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Richard Mofe Damijo
Richard Eyimofe Evans Mofe-Damijo (born 6 July 1961), popularly known as RMD, is a Nigerian actor, writer, producer, lawyer, and former journalist. He was also a former Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Delta State in 2009. In 2005, he won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 12th Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2016. Early life Mofe-Damijo was born in Aladja community of Udu Kingdom, Delta State. He attended Midwest College, Warri and Anglican Grammar School and was a member of the Drama Club. He enrolled into the University of Benin to continue his education and studied Theatre Arts. In 1997, Mofe-Damijo returned to the university to study law at the University of Lagos and graduated in 2004. Career After graduating from the university, Mofe-Damijo took part in the soap opera ''Ripples'', but gained more popularity as villain Segun Kadiri in rival soap '' Checkmate''. Before then, he had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Is War (2019 Film)
Love Is War may refer to: * ''Love Is War'' (album), a 2006 album by Vanilla Ninja * ''Love Is War'' (1970 film), a 1970 Norwegian film * ''Love Is War'' (2019 film), a Nigerian film * "Love Is War", a 2010 song by Joe McElderry from '' Wide Awake'' * "Love Is War", a 2013 song by American Young American Young is an American country music duo signed to Curb Records. The duo is composed of Kristy Osmunson, formerly of the group Bomshel, and songwriter/producer Jon Stone. In late 2013, the duo released their debut single, "Love Is War", whi ... * '' Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'', a Japanese manga and anime series See also * In Love and War (other) * Love and War (other) * War is peace {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glo-CAF Awards
The CAF Awards is an awards evening held to honour the best African association football players. It is conferred by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Current awards The awards include: CAF Player of the Year CAF Most Promising Talent of the Year CAF Youth Player of the Year African Inter-Club Player of the Year (Based in Africa) CAF Coach of the Year CAF Women's Coach of the Year African Inter-Club Team of the Year African National Team of the Year The team of the year award was organized by France Football from 1980 to 2004, and by CAF from 2004 onwards. {, style="margin:left" , {, class="wikitable" , - !Year !National Team , - , 1980 , , - , 1981 , , - , 1982 , , - , 1983 , , - , 1984 , , - , 1985 , , - , 1986 , , - , 1987 , , - , 1988 , , - , 1989 , , {, class="wikitable" , - !Year !National Team , - , 1990 , {{fb, / {{fb, Cameroon , - , 1991 , {{fb, Algeria , - , 1992 , {{fb, Côte d'Ivoire / {{fb, Nigeria , - , 1993 , {{fb, Nigeria , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Dominic
Rita Uchenna Nkem Dominic Nwaturuocha (born 12 July 1975) is a Nigerian actress. In 2012, Rita Dominic won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Early life Rita Dominic is a multiple award-winning Nollywood actress, producer, model, television personality, investor, a philanthropist and co-founder of the Audrey Silva Company. She has been regarded as one of the best industrious actress in Nollywood and also one of the highest-paid actresses in Nigeria. Rita Dominic is currently a GLO Ambassador and the CEO of Rita Dominic Productions. Dominic is a member of the Royal Nwaturuocha family of Aboh Mbaise local government area in Imo State. Rita Dominic is the youngest of four children. Her late parents were health care professionals, her father was a medical doctor and mother a nursing officer. Dominic attended the prestigious Federal Government College, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, before heading to the University of Port Harcourt, where sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Segun Arinze
Segun Arinze (born Segun Padonou Aina in 1965) is a Nigerian actor and singer. Early life and education He is the eldest of seven children born to Lydia Padonu. He is descent of Badagry, Lagos State. He attended Victory College of Commerce in Ilorin, then proceeded to Taba Commercial College in Kaduna State to complete his secondary education. He studied Dramatic Arts at Obafemi Awolowo University. He is popularly known as Black Arrow which he gained from a role he played in the 1996 classic movie "Silent Night" a film by the late filmmaker Chico Ejiro. He was married to fellow Nollywood actress Anne Njemanze, which later became a short-lived marriage. The couple has one daughter, Renny Morenike, who was born on 10 May. Career Segun Arinze started his career professionally as a singer and an actor. It was singing that first shot him into prominence, and that was after the release of his debut album, ''Dream'', which was not particularly a commercial success. He started his act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stella Damasus-Aboderin
Stella Damasus (born April 24, 1978) is a Nigerian actress and singer. She was nominated for ''Best Actress in a Leading Role'' at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2009. She won the Award for Best Actress at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards in 2007 In 2012 she won the award for Best Actress for the movie Two Brides and a Baby at the Golden Icons Academy Awards in Houston, Texas. Early life Stella Damasus was born in Benin City, Edo State in Nigeria. She has four sisters. She grew up in Benin City where she completed most of her primary education. Personal life Damasus married her first husband, Jaiye Aboderin, at 21 in 1999. The couple had two daughters before Jaiye died suddenly in 2004. Damasus remarried in 2007, this time to Emeka Nzeribe. The marriage lasted for seven months before a mutual agreement to divorce. In 2011, she became associated with multiple award-winning Nollywood producer & director Daniel Ademinokan; this eventually also led to a separation in 2020 and su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Edochie
