UNROYAL PICKS UP 7 NOMINATIONS AHEAD OF BEST OF NOLLYWOOD AWARDS 2020, CLOSELY BEHIND LIVING IN BONDAGE: BREAKING FREE, THE SESSIONS & SUGAR RUSH WITH 13, 11 & 10 NOMINATIONS RESPECTIVELY

The annual, travelling, pan-Nigerian awards ceremony, Best of Nollywood Awards (BON) has just released its list of Nominees in the various 33 categories ahead of the 2020 edition of the awards ceremony. 

The event which is currently in its 12th edition is billed to hold in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State on Saturday, December 5, 2020.

Movies like Elevator Baby, Sugar Rush, The Sessions, Wede, This Lady Called Life, and Living In Bondage (Breaking Free) have been nominated in the movie of the year category with same set of movies lined up under director of the year category.

Leading the pack of movies with the highest nominations is, Ramsey Nouah's Living in Bondage: Breaking Free with 13 nominations, closely followed by Judith Audu's The Sessions with 11 nominations, Kayode Kasum's Sugar Rush & This Lady Called Life with 10 and 8 nominations respectively then a tie at 7 nominations each for Matilda Lambert  Productions UNROYAL & Bolanle Auten-Peters Bling Lagosians.

Other movies like Niyi Akinmolayan's Elevator Baby and Samuel Olatunji's Dear Affy follows with 6 and 5 nominations respectively.

Present at the virtual announcement, which took place via zoom include founder and organiser of the Awards, Seun Oloketuyi; star actress, Joke Silva; comedian and media personality, Gbenga Adeyinka who hosted the event.

Others include actor par excellence, Segun Arinze; media mogul, Dele Momodu; head of the jury for BON, Niran Adedokun; Teju Ajayi; Hon Shina Peller; Wale Ojo-Lanre; Femi Akintunde Johnson; ValueJet representative, Temitope Ajijola and others.

Set to host this year’s edition of the awards are Debo Macaroni and Tana Adelana.

FULL LIST OF NOMINEES

1. 1). Best Actor in a Leading Role (English) 

• Efa Iwara – The Sessions
• Timini Egbuson – Elevator Baby
• JKA Swanky – Living in Bondage (Breaking Free)
• Eyinna Nwigwe – Dear Affy
• Daniel K. Daniel – The Fugitive
• Femi Jacobs – Colours of Deceit

 

2. 2). Best Actress in a Leading Role (English)

• Bisola Aiyeola – This Lady Called Life
• Omowunmi Dada – The Sessions
• Kehinde Bankole – Dear Affy
• Toyin Abraham – Elevator Baby
• Toni Tones – Killing Jade
• Adesua Etomi – Sugar Rush

 

3. 3). Best Actor in a Supporting Role (English)

• Alex Ekubo – Bling Lagosians
• Williams Uchemba/Tobi Bakre – Sugar Rush
• Byran Emmanuel – Colours of Deceit
• Tope Tedela – Country Hard
• Blossom Chukwujekwu/Abayomi Alvin – Unroyal

 

4. 4). Best Actress in a Supporting Role (English)

• Banke Joye – Traffic
• Ruth Kadiri – Too Old For This
• Sharon Ooja – Bling Lagosians
• Bimbo Ademoye/Bisola Aiyeola – Sugar Rush
• Tina Mba – This Lady Called Life

 

5. 5). Best Actor in a Leading Role (Yoruba)

• Jide Awobona – You Are Me
• Lateef Adedimeji – Etan
• Akin Kolapo – Asarailu
• Joseph Momodu – Torera
• Ibrahim Yekini - Lucifer
• Funso Adeolu- Digiola

 

6. 6). Best Actress in a Leading Role (Yoruba)

• Adebimpe Oyebade – Agbelebu Jade
• Bukunmi Oluwashina – You Are Me
• Nkechi Blessing – Torera
• King Flakie – Digiola
• Abisola Adebayo – Never Too Late

 

7. 7). