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LIST OF WINNERS AT THE FUTURE AWARDS AFRICA 2013

The 8th edition of The Future Awards Africa 2013 was held last night, December 20th, 2013. Anchored by OAP, Toke Makinwa and rapper, Vector, the event was held at the Aztech Arcum Hall, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
See the full list of the winners below:
(1) PRIZE IN ADVOCACY AND ACTIVISM – ORODOE RYAN OKPU
(2) PRIZE IN COMMUNITY ACTION – IFE ADEBAYO
(3) PRIZE IN EDUCATION – OTTO ORANDAAM
(4) PRIZE IN JOURNALISM – TOYOSI OGUNSEYE
(5) INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ENTREPRENEUR AWARDS – UCHE PEDRO OF BELLANAIJA
(6) PRIZE IN NEW MEDIA – KINGSLEY EZEANI OF INFORMATION NIGERIA
(7) TONY ELEMELU PRIZE IN BUSINESS – SAHEED JUMAH
(8) PRIZE IN AGRICULTURE – PRECIOUS PETER NWEKE
(9) PRIZE IN ENTERPRISE SUPPORT – JOBBERMAN
(10) PRIZE IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – HUGO OBI
(11) PRIZE IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE – KAYODE YEMENU
(12) PRIZE IN PUBLIC SERVICE – DR. ADANNA CHUKWUMA
(13) YOUNG PERSON OF THE YEAR – ASHISH J. THAKKAR (UGANDA)
(14) PRIZE IN ENTERTAINMENT TALENT – O.C UKEJE
(15) PRIZE IN ARTS AND CULTURE – KENNETH GYANG
(16) PRIZE IN FASHION AND STYLE – AISHA BELLO
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CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE'S AMERICANAH NAMED BBC'S BEST BOOK OF 2013

Prolific Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Adichie continues to gather momentum. Her latest published work, Americanah has been named BBC's best book of 2013.

SYNOPSIS

Americanah tells the story of Ifemelu, who leaves her boyfriend behind in Nigeria to study in the US. After her initial disorienting days as an immigrant and a string of humiliating jobs, she finds an outlet in a satiric blog. "Dear Non-American Black, when you make the choice to come to America, you become black," she writes. She becomes a Princeton fellow and dates a Yale professor. After 13 years her heart brings her back to Lagos, where she is not 'black'. She's Igbo. And Americanah.

Top 10 books.

(1) Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

(2) The Good Nurse by Charles Graeber

(3) The Book of My Lives by Aleksandar Hemon

(4) The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner

(5) The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud

(6) The Son by Philipp Meyer

(7) Sparta by Roxana Robinson

(8) Tenth of December by George Saunders

(9) The Woman Who Lost Her Soul by Bob Shacochis

(10) Mary Coin by Marisa Silver

 

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KUNLE AFOLAYAN, LYDIA FORSON NAMED AMAA AMBASSADORS

Prolific actor, Kunle Afolayan and award-winning Ghanaian actress, Lydia Forson have been named ambassadors for the 10th edition of the prestigious Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA).
Their individual achievements as well as their passion for AMAA are some of the reasons why Peace Fiberesima, CEO, AMAA awards picked the two thespians . As ambassadors, they will also help spread the word about the 10th edition of the AMAA brand which comes up in 2014.
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GLITZ AFRICA MAGAZINE'S 20 MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN IN AFRICA: AGBANI DAREGO, GENEVIEVE, TIWA SAVAGE OTHERS MAKE THE CUT

Agbani Darego, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde

Genevieve Nnaji, Tiwa Savage, Oluchi Orlandi and Stephanie Linus have made The Glitz Africa Magazine's 20 Most Beautiful Women in Africa list (2013 Fashionista issue). 4 Ghanaian actresses also made the cut, Nadia Buari, Yvonne Nelson, Yvonne Okoro, Jackie Appiah, Joselyn Dumas and Naa Okailey Shooter.

Others include Leila Lopes (Angola), Vimbai Mutinhiri (Zimbabwe), Dillish Mathews (Namibia), Millen Magese (Tanzania), Zainab Sheriff (Sierra Leone), Lerato "Lira" Molapo (South Africa), Babalwa "Barbz" Mneno (South Africa), Elham Wagdi (Egypt)

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DESMOND ELLIOT GOES INTO POLITICS

Actor cum director, Desmond Elliot is also delving into politics. That reads like a movie script right? I was taken aback too, that's because we all know he looks too cool for that. The prolific producer said his interest in politics has deep roots, according to him, there many things are going wrong in the society and he wants to come in as an agent of change.

According to BON, the Producer is vying for a seat in the House of Representative, Surulere constituency and hopefully under Lagos State Governorship aspirant, Jimi Ajegbe's Labour Party.