Chief Pete Edochie, MON (born March 7, 1947) is a Nigerian actor. Edochie is considered one of Africa’s most talented actors, being honored with an Industry Merit Award by Africa Magic and Lifetime Achievement by Africa Film Academy Although a seasoned administrator and broadcaster, he came into prominence in the 1980s when he played the lead role of Okonkwo in a Nigerian Television Authority adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s all-time best selling novel, ''Things Fall Apart''. Edochie descends from the Igbo people of Nigeria and is a Catholic. In 2003, he was honored as a Member of the Order of the Niger by President Olusegun Obasanjo. Personal life Edochie was born in Zaria on March 7, 1947. He hails from Anambra and is married to Josephine Edochie. He educated at St. Patrick’s and St. James Primary School, Zaria, before proceeding to St. John’s College for his secondary education. He also schooled at the School of Journalism and Television in England. Edochie celebra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teju Babyface
Teju Babyface is the stage name of Gbadewonuola Olateju Oyelakin , a Nigerian standup comedian, talk show host, producer and writer. He introduced a new genre of talk to the Nigerian TV space with The Teju Babyface Show in the year 2010. He is also known by many in Nigeria as ''The King of Talk.'' Starting his entertainment career in 1999 after playing the lead role in director Tade Ogidan’s movie franchise '' Diamond Ring''. Teju Babyface also appeared in the Late Amaka Igwe's National TV series, Solitaire in 2001 where he played the lead opposite Richard Mofe-Damijo once again. He also appeared on a TV drama series titled ''One Too Much'' within the same period. He has also written two books Secrets Of The Streets: 23 Secrets For Achieving Success With Talent' and '. In 2020, These two books were published under the single title ''Secrets Of The Streets: Twenty-Three Secrets For Making Money With Your Talent That You Will Never Learn In School''. He was appointed a Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamond Ring (1998 Film)
Diamond Ring is a 1998 Nollywood thriller film directed by Tade Ogidan. It stars Richard Mofe Damijo, Teju Babyface, Sola Sobowale and Bukky Ajayi. It was made in 2 parts. Plot ''Diamond Ring'' follows the story of conflict between the spirit of Mrs. Gladys and members of Chidi’s cult group, XG. In a bid to display his fitness for a life in the secret cult, Chidi, a freshman in the university and the only child of his parents; Chief and Mrs. Ijeoma Dike steals a diamond ring from Mrs. Gladys’ corpse. The spirit of Mrs. Gladys in turn haunts Chidi and his friends. The members of the cult begin to die successively. Chidi is struck by a peculiar sickness which could not be treated by orthodox medicine. The journey to find his healing culminates in the return of the diamond ring to Mrs. Gladys’ corpse. Cast * Gbadewonuola Oyelakin as Chidi *Liz Benson as Gladys * Bukky Ajayi as Chidi's aunt *Richard Mofe-Damijo as Chief Dike *Sola Sobowale as Mrs. Ijeoma Dike * Bimbo A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde ( ; born Omotola Jalade, 7 February 1978) is a Nigerian actress, singer, philanthropist and former model. Since her Nollywood film debut in 1995, Ekeinde has appeared in over 300 films, selling millions of copies. Omotola is the second Nigerian and first Nigerian celebrity to receive over 1 million likes on her Facebook page. She currently has a total of 3 million followers on Facebook. In 2013, she was included in ''Time'' magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2013, Ekeinde made a brief appearance on VH1's scripted series, '' Hit the Floor''. On 2 November 2013, she spoke at the 2013 edition of the WISE- Summit, held in Doha, Qatar. In 2014, she was honoured by the Nigerian government, when she became a Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR) for her contributions to Nigerian cinema. Early life and education Omotola Jalade, who is of Ondo descent, was born in Lagos State. She grew up with her parents and tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Benson
Elizabeth 'Liz' Benson (born 5 April 1966) is a Nigerian actress,television personality and philanthropist. Early life and education Liz was born in Etinan, Akwa Ibom State in southern Nigeria. She attended Sylvania State College in the United States of America, where she got a degree in Dramatic Arts. Benson began acting when she was 5 years old. Career Early success and quitting the film industry She featured in Fortunes, a television soap opera in 1993. Benson played the part of Mrs. Agnes Johnson in the soap, which ran for about two years on NTA Network. In 1994, her role in '' Glamour Girls'', a successful home video film that focused on the theme of prostitution, cemented her status as a film actress. Benson suddenly quit acting in 1996. Return to Nollywood Since returning to Nollywood, it was disclosed that she is a born-again Christian and now preaches the gospel on fulltime-basis. In an interview, she explained that she would only act in films that she believed w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racheal Oniga
Rachel Oniga (23 May 1957 – 31 July 2021) was a Nigerian film actress. Early life and career Originally from Eku, Delta State in Southern Nigeria, although she was born on 23 May 1957 in Ebute Metta, Lagos State. She began her acting career in 1993, shortly after her divorce. She worked briefly at Ascoline Nigeria Limited, a Dutch Consultant Company before her first movie titled ''Onome'' and her debut Yoruba movie was ''Owo Blow''. Over the years, Oniga has featured in notable Nigerian films such as Sango, a movie scripted by Wale Ogunyemi, produced and directed by Obafemi Lasode and Wale Adenuga's television series, Super story. Personal life Oniga became a grandmother when her daughter Georgia delivered a baby. Death Oniga died on 30 July 2021 from a heart-related ailment. Selected filmography *''Owo Blow'' (1995) *'' Sango'' (1997) *''Out of Bounds'' (1997) *''Passion of Mind'' (2004) *''Power Of Sin'' *''Restless Mind'' *'' Doctor Bello'' (2013) *''30 Days in Atlant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |