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2012 Best Of Nollywood Awards
The 4th Best of Nollywood Awards was held at Tafawa Balewa Square Auditorium in Lagos, Nigeria. A total of 32 awards were given out to practitioners of the Nigerian film industry. The ceremony was co-hosted by Nollywood actor Nonso Diobi and former Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, Sylvia Nduka. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Best of Nollywood Awards, 2012 2012 film awards 2012 in Nigerian cinema 2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ... Culture in Lagos State 21st century in Lagos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lagos State
Lagos State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó) is a States of Nigeria, state in South West (Nigeria), southwestern Nigeria. Of the 36 States of Nigeria, states, it is both the List of Nigerian states by population, most populous and List of Nigerian states by area, smallest in area. Bounded to the south by the Bight of Benin and to the west by the Benin–Nigeria border, international border with Benin Republic, Lagos State borders Ogun State to the east and north making it the only Nigerian state to border only one other state. Named for the city of Lagos—the List of urban areas in Africa by population, most populous city in Africa—the state was formed from the Western Region, Nigeria, Western Region and the former Federal Capital Territory on 27 May 1967. Geographically, Lagos State is dominated by bodies of water with nearly a quarter of the state's area being lagoons, creeks, and rivers. The largest of these bodies are the Lagos Lagoon, Lagos and Lekki Lagoon, Lekki lagoons in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Femi Adebayo
Femi Adebayo Salami (born 31 December 1978) is a Nigerian film director, film actor, lawyer, producer and Special Adviser to the Governor of Kwara State on Arts, Culture and Tourism. He is the son of the veteran actor Adebayo Salami. Early life Adebayo was born on 31 December 1978 in Lagos, southwest Nigeria. His father, who is a veteran Nigerian actor Adebayo Salami (Oga Bello), hails from Ilorin, Kwara State. Education Adebayo attended thC&S College, Ilorin, Kwara State for his secondary school education. He then went to the University of Ilorin, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Law. He later earned a master's degree in Law at the University of Ibadan. Personal life Adebayo married Omotayo Adebayo on 9 October 2016. Adebayo and his wife have one son. He also has three children from an earlier marriage. Career Adebayo began acting in 1985, the same year he featured in his father's first movie titled ''Ogun Ajaye''. Adebayo has starred in over 500 Nigerian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jide Kosoko
Jide Kosoko (born 12 January 1954) is a Nigerian actor, director and producer. He was born into a royal family, hence his traditional title of prince or "omoba" in the Yoruba language. Early life Prince Jide Kosoko was born in Lagos on the 12th of January 1954, to the Kosoko royal family of Lagos Island. Career Prince Jide Kosoko studied business administration at the Yaba College of Technology. He began his acting career as a child actor in 1964 in a television production named ''Makanjuola''. He has featured in several Nollywood movies in both English and Yoruba languages. The young Jide Kosoko grew up in Ebute Metta and was inspired by the huge success of Hubert Ogunde to go into acting, when an acquaintance who was working with the Ifelodun travelling theatre troupe invited him to an audition for a role in ''Makanjuola'', a tele-movie. Jide Kosoko accepted the invitation; he later went for the audition and was chosen for the role, playing a character called Alabi. Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yemi Blaq
Yemi Blaq born Folayemi Olatunji is a Nigerian film actor, songwriter and model. Early life and education Yemi was born to Mr Olatunji Blaq in Ondo State, Nigeria. Yemi Blaq was raised in Lagos where he attended and completed his primary and tertiary education. He attended Adeyemi Demonstration Secondary school in Ondo, Ondo state, and he was the school’s first Head boy. He started acting during his high school days and continued till date. Career Yemi Blaq started his professional career in Nollywood in 2005. He had registered with the Actors Guild of Nigeria back then in order to be an actor. His first movie that brought him to limelight was ''Lost of Lust'' where he acted alongside Mercy Johnson. After his first movie, he was sought out for in the Nigerian movie industry and has since acted several movies. Filmography * ''The Good Samaritan 2 (2004)'' * ''Without Shame (2005)'' * ''Lost to Lust (2005)'' * '' 11 Days 11 Nights 2'' ''(2005)'' * ''Traumatised (2006) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eniola Badmus
Eniola Badmus (born 7 September 1982) is a Nigerian professional film actress, script writer, entertainer and a social media influencer. She came into the limelight in 2008 after she was featured in the movie ''Jenifa''. Early life and education Badmus was born in Ijebu Ode, Nigeria she had her basic and secondary school education in Ijebu Ode She proceeded to the University of Ibadan where she studied Theatre Arts and then Lagos State University where she graduated with an M.Sc degree in economics. Career Badmus' career in acting professional started in the year 2000 but came into limelight in 2008 when she shot to recognition starring in two Yoruba films titled ''Jenifa'' and '' Omo Ghetto''. Both movies are instrumental to her rise in the Nigeria entertainment industry which has since seen her star as both lead and supporting actress in several Yoruba and English films. Filmography Selected filmography *''Jenifa'' *''Angelina'' *''Village Babes'' *''Oreke Temi'' *''Blac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kehinde Bankole