Credit: Best of Nollywood

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FUNKE AKINDELE'S SCHOOL PRODUCES 28 GRADUATES

I bet most people don’t know she has a school. The first set of students at hardworking actress, Funke Akindele’s Scene One School of Drama, a sub unit of Jenifa Foundation established in 2011 graduated yesterday 19th December, 2013. During her keynote address, the accomplished thespian commended the graduands on their hard work and perseverance and having successfully completed their programs. She also urged them to believe in themselves, spread their wings and use the tools they have sharpened to carve a niche for themselves in the entertainment industry.
Present at the event include some of her friends and colleagues; Eniola Badmus, Tiwa Savage, Eldee, Uche Jombo, JJC, Segun Obe, Ariyike Akinbobola, Feyikemi Olayinka and Dammy Krane. She also presented prizes to best graduating students in major courses plus roles in her next flick, Everybody Loves Jenifa.
By the way, I learnt candidates can enrol with a minimum Secondary School Certificate of Education (SSCE) qualification, so if you’re really cut out for the drama thing, you can apply.
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SIR ALEX FERGUSON WINS £50k ON WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE SHOW

Some would be wondering if retired Manchester United boss, Sir Alex Ferguson has suddenly gone cash-strapped or something but hey, the money doesn’t belong to him, it’s for a good cause – The Manchester United Foundation. It would be recalled that he won £32, 000 on the same show 9 years ago. The revered ex-Manager who’s now a director at the Old Trafford and a Manchester United fan, Eamonn Holmes won £50,000 on the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire show which held last night, December 19th, 2013. The pair failed at the 9th question and had their £75,000 winnings reduced to £50, 000.
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PHOTOS: MERCY AIGBE MARRIES HUBBY LEGALLY

Wave-making actress, Mercy Aigbe and her husband, Olanrewaju Gentry have finally legalized their union. Though they've been living together for some time now and have a son together, the pair sealed their union at the Ikoyi registry today.

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MIKEL CLINCHES GOAL NIGERIA PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD

It’s been an eventful year for Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi, he scooped major football awards this year, won the Africa Cup of Nations with Nigeria, scored his first English Premier League goal for Chelsea after eight years and then capped it with 2014 World Cup qualification. The Nigerian international has for the second time in the year won the Goal Nigeria Player of the Year Award; courtesy of readers of goal.com.ng website.

He won the title ahead of Vincent Enyeama, Emmanuel Emenike, Victor Moses and Godfrey Oboabona. The Chelsea man polled 49 per cent of votes cast to win the title for the second time after being voted winner in 2012. He finished ahead of compatriots Enyeama (28.6%), Emenike (13.2%), Moses (6.4%) and Oboabona (2.8%).

“It’s an honour to win this award again and I’m very happy to know that my people, my Nigerian fans, support me and love what I’m doing.” He said

On his biggest award this year, “I think if I had to pick one, I’d say winning the Africa Cup of Nations – that was really big for me and for the country because we’ve waited for almost 20 years to win it again”

He continued, “Going into that tournament, I don’t think many people really gave us a chance of winning it but we had the belief that we’ve got a very good team and a very good manager.

The way the team has changed in the past couple of years, especially with the younger players, we were hungry for success. I think winning the Africa Cup of Nations was the big one for me.”

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CHELSEA FANS PUT SAMUEL ETO'O ON A BLAST FOR 'CELEBRATING' LOSS

Almost the same thing Adebayor and Benoit Assou-Ekotto did few days ago. Chelsea fans were left terrible angered after Samuel Eto'o tweeted a picture seemingly celebrating the blues' loss to Sunderland yesterday. The picture which featured the 2-1 scoreline and his "SE29" logo was posted few hours after the game. Fans took to their twitter accounts to show their discontent and lambast the Cameroonian for the snide tweet.

See Reactions below

@Coolwhale_mufc: MOURINHO should have allowed ETO'O to go and start selling roasted corn in his village as he previously stated…

@TheChelseaWay: Eto'o or his PR team were stupid for posting that picture. Utterly unprofessional and disrespectful.

@SuperrNoodlesss: Really wanna have a massive go at Eto'o but he's not worth it, not worthy of playing for us either

@The_realHump18h

@setoo9 this a piss take or what? That fuck awful performance from you wasn't enough you have to post this. You're not fit to wear the shirt

@Ewan McKenna: "F*** off".

@TekkaBooSon17h

@setoo9 WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

"[Is] this a p*** take or what? That f*** awful performance from you wasn't enough you have to post this. You're not fit to wear the shirt," one fan responded.

@Ally Mackay: "That pictures not (sic) even from tonight's game. Clearly knows what he's doing here."

@BigManMcKenna: next eto'o will tweet a picture from Moscow 2008

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