2015 Best Of Nollywood Awards: List of winners

The 2015 edition of the Best of Nollywood Awards (BON) took place at Akure, the Ondo State on Sunday 13th December,  2015. Headlined by Seun Oloketuyi, the award was set up to reward outstanding talents in the Nigerian movie industry. 
  Full list of winners.
Movie with best social message – Dry
Best supporting actress (Hausa)- Nafisat Abdulia
Best supporting actor (Hausa) – Yakub Muhammed
Best supporting actor (Igbo) – Ebube Nwagbo
Best supporting actor (Igbo) – Osiji Spider
Best supporting actor (English) – Kalu Ikeagwu.
Best supporting actress (English) – Omowunmi Dada
Best TV Series – Tales of Eve
Best Sound Track – Invasion
Best cinematography –  Dry
Best special effect – Hijack
Best screen play – Dry
Best costume – October 1
Movie with the best use Nigerian food – Ayo mi
Best child actress – Zubaida Ibrahim Fagge
Best child actor – Etochi Ejike Asiegbu
Best make-up – Ojuju
Best actor (English) – Sadiq Daba
Best actress (English) – Nse Ikpe Etim
Best director – Lancelot Imasuen
Best comedy movie – Diary of the triplets
Best movie – Invasion 1897
Best kiss in a movie– Seun Akindele and Roseanne Marcel
Best use of indigenous language – Stigma
Best production design – October 1
Special recognition awards. 
Goodluck Jonathan, 
Godswill Akpabio, 
Tade Ogidan
Patience Ozokwo.

Best Of Nollywood Awards 2014: See who and what made the nominees list

The 2014 Best of Nollywood Awards will be held on October 4th in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and the nominees have been revealed. Take a look and see if your favourite actors/actresses and your movies made the cut.

Nominees

(1.)  Best Actor in A Leading Role (English)
Kanayo O. Kanayo – Apaye
Joseph Benjamin- Don’t Cry for me
Gbenga Akinnade- Render to Ceaser
Tope Teleda- A Mile from Home
Femi Jacobs- The Meeting
Bob Manuel Udokwu- Dining with a Long Spoon

(2.) Best Actor in A Leading Role (Yoruba)
Odunade Adekola- Ina Loju Ekun
Niyi Johnson- Oritoke
Yinka Quadri- Aremo Ite
Muyiwa Ademola- Eja Nla
Femi Adebayo- Fifehanmi

(3) Best Actor in A Leading Role (Hausa)
Yakubu Mohammed- Duniya Han
Sani Danja- Byrin Zuciya
Ibrahim Maishunk- Aduniya
Adam A Zango- Ruwan Jakara
Sadik Sani- Hadarin Gabas

(4.) Best Actor in A Leading Role (Igbo)
Okey Bakasi- Onye Ozi

(5) Best Actress in A Leading Role(English)
Omoni Oboli- Being Mrs Elliot
Ivie Okubaye- Black Silhouette
Mary Lazarus- Don’t Cry for Me
Clarion Chukwura- Apaye
Chidi Mokeme’s girlfriend- Our Difference
Ijeoma Grace Agu- Misfit

(6) Best Actress in A Leading Role (Yoruba)
Bimbo Osin- Feresisemi
Yewande Adekoya- Kudi Klepto
Bidemi Kosoko- Kori Koto
Sheyi Asekun- Fifehanmi
Iyabo Ojo- Silence

(7.) Best Actress in A Leading Role (Igbo)
· Ngozi Igwebike- Onye Ozi

(8) Best Actress in A Leading Role (Hausa)
Fati Washa- Bancik
Fati laden- Byrin Zuriya
Nafisat Abdullahi- Ruwan Jakara
Asmau Abubakar- Hadarin Gabas

(9.) Best supporting Actor (English)
Sidney Esiri- Last 3 Digits
Chidozie Nzeribe- A Mile From Home
Ayo Maku- Being Mrs Elliot
Kalu Ikeagwu- Blue Flames
Femi Jacobs- Dream Walker

(10.) Best Supporting Actress (English)
Mercy Johnson- Hustlers
Uru Eke- Dining with a Long Spoon
Evelyn Sin- Seven Rivers
Rita Dominic- The Meeting
Nse Ikpe Etim- Dream Walker

(11) Best Supporting Actor (Yoruba)

Razak Olayiwola- Sanbe
Dele Odule- Kori-koto
Muyiwa Ademola- Oritoke
Tamilore Martins- Kudi Klepto
Jamiu Azeez- Orofo

(12) Best Supporting Actress (Yoruba)
Biola Segun-Willams- Silence
Fathia Balogun- Ina Loju Ekun
Biodun Okeowo- Orofo
Ayo Adesaya- Sanbe
Odunayo Agoro– Osunfunke

(13) Most Promising Actor
Jamiu Azeez
Tamilore Martins
Temisan Etsede
Sidney Esiri

(14) Most Promising Actress
Ivie Okubaye
Ijeoma Agu
Jackie Idumogu
Oyinka Elebuibo

(15) Best Child Actor
Olamide Davids- Black Silhouette
Chisom Okusua- Mama Africa
Elitim Wari- Apaye
D’Kachy Emelonye- Onye Ozi

(16) Best Child Actress
Carol Micheal- Apaye
Toyin Eniola- Oritoke
Chinny Okemuo- Onye Ozi
Pricillia Ojo- Silence

(17) Movie of the Year
Apaye
A Mile from Home
The Meeting
First Cause
Silence

(18) Comedy of the Year
I come Lagos
Onye ozi
30 Days in Atlanta
Our lucky Day

(19) Movie with the best Social Message
Oritoke
Knocking on Heaven’s Door
Black Silhouette
Our Difference
Dream Walker
First Cause

