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It was truly the gathering of eminent Nigerians, stars,
celebrities and achievers from all walks of life at the historic maiden edition
of Daylight Annual Leadership Awards (DALA2016).The talk-of-the-town awards
ceremony held elaborately at the posh Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos,
amid glitz, glamour and grandeur.
Painstakingly and proudly organised by leading and reliable
online newspaper Daylight (www.daylight.ng), the grand ceremony that serenaded Lagos and its
environs while it lasted, was equally well attended with victuals in surplus.
The very colourful event, which was beautifully and
professionally anchored by the famous duo of Okey Bakassi and Jennifer Eliogu,
began on a very high note with the rendition of the National Anthem, by kid
prodigy, Nonso Sax.
The nine year-old precociously talented child, got a
standing ovation for his brilliant performance.
Amazingly, one unique thing about the ceremony was that
virtually all the awardees were in attendance to personally receive their
prestigious DALA Plaques.
Interestingly, the event commenced with the citation of
leading Nollywood star and TV Host, Monalisa Chinda-Coker, who mounted the
well-decorated stage to receive her DALA Plaque, for the Best TV Talk Show Host
of the Year, amid cheers and encomiums.
Beautiful and effervescent Monalisa, who was gorgeously
swathed in a flowing yellow flowery gown, in her acceptance speech thanked the
organisers and promised to continue doing her best for humanity through her
creative works.
She was immediately followed by another top entertainer and
presenter/producer of Bold Faces and The Psychologist on TV, Tricia
Eseigbe-Kerry. She won in the Best Use of Advocacy on TV category.
However, one of the biggest honours of the night went to Mr.
Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu
Buhari.
Amiable Adesina, who was accompanied to the event by his
darling wife and two lovely children was recognised and rewarded with the
diadem of Most Outstanding Media Personality.
Also the famous and multi-talented trio of Stephanie
Okereke-Linus, Osita Iheme and Zik Zulu-Okafor smiled home with DALA Plaques in
the categories of Nollywood Person of the Year (Female), Nollywood Person of
the Year (Male) and Nollywood Icon of the Year, in that order.
Stephanie who donned a lovely green gown was oozing elegance
and radiating in the curvy attire that was perfectly made for her.
The high point of the awards ceremony was the presentation
of the highest award of the night, Daylight Person of the Year, to the
immediate past Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC),
Mr. Emeka Mba.
Cerebral Mba thanked the management of Daylight.ng,
organisers of the awards, for deeming it fit to recognise and honour him for
the outstanding contributions rendered to father land during his fruitful
tenure at the NBC.
As the classy and colourful event which was spiced with
titillating and hilarious comedy and musical performances progressed, the very
popular and celebrated trio of Okey Bakassi, Steve Yaw Onu and Mr. Raw Nwanne,
were also decorated with DALA Plaques in the Comedian, Radio Personality and
Musician of the Year categories, respectively, amid applause and plaudits.
And for his immense contributions to the growth of
entertainment and tourism in Nigeria, showbiz impresario and founder of
Niteshift Coliseum, Mr. Ken Calebs Olumese was garlanded with DALA Life Time
Achievement award.
Olumese who was accompanied to the event by his son, Kevin
was full of praises to the organisers for deeming it fit to recognise and
reward him.
Fast growing and time conscious airline, Air Peace, ably led
by Barrister Allen Onyema won the DALA Plaque for Airline of the Year.
The last award of the memorable and fun filled night of
high-net-worth gathering went to Nollywood newest discovery, Angel Ufuoma.
The sexy lawyer turned actress walked away with the trophy
of Nollywood Most Promising Actress of the Year.
Meanwhile, earlier in his speech, the youthful and cerebral
Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Daylight.ng and founder of DALA, Mr. Azuh Amatus,
reiterated that the award primarily seeks to reward outstanding and hard
working Nigerians in leadership positions that have excelled immensely in their
chosen careers, in both private and public sectors.
Azuh, a member of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), added
that DALA was part of the activities marking Daylight newspaper’s first
anniversary of robust, responsible and reliable online journalism.
A special anniversary edition of Daylight newspaper was also
unveiled at the ceremony by Mr. Femi Adesina, who was supported by his wife,
Mrs. Nike alongside Azuh.
This was preceded by the cutting of the splendid anniversary
cake by Azuh, his wife, Mary, son, Nonso Sax, who were joined on stage by a
galaxy of Nollywood stars and entertainers.
”I want to thank all of you for coming to rejoice and
celebrate with us. My special thanks to all our awardees for accepting to be
the first ever recipients of this laudable and prestigious DALA Plaques,”
stated elated Azuh.”
The historic night of celebrations and networking ended with
riveting performances from the quartet of De Don, D’Lectura, TJ Sax and Kesh
Ofuobi, respectively.
In their separate speeches, all the honourees were full of
appreciations to the organisers for rewarding and celebrating them at DALA
2016.
In the words of Adesina: “I feel honoured, thank you
Daylight media for celebrating me. This is coming one year after I left active
journalism.”
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