DAILY TRUST, a leading Nigeria newspaper, has called for nominations of outstanding personalities for the “African of the Year” 2010 awards.

In a statement at the weekend, the Chairman of Media Trust Limited, publishers of DAILY TRUST, Mr. Kabiru Yusuf said emphasis is on ordinary Africans doing extra-ordinary things and that nomination of women is highly encouraged.

He said nominations of deserving personalities can be done online at www.africanoftheyear.com up until October, 2010 after which the winner will be selected at a meeting of the advisory committee in Nairobi, Kenya. 

Last year, the newspaper gave the award to Late Pan-Africanist and former head of the UN Millennium Campaign, Africa Office, Nairobi, Dr. Tajudeen Abdulraheem contributions to "African integration and the goals of poverty eradication" on the continent.