(20.) Movie with the Best Special Effect
A Mile from Home
Aduniya
Seven Rivers
The Origin
Ina loju Ekun

(21) Best Kiss in a movie
Gabriel Afolayan and Jackie Idumogu-First Cause
Majid and Beverly Naya – Forgetting June
Joseph Benjamin and Ini Edo – Perfect Plan
Monalisa Chinda and Lugo Tourton– Lagos Cougar
Blossom Chukwujeku and Ini Edo-Knocking on Heaven’s Door

(22)  Best use of Make up in a movie
Seven Rivers
Kudi Klepto
Cobra
Mama Africa
Aremo Ife

(23) Best Cinematography
Osunfunke
Apaye
Being Mrs. Elliot
The Meeting
30 Days in Atlanta

(24.) Screenplay of the Year
A Mile from Home
The Meeting
Secret Room
Render to Ceaser
Silence

(25.) Best Short Film
Brave
Wages
Not Right
New Morning
Living Funeral
Alpha Mum

(26.) Best Documentary
Fatai Rolling Dollar
Bad Budgeting for Development
Seeds of Growth

(27) Best TV Series
Lekki Wives
The Johnsons
Dear Mother
New Horizon
Happy Family

(28.) Best Edited Movie
Apaye
A Mile from Home
Last 3 digits
Silence

(29.) Best Use of Food in a Movie
Being Mrs. Elliot
Apaye
Seven Rivers

(30.) Movie with the Best Sound
Osunfunke
Render to Ceaser
Apaye
Being Mrs. Elliot
The Meeting

(31.)  Movie with the Best production design
Being Mrs. Elliot
Apaye
Seven Rivers
Iyawo Osun
Osunfunke

(32.)  Director of the Year
Eric Aghimien- A Mile for Home
Desmond Eliiot- Apaye
Mildred Okwo- The Meeting
Dj tee- Osunfunke
Alex Mouth- Silence

Update on Best of Nollywood Awards 2014

Nominations for the 2014 Best of Nollywood Awards are set to be announced Friday, August 1st at a glamorous nominees’ unveil holding in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The executive producer of BON Awards, Seun Oloketuyi, revealed this Wednesday afternoon while disclosing that the event would be broadcast live on select terrestrial television stations.
He said, “We are happy to announce that after several months of screening, our screeners’ committee have finished a critical part of their work. So, come next Friday, we shall unveil to the world which movies and moviemakers, stars and stakeholders have outdone their contemporaries in the year under review.”
The nominees’ unveil, a wholly media event, Oloketuyi said would have as special guest of honour, the First Lady of Rivers State, Lady Judith Amaechi, and she would be joined by Niran Adedokun, Chairman of the Jury of the BON Awards, to announce the nominees.
As Nollywood holds its breath for this announcement, Oloketuyi said the nominees’ unveil would be hosted by actress, Bayray Mcnwizu. According to Mcnwizu, winner of the Amstel Malta Box Office 2007, “I am excited about my choice as host of the nominees’ unveil because the BON Awards has grown to become one of Nigeria’s biggest awards ceremonies for practitioners in the movie industry and it is a great honour to be singled out as anchor for one of the most important days in the annual calendar of Nollywood.”
He however prevaricated on the hosts of the awards proper saying however that the organising committee of the awards headed by marketing communications expert and entertainment enthusiast, Kingsley James, has narrowed its choice of the 2014 BON awards hosts to a popular On-Air-Personality with crucial youth demography following and appeal and one of Nollywood’s finest leading males.
“I cannot reveal the name of our hosts for now but what I can conveniently tell you is that we have an exciting and multitalented pair that transcends different audiences and expectations. Importantly, we have chosen a pair that would give us a great awards night,” Oloketuyi declared.
This year’s BON Awards holds October 4th in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Rivers State to host Best of Nollywood 2014

The sixth edition of the Best of Nollywood awards (BON) will be held at the city of Port Harcourt, Rivers State; organizers have announced. Slated for Saturday October 4th 2014, the event which will gather thespians from different sections of the Nigerian movie industry has risen to become the most prestigious and transparent Award ceremony for nollywood practitioners.
” It is a great honour to have this prestigious award platform in Port-harcourt a year after hosting the nominees dinner.” Governor Amaechi noted
 
Speaking on the choice of the South-South state, Seun Oloketuyi, Executive Director disclosed that the state has produced some of the best brains in Nollywood, ” Asides Port Harcourt being one of the most beautiful cities in Africa, the Governor, Rotimi Amaechi has also provided an enabling environment for tourism and Nollywood.” He added.

PHOTOS FROM BON AWARDS' TALENT MEETS CLASS

Best of Nollywood Awards’ (BON)Talent Meets Class; an interactive session involving Nollywood stakeholders and some prominent figures in the country was held at the Oriental Hotel, Lekki on friday November 1st, 2013. Organized by Seun Oloketuyi, the first lecture was delivered by Zik Zulu.

Business mogul, Professor Pat Utomi’s speech titled Nollywood: The Role of the Corporate Sector, centred on avenues where the Nollywood brand can get money to fund their films. Guests some of which were actors asked questions from and also made several suggestions.

Faces at the event include Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Ikuforiji, Tee Mac, Mercy Aigbe, Desmond Elliot, Foluke Daramola, Ricardo Agbor, Iyabo Ojo, Ayo Shonaiya,

Fidelis Duker, Doris Simeon, Okey Bakassi, Owen Gee, Kabirat Kafidipe, Funsho Adeolu, Steve Ayorinde, Adeshina Oyetayo, Sola Fajobi, Kemi Otegbade, Koffi, Gbenga Adeyinka 1st GCON to mention a few.

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