2010 | Good Naija Girl | 17 Comments

Voting is now open! Please note the following as you vote for your favourite bloggers in each category:

You do not have to vote in each category listed.
You must click Vote after each group of nominees before that vote is registered.
Votes are tracked so multiple entries are not counted.
If any of the nominees’ names look strange, you can get a link to their blog here.

You can begin voting below. Thank you for your participation in the 2010 Nigerian Blog Awards.

Voting is open for a week, until 11:59pm EST on July 11, 2010. Winners will be announced as soon as possible on July 12, 2010.

Don’t forget that links to the blogs of the nominees can be found here!

Thank you for participating in the final element of the 2010 Nigerian Blog Awards!

Category: Group B

Comments

17 Responses to “Voting is now open – Group B”

Bisola Akinduro
July 5th, 2010 @ 2:00 pm

add me to the list of Nigerian bloggers pls.
Egbe's Diary
July 6th, 2010 @ 5:07 pm

kindly add me to the list of Nigerian bloggers.
Anengiyefa
July 7th, 2010 @ 1:17 pm

I find it odd that out of this veeery long list of Nigerian blogs, the same handful of blogs are nominated for every single category and most of these same blogs were nominated for Group A too.

Obviously, those doing the nominations are nominating their favourite blogs and not reading widely enough through the many blogs so as to be able to make an informed choice.

Also, are there any checks against individuals who vote for a particular blog several times in the same category?

No, of course I’m not moaning because I didn’t get nominated! Why would I be angry about that? Lol.
EDJ
July 7th, 2010 @ 10:42 pm

@Anengiyefa methinks people truly don’t understand how these awards work based on some of the comments that I see on this site.

It is not up to the voters to scroll through the loong list on the right to select blogs for each category. It is up to the bloggers to let their readers know that the awards are here and they would like their blog nominated. IF a blogger doesn’t let readers know that the nominations are open and they would like to win, then how will the voters know to nominate or vote?

It is what the organizers have said from the beginning. If people want to be nominated/win, they need to LET THEIR READERS KNOW to vote/nominate them. Do people really think that everybody has time to check out every single blog listed here? Readers have things to do.

Just some advice for people who are reading this and getting “miffed” that certain blogs were not nominated/voted for. Ask and ye shall receive (maybe).
EDJ
July 7th, 2010 @ 10:45 pm

P.S: the “ask and ye shall receive” rule does not apply to certain blogs that are already extremely popular. For example, people like Myne Whitman, & Verastic, already have an established, devoted, (and relatively large) fan base so these bloggers may not need to “ask” for nominees or votes (even though they do anyway). For any other blogger who knows their fan base is not as large, you need to campaign to get a nomination/win!
Anonymous
July 8th, 2010 @ 3:54 am

@EDJ, well, maybe to some people this Nigerian Blog Awards thing is not such a big deal..
EDJ
July 8th, 2010 @ 11:13 am

@Anon, I COMPLETELY understand if some people don’t think its a big deal. I am not talking to those people.

I am talking to the people who act like it isn’t a big deal to them (and say nothing) then get annoyed when a certain blog (usually theirs) doesn’t get nominated.
EDJ
July 8th, 2010 @ 11:14 am

I want to win one of these awards. I make no bones about it and I ask people to nominate/vote. I am not “fronting” for anyone.

By the way, did you vote for me? Lol.
Anonymous
July 8th, 2010 @ 1:06 pm

@EDJ, No, I will definitely not be voting for you!

Btw, I nominated Anengiyefa. So you see, not everyone who is nominated gets picked. And I know Anengiyefa, and I know he really doesn’t give a s**t about these awards, regardless of what you might think!
Vera Ezimora
July 8th, 2010 @ 2:50 pm

Funny how the person who is campaigning for Anengiyfa knows exactly how Anengiyfa feels. It’s no coincidence that said person is “Anonymous” **coughs**

Ehm brother/sister Anonymous/Anengiyfa, I’m already seeing the futility in responding to your comment, but I will do so all the same. When people nominate blogs, the organizers don’t put up ALL the blogs that were nominated. They put up the five blogs that have the highest votes. Therefore, if you (oh, sorry, your friend, Anengiyefa) did not get to the voting part, that’s because you/he/she got “out-nominated.”

