Bovi Ugboma is a

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stand-up

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, and

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. He has organized popular stand-up comedy concerts like ''Bovi: Man on Fire'' across the globe. He is married to his wife, Kris Asimonye Ugboma and 42 years of age.

Early life and education

Bovi Ugboma was born in

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, the capital of

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. He attended UNIBEN staff school for his primary education. In 1991, he was enrolled in Government College,

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in Delta State. For disciplinary reasons and fear from his parents of his development as a youth, he was removed from boarding school and transferred to Edokpolor grammar school in Benin city where they lived. That move proved non-productive and he moved to his third secondary school, Boys model secondary school,

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, an all boarding school. After completing his secondary education, he gained admission in 1998 to

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where he studied Theatre Arts.

Comedy career

2007 Bovi began his career in April 2007, starring in the sitcom ''Extended Family'', which he also wrote and produced. The show was popular and fans loved it. 2008 - 2011 Bovi was an emerging force in comedy shows and events throughout Nigeria. he made his stand-up comedy debut in Nigeria's premiere comedy franchise, Night of a thousand laughs organized by Opa Williams. By 2011, he was headlining the show across the country. 2013 - 2014 His first stand-up special held at the Eko convention center. He would go on to stage the sequel in 2014. Bovi: Man on Fire 2014 also featured international superstars

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and Ashanti. Bovi took the one-man special to several cities in the

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and

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. 2017 He went on a break for three years after the 2014 edition of the show, after the hiatus, the Man on Fire franchise returned to

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and it was the most successful yet. The fourth edition in Lagos held in April 2019 and Bovi said it is the last of the man on Fire franchise. He says his next special will go by another title. Bovi began a series titled "BACK TO SCHOOL" in 2018 which he uploads in his

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channel. Bovi has worked alongside other Nigerian comedians such as

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, I Go Save,

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, Buchi, Odogwu,

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and many others. 2022 In July 2022, Bovi held his latest comedy special, Bovi- Naughty By Nature in Lagos and it was sold out two days before the show.

Movies

2015–2018

Bovi premiered his first movie It's Her Day on 9 September 2016. The movie grossed 55 million Naira in the Nigerian box office. In 2016, he starred in the romantic comedy, 4-1-Love as the lead actor. In 2017, he was nominated for the

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awards as the best actor in comedy; his third individual nomination since the inception of the AMVCA and the fourth from his works. The movie, though lacking in mainstream publicity, went on to have a decent run in the cinemas and grossed 55 million naira at the box office.

2020

In 2020 he starred as a police officer in the remake of the

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classic Nneka the Pretty Serpent.

2021

He also wrote, co-produced and starred in his second film, My Village People. The film went on went on to join the list of 17 Nigerian films to gross100 million naira in the local box office.

Personal life

Bovi is happily married to his heartthrob, Kris Asimonye Ugboma with three children. Early January 2022, his wife underwent surgery after an episode of ectopic pregnancy which ruptured one of her fallopian tubes. The two celebrated their 13th Anniversary on September 19,2022 with Bovi praising his wife for taming him and carrying his children for 27 months altogether.

Awards and nominations

Filmography

References

External links

Twitter page
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