Kehinde Bankole (born 27 March 1985) is a Nigerian actress, model, and television host. She made her entertainment debut in the ''2003 Miss Commonwealth Nigeria beauty contest'', then proceeded to the ''2004 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageant (MBGN)''. She won the ''revelation of the year award at 2009 Best of Nollywood Awards'', two years after her first screen feature in Wale Adenuga's ''Super story''. Personal life Bankole was born in Ogun State as the fourth child, out of six of architect Babatunde Bankole and Titilayo Bankole, an administrative secretary. She has a twin sister, Taiwo, who also acts occasionally. She completed her primary education at Tunwase Nursery and Primary School, Ikeja before studying Mass Communication at Olabisi Onabanjo University, but took a break to concentrate more on her modeling career in 2004. Career Modelling career Bankole first entertainment experience was when she auditioned as a contestant in Miss Commonwealth Nigeria pageant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iyabo Ojo
Alice Iyabo Ojo (born 21 December 1977) is a Nigerian film actress,director, and producer."Actress Iyabo Ojo Full Biography, Life And Career" ''T.I.N. Magazine'', 27 January 2016. She has featured in over 150 films and has produced more than 14 of her own. Early life Iyabo Ojo was born as Alice Iyabo Ogunro on 21 December 1977 in , , although her father was from , |
Adam A
Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as "mankind". tells of God's creation of the world and its creatures, including ''adam'', meaning humankind; in God forms "Adam", this time meaning a single male human, out of "the dust of the ground", places him in the Garden of Eden, and forms a woman, Eve, as his helpmate; in Adam and Eve eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge and God condemns Adam to labour on the earth for his food and to return to it on his death; deals with the birth of Adam's sons, and lists his descendants from Seth to Noah. The Genesis creation myth was adopted by both Christianity and Islam, and the name of Adam accordingly appears in the Christian scriptures and in the Quran. He also features in subsequent folkloric and mystical elaborations in later Judais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Nuhu
Ali Nuhu Mohammed (Born 15 March 1974) is a Nigerian actor and director. He acts in both Hausa and English movies, and he is also known as king of Kannywood or "Sarki Ali" by the media; Kannywood is the Hausa film industry headquartered in Kano, Nigeria. Ali Nuhu has appeared in more than 500 Nollywood and Kannywood films, and earned numerous accolades. Ali Nuhu is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors of all time in the history of Hausa Cinema, as well as Nigerian Cinema In terms of audience, size, and income, and he has been described as the most successful Hausa film star in the world. Early life and education Ali Nuhu Mohammed was born in Maiduguri, Borno State, in north-eastern Nigeria. His father, Nuhu Poloma, hailed from Balanga local government area of Gombe State and his mother, Fatima Karderam Digema from Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. He grew up in Jos and Kano. After secondary school education, he received a Bachelo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Anjorin
Elizabeth Aishat Anjorin is a Nigerian female actor and movie producer, predominantly in the Nigerian Yoruba movie industry. Early life and education Anjorin was born in Badagry in Lagos State, in the predominantly Yoruba southwestern geographical area of Nigeria. Her father was Christian and her mother Muslim. She has said that she grew up in poverty with her mother, was once a food seller, and was driven to succeed by the fear of again being poor. She entered Olabisi Onabanjo University in 2003, where she was a student activist, and graduated in 2017 with a BSc in Transport Planning and Management after leaving to pursue acting. She then took acting classes, at which time she met Idowu Ogungbe and Ahmed Alasari, who helped her with her career. Career As an actress, Anjorin came to prominence at the end of the first decade of the 21st century; films she is known for include ''Ise Onise'' and ''Arewa Ejo'' in 2009 and ''Owowunmi'' in 2010. Anjorin now produces the films in w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fathia Balogun
Faithia Williams Balogun (born 5 February 1969) is a Nigerian actress, filmmaker, producer and director. Early life Faithia Williams who is of Delta state descent, was born in Ikeja on 5 February 1969. She was born into a polygamous family of nine. Faithia attended Maryland Primary School and Maryland Comprehensive Secondary School in Lagos state. She obtained her West African School Certificate in Maryland Comprehensive Secondary School. After that, she studied in the Kwara State Polytechnic for a diploma certificate. In 2016, Faithia got admission into Olabisi Onabanjo University to study Filming. Career Faithia became an actress by chance. Faithia's uncle, Alhaji Fatai Teniola, asked her to stand in for an actress that failed to show up in one of the productions of their movie. Williams played her first role in the film title "Ta lo pa chief". She has starred, produced, and directed several Nigerian films over the years. In 2008, she won the Africa Movie Academy Award f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bisi Komolafe
Bisi Komolafe (1986–2012) was a Nigerian actress, film director and producer best known for her role in the movies ''Igboro Ti Daru'' and ''Aramotu''. Early life and education Bisi Komolafe was the second child born in 1986 into a family of five in Ibadan, Oyo State South-Western Nigeria where she completed her primary and secondary school education. She attended St. Louis Grammar School, Ibadan before she proceeded to Lagos State University (LASU) where she graduated with a degree in Business Administration. Career Bisi's acting career shot into limelight after she starred in the movie ''Igboro Ti Daru''. She went on to play leading roles in films including ''Bolode O'ku'', ''Asiri Owo'' and ''Ebute''. Bisi also produced movies including ''Latonwa'', ''Eja Tutu'' and ''Oka''. She was nominated in the "Revelation of The Year" category at the 2009 Best of Nollywood Awards and in the "Best Lead Actress in a Yoruba film" category at the 2012 edition. Awards and nominations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
