Brand Communicator’s Jeremiah Agada, Azeez Disu Win Big At ADVAN Awards

The duo of Jeremiah Agada, Deputy Editor and Azeez Disu, Senior Correspondent both of Brand Communicator-Nigeria’s most awarded and most consistent brands, marketing and sustainability-focused publication have won big at the 2021 Advertisers Association of Nigeria, ADVAN, Awards for Marketing Excellence West Africa held last Sunday at the prestigious MUSON Centre.
In the category for the Brand Journalist of the Year, the judging panel for the awards comprising Abigail Ogwezzy-Ndisika, Professor and Chevening Scholar from the Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos; Mrs Tolulope Medebem, Vice President of EXMAN and CEO, Aster Marketing; Dolapo Ogunbambo, Strategy & Innovation Director, Media Perspectives, Victor Jolaoso, Marketing Research Manager, Nigerite; Dr. Michael Okolo, Dean, School of Media & Communications (SMC), Pan-Atlantic University and Angela Ukara-Makinwa, Client Engagement Director, EXP Nigeria, shortlisted four Brand Journalists from the long list of those who entered for the award category.
From the shortlisted journalists, Goddie Ofose, Editor-in-Chief of The Industry and past winner, cliched the third position while Azeez Disu who had won the award in 2019 came in second position. Jeremiah Agada was announced winner in the category. Bridget Oyefeso-Odusami, Head, Marketing and Communications for Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc handed out the awards to all the winners in the category.
The win by the Brand Communicator team makes it perhaps the first time a platform is winning the ultimate prize in this category back-to-back as well as perhaps, the first time a platform is dominating with the first and second position in the same category. This brings to three the total number of winners in this category from the Brand Communicator Team.
Recall, in 2015, Ntia Usukuma, Editor of Brand Communicator also won the ADVAN Brand Journalist of the Year before Azeez did in 2019 and Jeremiah in 2021-after a year’s hiatus by the organisers of the awards in 20200.
The win by the duo of Jeremiah and Azeez is mirrored by Brand Communicator which has emerged Magazine of the year, four times in a roll at the PR Oscar event of the industry, LaPRIGA, as well as beating Channels Television and other media platforms to emerge Best Company in CSR Reporting in 2020 at The SERAS CSR Awards, among other notable awards.