Brands - January 10, 2018

LaPRIGA Awards: Brand Communicator Named PR Magazine Of The Year

Espinews January 10, 2018

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L-R: Olusegun McMedal, Chairman, Lagos NIPR; Prof. Ralph Akinfeleye, Joshua Ajayi, Publisher, Brand Communicator/Brandcom.ng and Tunji Faleye, Editor, Brand Communicator at the 2017 LaPRIGA Awards recently.

Nigeria’s most consistent premium frontline all gloss brand and marketing communication magazine, Brand Communicator has been awarded the prestigious PR Magazine of the Year Award (Print) by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, Lagos State chapter.

The award presentation took place at the annual Lagos Public Relations Industry Gala and Awards (LaPRIGA) night, which held at Four Point by Sheraton, Victoria Island, Lagos recently.

In a letter signed by the Chairman and General Secretary, Olusegun McMedal and Thelma Okoh respectively, the chapter wrote: “On behalf of the Executive Council of Lagos NIPR, we are very pleased to announce that the all gloss Brand Campaign magazine has been awarded the coveted LaPRIGA PR Magazine of the Year Award (Print).

“The award is the highest recognition of excellence in journalism. We acknowledge your publication’s commitment to upholding the highest professional standard in publishing and journalism that informs entertains and educates engaging minds, building relationships, transforming marketing decisions and impacting the future,” it said.

In his reaction, the Publisher of the magazine, Joshua Ajayi expressed his gratitude to Lagos NIPR for the award, stressing that the medium is further motivated to continue adding its quota to the development of the Public Relations industry in Nigeria.

He adds: “At Brand Communicator, we are passionate and dedicated to what we do. This award proves that we are in the right direction. This will spur us to do more.”

Other awardees for the evening include BHM which was named Agency of the Year and the Best Agency to Work in 2017, Red Media, Best Agency in use of new media and Best Agency to Work in 2017; BrandCrunch, PR Magazine of the Year (Online); Ayeni Adekunle, PR Practitioner Of The Year; Ikem Okuhu, PR Journalist of the year.