Winners Emerge In IMAN Awards 2018

After weeks of voting by the members of the public, winners have emerged in the Islamic Music and Associated Nominees (IMAN) Awards 2018. The awards event which took place at Mosan-Okunola LCDA Secretariat Multipurpose Hall, Water Bus-Stop, Ipaja Road, Lagos State on the 18th of November was attended by many Islamic music stars and other stakeholders in the industry. Winners at the awards are as follow:

(1) Akeem Ijebulawa Award For Best Male Islamic Artiste: Saoty Arewa

(2) De-Excel Universal Schools Award For Best Female Islamic Artiste:  Iyanghana

(3) Jimlat Award For Best Islamic Music Album: Oyin Ni Temi (Jemila Ope Dudu)

(4)  Ayo Orimolade Award For Best Islamic Music Video: I Miss You Muhammad (Alfamini)

(5) Taofik Lawal Award For Best Islamic Hip Hop Artiste: Hyb Addis

(6) Olabisi Adebajo Award For Face of Islamic Music [Male]: Mumeen Esinogbamilaye

(7) Sulaiman Alawe Award For Face of Islamic Music [Female]: Iyanghana

(8) Akeem Ijebulawa Award For  Best New Male Islamic Artiste: Aridunnu Ayeloyun

(9) Dayo Osinowo Award For Best New Female Islamic Artiste: Ashabi Lady Saoty

(10) Destiny Vision Fashion Designer Award For Most Fashionable Male Islamic Artiste: Saoty Arewa

(11) Destiny Vision Fashion Designer Award For Most Fashionable Female Islamic Artiste: Iyanghana

(12) Alfamini Award For Best Islamic Kid Artiste: Golden Son

(13) Martins Odupitan Award For Best Islamic Artiste in Stage Performance: Ahmad Alawiye

(14) Best Islamic Artiste in Diaspora: Latifa Omo Cairo (Egypt)

(15) Best Popular Tune Adaptation in Islamic Music: Mutiu Akasho (Ajiwere Tune)

(16) The Achievers Islamic Society Award For Best Zhikri Based Islamic Artiste: Ridwan Dosunmu

(17) Best Nashid Artiste: Crescents

(18) Adeyemi Adebayo Foundation Award For Best Islamic Hip Hop Song: Azikiri (Al-Mubarak Kewuyemi)

(19) Fastest Rising Male Islamic Artiste: Mutiu Akasho

(20)Nurat Olagboye Award For Fastest Rising Female Islamic Artiste: Awoko Arewa

(21) Best Islamic Music Collaboration: Aforijin (Obi Rere)

(22) Best Featured Non Islamic Artiste in Islamic Music: Adaradenu Jamaica

(23) Best Islamic Music Video Editor: Saheed Oyeledun

(24) Saheed Ojubanire Award For Best Islamic Music Marketer: Mustoy

(25) Saheed Ojubanire Award For Best Islamic Music Promoter: Okiki

(26) Best Supportive Radio Station to Islamic Music: Faaji f.m. (Lagos)

(27) Akeem Ijebulawa Award For Best Supportive Individual to Islamic Music: MC Oluomo

(28) Best Islamic Music Friendly Broadcaster (Male): Baakini

(29) Best Islamic Music Friendly Broadcaster (Female):  Ewa Islam

(30) Best Supportive Islamic Cleric to Islamic Music: Sheikh Muri n Bariga

(31) Best Reporter of Islamic Music:  Taofik Afolabi

(32) Liz Addiction Award For Best Make-Up Artist in Islamic Music Video Shoot: Aminat Ganiu

(33) Say Zolar Award For Best Camera Handler in Islamic Music Video Shoot: Yomi Tijani

(34) Best Studio Engineer in Islamic Music Production:  Ola Akewusola (Zeal Mark Studio)

(35) Best Islamic Artiste’s Manager: Lukman Abdulsalam (Saoty Arewa)

(36) Taofik Lawal Award For Best Islamic Artiste's Fans' Club Exco: Rufai Baseerat (Iyanghana Fans' Club)

(37)De-Excel Universal Schools Award For Best Islamic Music Producer: Kehinde Oriyomi

(38) Best Islamic Music Video Director: Big Doo

(39) Say Zolar Award For Best Islamic Music Instrumentalist: Ademola Ayeloja

IMAN Awards 2018 Invitation Cards Ready For Pick Up, Organizers Reveal

... Spell Out Modalities For Attendees

The organizers of Islamic Music and Associated Nominees (IMAN) Awards, Different Stroke Media, have revealed that the invitation cards to the 2018 edition of the awards are ready for pick up at different locations.

