Net Honours

The Net Honours People's Choice Awards is given by Nigerian Entertainment Today (Netng) to recognise outstanding   performance in entertainment, creative arts and public sector.[1][2][3] Net Honours is an annual presentation which started in 2017 and holds in April during Nigerian Entertainment Conference Live (NECLive).  Nomination of Awardees is based on ID Africa’s pop culture digital media outlets which include 234Star, Netng, Orin and Neusroom web and social media.  Actors, comedians, musicians and public personalities who rank high in audience list of most interesting topics for the year under review across these media platforms are nominated for the different categories of Net Honours.[4][5]

Net Honours
Current: 4th Edition Net Honours Awards
Awarded forOutstanding performance in entertainment and public sector
Sponsored byID Africa
CountryNigeria
Presented byNetng
First awardedApril 26, 2017 (2017-04-26)

Awards categories

Awards events

2017: the first edition of Net Honours People's Choice Awards held on 26 April 2017, at Landmark Events Centre, Oniru, Victoria Island, Lagos.

2018: the second edition of Net Honours Awards was on April 25, 2018, at Landmark Events Centre, Oniru, Victoria Island, Lagos. Some of the nominees for this edition include Davido, Wizkid, Tekno, Mr Eazi and Olamide (Most Popular Male Musician category). Tiwa Savage was nominated alongside Yemi Alade, Simi and Chidinma for Most Popular Female Musician.[6][7]

2019: the third edition of Net Honours Awards held on April 24, 2019, at Landmark Events Centre, Oniru, Victoria Island, Lagos. Wizkid and Tiwa Savage were the biggest winners taking home two awards each in Most popular Musician and Most searched Musician in male and female categories respectively. While Jim Iyke won Most Popular Actor, Mercy Aigbe took Most Popula Actress. Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari won the Most Popular Person. Davido and Chioma won Most Popular Couple.[8][9][10][11]

2020: the 4th edition of Net Honours was a virtual event due to COVID-19 pandemic and physical distancing guideline. Tiwa Savage emerged the Most Popular Musician (female) ahead of Niniola, Simi, Teni and Yemi Alade. Yul Edochie who emerged the Most Popular Actor was nominated alongside Timini Egbuson, Odunlade Adekola, RMD and Jim Iyke. The Most Popular Musician (male) went to Davido beating 2Baba, Burna Boy, Olamide and Wizkid. Alibaba (Most Popular Comedian), Ebuka Obi-Uchendu (Most Popular Media Personality (male), Cristiano Ronaldo (Most Popular Foreign Celebrity (Male) while Cardi B took Most Popular Foreign Celebrity (female) awards.[12][13][14]

References
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