…Unveils nominees for 2025 Awards
The Board of Governors of PEARL Awards Nigeria has unveiled nominees for the 2025 PEARL Awards Nite, marking the 30th Anniversary Edition of Nigeria’s foremost capital market-based awards.
Speaking to newsmen in Lagos, the Awards’ President, Tayo Orekoya, reaffirmed the Awards’ continued commitment to fairness, transparency, and objectivity, describing it as “the only capital market performance-based award in Nigeria founded on empirical data.” Pearl Awards started in 1995.
This year’s grand event, themed “Celebrating a Legacy of Corporate Excellence,” will take place on Sunday, November 30, 2025, at the Lagos Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, with a hybrid presentation format — both physical and virtual.
He said the 2025 Awards will recognize corporate excellence under three major categories: the Main Competitive Awards Category, which encompasses the Sectoral Leadership Awards, Market Excellence Awards, and the Overall Highest Award – The PEARL of the Nigerian Stock Market. The other categories are Honorary Awards, PEARL CEO of the Year, and the Special Recognition Awards Category for Corporate Governance Award.
Additionally, to commemorate the 30th anniversary, the Board of Governors has introduced two new distinctions — the PEARL Excellence in Public Governance Award and the PEARL Excellence in Public Service Award, he said.
In total, about 25 individuals and corporate organisations will be recognized at the event
Orekoya noted that the Board of Governors has also approved the presentation of the second PEARL Lifetime Achievement Award, following the first-ever conferral on Alhaji Aliko Dangote during the 25th Anniversary edition in 2020.
He described the forthcoming Awards Nite as “a grand celebration of resilience and distinction,” which will bring together captains of industry, top government functionaries, capital market operators, and media partners to honour companies that have demonstrated exceptional operational performance despite market headwinds.
