PHOTOS: TY Buratai Foundation honours Simon Kolawole, TheCable for promoting national development

The TY Buratai Humanity Care Foundation has honoured Simon Kolawole, publisher of TheCable Newspaper, and Femi Oyewole, publisher and editor-in-chief of Sahara Weekly and Sahara Television, with awards of excellence in journalism.

According to the organisers, Kolawole and Oyewole were recognised for their stellar careers dedicated to the highest ideals of journalism and its profound impact on national development and human dignity.

The foundation also recognised TheCable as  the most credible online newspaper in Nigeria.

The awards were presented on Saturday during the TY Literary Initiative Award ceremony, held at the Tukur Buratai Research Centre, Gora village, along the Keffi expressway, Nasarawa state.

Tukur Buratai, former chief of army staff (COAS) and chairman of the foundation, commended the awardees for their contributions to journalism, national development and humanity.

“Gold or silver we have not to offer. Hence, this award of special recognition, which I believe will suffice as a strong motivation for you to continue to prioritise the unity and development of Nigerian nations and to encourage other Nigerians to emulate your patriotic strides. I want to say congratulations,” Buratai said.

At the event, three finalists in the literary initiative award received cash prizes for their entries.

Adoo Gyuur from Benue state, the north-central winner received N500,000 and was also announced as the overall best, with her entry “Daughters of Ashes”, earning her the star prize of N1 million.

Other winners are Chinenyike Ezemagu, who was named south-east zonal winner of the young adult literature prize with his entry, Digiteen. Ezemagu received a cash award of N500,000.

Yusra Gaga, a 300-level student of English Linguistics at the Federal University Dutse, Jigawa state, was the north-west zonal winner with her entry, ‘My Darkest Nightmares’, and also got N500,000.

Sarah Yousuph, a Lagos based creative writer and graduate of physiology, won the south-west prize with her entry, When the Road Curves.