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• 08 Mar, 2026

Yusuf Yila, former Director of the Central Bank of Nigeria; Mo­hammed Hayatu-Deen, Pioneer Managing Director/Chief Exec­utive Officer, FSB International Bank Plc; Maupe Ogun-Yusuf, popular Channels Television anchor, and famous artiste, Dede Mabiaku, are among the star-studded seven-member jury panel for the Silver Jubilee Edi­tion of the Independent Awards 2025. They have been selected by the Board of Editors of the In­dependent Newspapers to eval­uate the nominations for the In­dependent Awards 2025, which coincides with the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the prominent Nigerian tabloid which hit the newsstands in October 2001. Other prominent Nigerians who made the list of jurors are renowned Nigerian writer and literary scholar, Prof. Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, as well as veteran broadcasters, Sienne Allwell-Brown and Ruth Bena­maisia-Opia. The Silver Jubilee edition of the Independent Awards has been declared a special edition by the Board of Editors of the media house with special fea­tures such as digital nomina­tions and voting by Nigerians on Independent website. The Chairman of the Awards Committee, Mr. Yemi Adebisi, said the introduction of a jury panel of credible Nigerians this year is to achieve innovation and credibility in one breath. He added: "The 2025 Inde­pendent Awards which comes up on April 18 at the Eko Ho­tel and Suites, Lagos, has been designed to celebrate Indepen­dent Newspapers' milestone in cutting-edge journalism. "The decision to give our readers the opportunity to par­ticipating in who gets the Inde­pendent Awards in different cat­egories this time is part of our continuous search for unique­ness, fairness, and credibility. "And we are delighted to un­veil some of the most credible Nigerians to adjudicate in the process of deciding the win­ners of this Silver Jubilee Edi­tion of our nationally celebrated awards." He also urged Nigerians to participate in the voting pro­cess, which is ongoing, as part of their contribution towards rewarding Nigerians who are blazing the trail in their chosen fields. Source: https://independent.ng/yusuf-yila-hayatu-deen-among-independent-awards-2025-jurors/