Lorenzo Menakaya is a Nigerian on-air personality, actor, event host, filmmaker and singer. He received nominations for On-Air Personality (OAP) of the year at The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) 2011 and 2012; and he won the award of Outstanding Radio Presenter at the

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2016. He also hosted the

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, 2019.

Biography

Born Tochukwu Lorenzo Uzonna Menakaya to the Menakaya dynasty of

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, Nigeria. He was educated at University of Nigeria Secondary School, Nsukka; Menakaya studied Religion at the

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before receiving a short training in broadcasting by Institut Panos Afrique de l’Ouest (PANOS Institute West Africa), Dakar, Senegal and Institute for Media and Society, Lagos Nigeria. He recorded his first short film Sundown Tale in 2015 and in 2019, he produced his debut feature film Ordinary Fellows co-directing with Ikenna Aniekwe. In 2019, he was one of the hosts of the

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along with actress

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and comedian Funnybone. He played the role of Ubong on

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Awards

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Menakaya, Lorenzo Living people Nigerian radio presenters 1986 births Nigerian People's Party politicians Nigerian radio personalities Igbo actors Actors from Anambra State Nigerian television personalities University of Nigeria alumni 21st-century Nigerian male actors