And before you ask, in cases where there are less than five blogs in a category, that’s because only that number of blogs was nominated.

P.S. I have read widely enough, and I have now made an informed choice to vote for EDJ.

P.P.S. Of course people vote for their “favorite blogs!” That’s the whole point.

P.P.P.S. Nigerian Blog Awards IS a big deal to me, and I AM campaigning for votes.

P.P.P.P.S. Yes, I’m talking a lot, but come on! People need to stop misyarning and start appreciating the hard work of these organizers.

Now, Mr./Miss/Mrs Anonymous/Anengiyefa, please stop sulking and vote for me jare. When you’re done voting, start loving my blog, too. It can’t hurt.

GBAM!
Anonymous
July 8th, 2010 @ 3:15 pm

lol, Vera you funny o! No, I won’t be voting for you either. :)
EDJ
July 8th, 2010 @ 3:29 pm

Nne Vera thank you very much.

@Anonymous Anengiyfa fan, hope no madness is worrying you? Of course not everyone who is nominated gets picked, the people with the most nominations get listed. Do you understand how the voting works at all?

@ “I know he really doesn’t give a s**t about these awards,”
Then why are you here embarrassing yourself on his behalf?

There is always next year. If you love his blog so much then next time make sure you campaign for him to the fullest, inugo? Don’t leave it to just your vote. Involve your friends, bribe your neighbors, tell your family, etc.
Suzanne Brume
July 8th, 2010 @ 5:10 pm

Lol… I can’t even laugh.
Banke
July 9th, 2010 @ 1:54 pm

I have voted for a few blogs i know of; I havent heard of some of the blogs nominated before or maybe I m Old school lol…
Myne Whitman
July 9th, 2010 @ 5:26 pm

Emm…please I voted for EDJ and Verastic. Vote for those worthy bloggers below if you’re stumped for who to vote for. And check them out to, they’re great blogs.

Blog(s)ville Gist
Sheifunmi
2Cute4U (Free Answers To Your Questions)
Standtall (The Activist)
Funms (Funms-The Rebirth)
Sting (The Smile of a Nigerian Scorpio)
Naked Sha (Burnt Bottom Pot)
Ego Du Jour
Jabez (Venus Speaks)
Jeremy Weate (Naijablog)
Ms Kookie
Shona (On the couch with Shona)
Good Naija Girl
Miss LNQ (My World of Acting)
Sugarking (The Adventures of Sugarking)
Bagucci (In Retrospect..)
Sir Scribbles II (The Royal Scribbles)
Bombchell
Miss Fab (Fabulosity Unwritten)
Doug (The Art of Musing)
Repressed One
Santiago (Santiago’s Pad)
Brown Skin Naija Chic
Miss Enigma/Undercover07
Blogoratti
Fabulo-la (Me. And then Some.)
YNC (Welcome to YNC Lounge)
Jaycee (Light Her Lamp)
Le Dynamique Professeur
Laide Olabode (Exschoolnerd)
Rethots (Musings…expressions of ‘deep’ thots)
Azazel (Truth Don Die)
Kareem Ibhade (Nitty Gritty Tales of a Housewife)
Bumight (This is why I write)
Seye Kuyinu (::Seye Blogs::)
Suzanne Brume (Eights and Weights)
Harry Itie (The Talkaholic)
Linda Ikeji
Nice Anon (As You See Me So)
Solomon Sydelle
Gee (In my plain words)
Sugabelly (Sugabelly 2.0)
Suzanne Brume (Eights and Weights)
Vera Ezimora (Verastic)
Mizchif (An Idle Mind)
Ada
July 11th, 2010 @ 7:37 pm

I am sorry….but I think this blog awards thing is a huge joke. I do agree with Anon and Anengiyefa. Those who nominated and the most of the blogs who get nominated are all in the same club (Committee of friends) so to speak. To be honest most people who vote have not even read any of these blogs.
Hadiza
July 14th, 2010 @ 6:59 am

I still say this blog awards thing is a sad joke. Half of those nominated have the most boring blogs ever… *YAWN*