According to the team leader of the organizers, Saheed Ojubanire, the invites could be picked up by interested parties at 2 locations in Lagos and 1 location in Abeokuta. " There are 3 pick up points for the invitation cards. We have 2 in Lagos which is either at City People Magazine's office, Charly Boy Bus-stop, Gbagada, or T. Reign Studio, Ajala Road, Agbado-Ijaye. And the pick up point in Abeokuta is Ola Akewusola's Zeal Mark Studio, Ansarudeen Hause, Quarry Road Abeokuta," Ojubanire stated.

He further advised those who would be attending the prestigious awards to be mindful of time as the event would kick-off at 2 P.M. on the dot. " It is important the intended attendees should be aware that we are starting at 2 as stated on the invites. We plan to have about 5 hour event to start at 2 and end at 7. And like every hall, there is a maximum capacity the venue could accommodate sitting, so it is going to be first come "first sit" bases and who ever comes late outside the special guests would have to make do with standing through the course of the event." Ojubanire said frankly.

Ojubanire concluded by saying that all nominees in the competitive award categories, however, have automatic entry into the venue whether they are able to pick up invites or not before Sunday, November 18th, 2018, when the event is taking place. He added that people can call him on 07034570500 to know if they can have alternative ways of picking up the invitation card outside the enumerated pick up points.

IMAN Awards 2018 Voting Ends On Sunday, 11th November

...As Invitation Cards Roll Out

Organizers of Islamic Music and Associated Nominees (IMAN) Awards, Different Stroke Media (DSM), have revealed that voting in the 2018 edition of the awards which had been ongoing for weeks would end effectively by 11:59 P.M. on Sunday, 11th November, 2018. And the awards proper would be holding on Sunday, 18th November, 2018, at Mosan-Okunola LCDA Secretariat Multiputpose Hall, Water Bus-stop, Ipaja Road, Lagos State.

The invitation cards to the event, according to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of DSM, Saheed Ojubanire, have also started rolling out and interested people could pick up from different locations easiest for them by calling the number: 07034570500. He, however added that, all nominees in the awards have automatic entry into the venue whether they are able to get hold of invites to the event or not before the date.

Ojubanire concluded that, while the voting would end on the above stated date, personalities still willing to endow any category of the awards are still free to do so, as that is still opened till Thursday, 15th Novemeber, 2018, when names of winner would printed on the customized IMAN Award plaques. The phone number given above could also be called for more enquiries on that, the CEO, submitted.

Organizers Put Up IMAN Awards 2018 Categories For Personality Name Endowment

The organizers of Islamic Music and Associated Nominees (IMAN) Awards, Different Stroke Media (DSM), have put up the award categories for personality name endowment like they did during the 2017 edition of the awards. According to the Chief Executive Officer of DSM, Saheed Ojubanire, the idea of the personality name endowment of the award categories is to make the award project more people participatory. In his words: " we introduced the personality name endowment into the awards last year to make more people participate in the project and write their names in the sand of time in respect of any award category they decide to endow."

How does it work? Ojubanire explained that, " a personality who subscribes to endowing a category of the awards will be attributed to the category by having for instance, instead of just 'Best Male Islamic Artiste of the Year,' it would be endowed as 'Saheed Ojubanire Award for Best Male Islamic Artiste of the Year' or 'Saheed Ojubanire Award for Best New Female Islamic Artiste of the Year' and so on and so forth. And that is the way it would be inscribed on the plaque and would consequently be reported in all the post award publicity both online and in the traditional media. So, the name of the personality goes everywhere with the award category."

Speaking further, Ojubanire asserted that the personality name endowment comes at a cost which could be discussed via the telephone number : 07034570500 (Voice Call and Whatzapp). "Terms and conditions apply, but all that would be disclosed to interested personaliies when they call for enquiries," Ojubanire added.

Meanwhile, shown below is the way the names of winners at IMAN Awards 2017 were published in the foremost celebrity magazine in Nigeria, City People, with the categories endowed by some personalities highlighted in lemon colour. 

The award event would be taking place on Sunday, November 18th, 2018, at Mosan-Okunola LCDA Multipurpose Hall, Water Bus-stop, Ipaja Road, Lagos, while the Executive Chairman of the LCDA, Hon. Princess Olabisi Adebajo would be playing the Chief Host to the awards this year.