by ‘Ifreke Inyang [@Ifreke]

#IncaseYouMissedIt ‘The Birdies’ are a spoof awards to end the year on an exciting note. There is no award ceremony. There are no plaques. Let’s just have a ‘lil fun!

Gosh. We delayed the scheduled Monday announcement following the news that the Nigerian government had removed the subsidy on fuel. But now we are taking a quick break from our on-the-minute coverage of #FuelSubsidyRemoval to announce the winners of  ‘The Birdies’ 2012!

The online awards was in two stages: the nomination and the voting stage. There were 5 more categories this year and we encouraged everyone to nominate their favourite tweeters. The four tweeters with the highest votes made it to the voting stage. Voting has ended and we now have the winners.

PS : If you’re one of those who will rail over its ‘vainness’, don’t get your knickers in a twist; let your hair down  – like we said, we just had a little fun!

And the winners are:

 

Male Tweeter of the Year

@DONJAZZY (62%, 77 Votes)
@Omojuwa (14%, 17 Votes)
@TheBlackHermit (13%, 16 Votes)
@ToluOgunlesi (11%, 15 Votes)
Total Voters: 125

Male Tweeter of the Year – @DONJAZZY

 

Female Tweeter of the Year

@Mystiqqal (34%, 27 Votes)
@Olorisupergal (29%, 23 Votes)
@Tontolet (20%, 16 Votes)
@GenevieveNnaji1 (17%, 13 Votes)
Total Voters: 79

Female Tweeter of the Year – @Mystiqqal

 

Funniest Tweeter of the Year

@OfficialKaphone (35%, 29 Votes)
@Sir_Scribbles (33%, 27 Votes)
@Herroyalgaganes (18%, 15 Votes)
@Ripliad (14%, 12 Votes)
Total Voters: 83

Funniest Tweeter of the Year – @OfficialKaphone

 

Most Controversial Tweeter of the Year

@TweetOracle (65%, 62 Votes)
@IzienTheFreak_ (16%, 15 Votes)
@TheBlackHermit (12%, 11 Votes)
@DENRELE_EDUN (7%, 7 Votes)
Total Voters: 95

Most Controversial Tweeter of the Year – @TweetOracle

 

Twitfight of the Year

@VicoTVS vs @SpeedDarlington (42%, 45 Votes)
@AlterEgoElla vs @Odinabarbie (21%, 22 Votes)
@ToluOgunlesi vs Papa Oyedepo’s ‘voltrons’ (20%, 21 Votes)
@Omojuwa vs @RenoOmokri/@ToluOgunlesi (17%, 19 Votes)
Total Voters: 107

Twitfight of the Year – @VicoTVS vs @SpeedDarlington

 

Most Creative Tweeter of the Year

@Gidi_Traffic (44%, 45 Votes)
@tejucole (24%, 24 Votes)
@Terdoh (21%, 21 Votes)
@Omojuwa (11%, 12 Votes)
Total Voters: 102

Most Creative Tweeter of the Year – @Gidi_Traffic

 

Most Entertaining Tweeter of the Year

@GbagaunDetector (46%, 46 Votes)
@tejucole (21%, 21 Votes)
@DrewBaba (20%, 20 Votes)
@Exschoolnerd (13%, 14 Votes)
Total Voters: 101

Most Entertaining Tweeter of the Year – @GbagaunDetector

 

Best Political Use of Twitter

@Omojuwa (42%, 34 Votes)
@bubusn (25%, 20 Votes)
@ged (21%, 17 Votes)
@ogundaimisi (12%, 10 Votes)
Total Voters: 81

Best Political Use of Twitter – @Omojuwa

 

Tweeter to watch out for in 2012 (Next Rated) – Male

@Battletide (35%, 27 Votes)
@OfficialKaphone (33%, 26 Votes)
@BabaOloriokoBB (19%, 15 Votes)
@enigma106 (13%, 10 Votes)
Total Voters: 78

Tweeter to watch out for in 2012 (Next Rated) – Male: @Battletide

 

Tweeter to watch out for in 2012 (Next Rated) – Female

@_hot_reovolver_x (37%, 32 Votes)
@MsJazzyfied (31%, 27 Votes)
@steffaniez (24%, 21 Votes)
@yandamamadra (8%, 6 Votes)
Total Voters: 86

Tweeter to watch out for in 2012 (Next Rated) – Female: @_hot_revolver_x

 

Most Interactive Celebrity Tweeter of the Year

@DONJAZZY (81%, 83 Votes)
@eLDeethedon (10%, 10 Votes)
@darey (5%, 5 Votes)
@RuggedyBaba (4%, 5 Votes)
Total Voters: 103

Most Interactive Celebrity Tweeter of the Year – @DONJAZZY

 

Timeline Invader of the Year

@KnewKeed (58%, 62 Votes)
@TweetOracle (35%, 37 Votes)
@RIPFaceboook (6%, 6 Votes)
@MizzyBukii (1%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 107

Timeline Invader of the Year – @KnewKeed

 

Tweeter of the Year in Diaspora

@OfficialKaphone (36%, 30 Votes)
@GidiLounge (30%, 25 Votes)
@doubleEph (27%, 22 Votes)
@lizyemoja (7%, 6 Votes)
Total Voters: 83

Tweeter of the Year in Diaspora – @OfficialKaphone

 

Most Inspirational Tweeter of the Year (Male and Female)

@ToolzO (43%, 31 Votes)
@gbengasesan (40%, 29 Votes)
@OkShorty1 (14%, 10 Votes)
@abinibi (3%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 72

Most Inspirational Tweeter of the Year (Male and Female) – @ToolzO

 

Most Informative Handle of the Year

@Gidi_Traffic (50%, 50 Votes)
@NigeriaNewsDesk (44%, 44 Votes)
@Naijapals (6%, 6 Votes)
@411Nigeria (0%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 101

Most Informative Handle of the Year – @Gidi_Traffic