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By Adewale Sanyaolu
The Board of Governors of PEARL Awards Nigeria has formally announced the nominees for the 2025 PEARL Awards Nite.
This marks the 30th anniversary edition of Nigeria’s foremost capital market-based awards.
Speaking at a press conference held in Lagos on Monday, the Awards’ President, Mr. 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.”
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.
The 2025 Awards will recognise 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.
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.
Orekoya further explained 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. He expressed deep appreciation to the media for their consistent partnership over the past 30 years, urging for continued support in projecting the Awards’ role in strengthening corporate governance, investor confidence, and national economic growth.
Instituted in 1995, the PEARL (Performance, Earnings and Returns Leadership) Awards remain the only capital market performance-based awards in Nigeria, scientifically determined from empirical data drawn from quoted companies’ audited reports filed with the Nigerian Exchange Ltd (NGX) and performance on the Stock Exchange.
PEARL Awards Nigeria is endorsed by the nation’s apex capital market regulatory authority, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) since 2003 for their shared value of promoting healthy competition based on integrity, fairness and objectivity.
