Criticism Trails Nigeria's National Awards

Criticism has greeted the list of 149 eminent Nigerians to be conferred with National Honours by President Goodluck Jonathan on September 17.

Nigeria: You Can't Ignore These 10 Awardees of National Honours

Daily Trust, 16 September 2012

Boyish, lively and smiling, Jelani breezed into Media Trust Ltd's office last Friday, few hours after he flew into the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja from the United ... read more »

Nominees for National Honours

Nigeria: Criticisms Trail National Awards As David-West, Utomi, Others Slam FG

Vanguard, 11 September 2012

CRITICISMS, yesterday, greeted the list of 149 eminent Nigerians, who would be conferred with National Honours by President Goodluck Jonathan on September 17. While some dismissed ... read more »
Nigeria: Restore Honour to These Awards (editorial)

Leadership, 15 September 2012

The Nigerian National Honours Awards was instituted during the First Republic by the National Honours Act Number 5 of 1964. It was instituted to honour Nigerians and friends of ... read more »
Nigeria: 2012 National Honours Award List

Daily Trust, 10 September 2012

S/NO NAMES STATUS CLASS OF MEDAL read more »
Nigeria: National Honours Have Been Debased - - CPC

Daily Trust, 11 September 2012

The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) yesterday condemned what it called the "bastardisation of the national honours" because of the conferment of the second-highest national ... read more »

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