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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

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Governor Rotimi Amaechi to honour 4 Nollywood veterans at BON Awards

Four Nollywood veterans; Liz Benson-Ameye, Adebayo Salami, Nobert Young and Kasimu Yero will be given special recognition awards for their immense achievement in the Nigerian Movie Industry christened Nollywood. The awards will be conferred on them by the Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi at the 6th edition of the Best of Nollywood Awards which comes up on October 4th 2014 at Rivers State.

Speaking on the choice of the four seasoned thespians, BON awards Executive Producer, Seun Oloketuyi stated that revealed that “after much deliberation and research, these four came as the best choices for this award category because of their outstanding impacts in Nollywood and for being a source of inspiration to youths in Nigeria and Africa generally.”

RECIPIENTS
 

ELIZABETH BENSON

Elizabeth Benson, popularly known as Liz Benson, began acting when she was five years old. She is loved by most movie watchers in Nigeria and is seen as one of the first ladies of Nollywood. Her journey to stardom began when she appeared on the set of the popular television soap opera, Fortunes in 1993. Liz Benson played the part of Mrs. Agnes Johnson in the soap, which ran for about two years on the Nigerian Television Authority network. In 1994, her role in Glamour Girls, a very successful home video film that focused on the theme of prostitution, literally changed her fortune after Fortunes.


The movie shot her into prominence and gradually she warmed her way into the minds of millions of Nigerian movie fans. Sometime ago, she quit acting, became a born-again Christian and started preaching the gospel. Some of her roles include her role as Titubi in Femi Osofisan’s Morountodun and as Mrs. Agnes Johnson in Fortunes, a soap opera that ran for about two years on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Channel 10. She acted in a number of Nollywood video-films such as Evil Men 1 and 2, Shame, Conspiracy, Izaga, Burden, Stolen Child, Faces, Dead End, Tycoon, Glamour Girls, Body of Vengeance and a horde of other movies.
 
 

 


KASIMU YERO

Veteran actor Kasimu Yero is fondly remembered for his role as ‘Uncle Gaga’ in the now rested ’80s situational comedy, Cock Crow At Dawn, and as one of the lead characters in Abubakar Imam’s Magana Jari Ce. Today, he is older, more rested and taking things easy, but back in the days, he was one of the actors who dominated the region and entertained the populace with his ability to interpret humorous scripts.
Yero was born in Zaria some 64 or 65 years ago. But when he became of school-age, he was taken from Zaria City to his grandfather in Kaduna. At that time, his grandfather Mallam Mohammed Sambo, was the Magajin Gari of Kaduna. It was while the young Yero was with him that he had the opportunity of going to primary school. Ironically, his school was located somewhere around where the present-day Fire Brigade headquarters is in Kaduna Nobert Young

 


NOBERT YOUNG
 
Crossover actor par excellence, and star of countless DStv-sponsored productions including, Edge of Paradise; Norbert Young, trained in both the University of Ibadan and University of Benin. He is regarded as one of the best-trained movie role interpreters in Nollywood. Long before the advent of home video, the Warri, Delta State-born thespian, has always been a delight to watch on screen.

Many television viewers, especially those who followed rested soap opera, Checkmate, would readily recall his face as the randy lecturer, Professor Okon. Norbert Young was part of the detective drama series, Third Eye, which ran in the 1980s and today regarded as one of the versatile veteran actors who has contributed immensely to the growth of Nollywood.
 
ADEBAYO SALAMI

 

Adebayo Salami, a.k.a Oga Bello, has been on stage for 49 years. Not once has he given retirement a thought, he started acting with Young Stars Concert Party in 1964 when he was 12 years old. The group metamorphosed to Ojo Ladipo Theatre. So far,he has produced about 17 films. The first movie he produced was Ogun Ajaiye under the stables of Awada Kerikeri in 1985. In 1987, I produced Omo Orukan and in 1989, Eri Okan and all of these were on celluloid.
 

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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.
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BIMBO AKINTOLA, KEPPY EKPEYOUNG RETURN IN 90NINTH DAY

Contrary to what you may think. Veteran actors Bimbo Akintola and Keppy Ekepeyoung didn't go on a journey and time their return to a particular day, rather the talented actors who have seemingly been absent for sometime have made a great comeback in another intriguing movie- 9oninth day.
The film which is hitting the cinemas on Jan 27th was written, produced and directed by Paul Apel and was nominated in 3 categories in the last Best of Nollywood (BON) awards. Paul Apel clinched the best editor of the year award and was also nominated for his role in star-studded movie- Mr and Mrs.

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EPIC MOVIE, 'INALE' HITS NATIONAL THEATRE

‘Inale’, one of the most outstanding epic movies in Nigeria would be available at the National Theatre, Iganmu from 24th December 2011-3rd January 2012 from 12, 3 and 6pm. The movie which won the award for the Best Soundtrack in the recent Best of Nollywood (BON) awards stars Ini Edo, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Dede Mabiaku,Keppy Ekpeyoung, Mbong Amata, Caroline Chikezie and many more.
Produced by award-winning Keke Bongwus and directed by maverick director, Jeta Amata, the film is a folklore told in Otukpo, Benue State with themes on tradition, envy, love and war.

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TWO BRIDES AND A BABY HITS THE CINEMAS

Award-winning film, Two Brides and A baby will start showing in the cinemas from Friday, 25th November 2011.
The movie which clinched five awards at the recently organized Best of Nollywood (BON) awards and which had his premier on November 17, 2011 was produced by talented actress, Blessing Effiom-Egbe and directed by Teco Benson. It features Stella Damasus, Kalu Ikeagwu, OC Ukeje, Keira Hewatch, Blessing Effiom Egbe, Okey Uzoeshi, Chelsea Eze, and Kehinde Bankole.
Debunking the claim that the film was adapted from Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson's marriage saga, Blessing Effiom-Egbe, stated during the BON awards that it has an entirely different storyline, she however enjoined movie lovers, fans and friends to make out time to see the movie in the cinemas.

Movie Schedule

Friday 25th, November 2011- December 1

Genesis Cinemas Lagos
10:15am, 4:25pm, 8:40pm.

Silverbird Lagos
3:30pm, 5:50pm

Silverbird Ceddi, Abuja
12:00pm, 4:20pm, 8:40pm

Silverbird SEC, Abuja
Ipm, 3pm, 4:55pm, 7pm, 9:20pm

Silverbird PortHarcourt
4:10pm, 8:50pm

Silverbird Uyo
3:10pm

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