NMMA honours The Guardian publisher with leadership award

Kingsley Jeremiah wins three categories

The Publisher of The Guardian Newspaper, Lady Maiden Alex-Ibru, was yesterday, honoured with Distinguished National Leadership Award of the Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA).

In her acceptance speech, she appreciated the organisers of NMMA for the award and thanked her husband, late Alex Ibru, for giving her the opportunity to be the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Guardian in his lifetime.

She recollected how her husband went to serve the military government under the late Sani Abacha and how they had misunderstanding over a concluded decision from the then Provisional Supreme Council meeting.

The publisher stated that her husband’s decision to stand firm for justice led to him being hunted by Abacha after his resignation from the government.
She maintained that her husband was a really decent man, who was bold.

Meanwhile Kingsley Jeremiah won the Peter Odili Prize for Power Reporter of the year, Conoil Prize for Energy Correspondent of the year, and Chevron Nigeria Prize for Oil and Gas Reporter of year.

The Guardian as an organisation was nominated in the Babatunde Jose Prize for Newspaper of the year. A former employee of The Guardian, Iremeka Chijoke, won the IGI Prize for Insurance reporter of the year.

Temitope Templer Olaiya and Chijoke were nominated in the Olusegun Mimiko Prize for Foreign News Reporter of the year with Iremeka getting another nomination in the Cecil King Memorial Prize for Print Journalist of the year.

Also, Gbenga Salau was nominated in the Keystone Bank Prize for CSR Reporter of the Year and Coca-Cola Prize for Brand and Marketing Reporter, just as Adepetun Adeyemi was nominated in the MTN Prize for Telecommunications Reporter of the year and Union Bank Prize for Banking and Finance Reporter of the year.

Similarly, Helen Oji was nominated in the Access Bank Prize for Capital Market Reporter of the year.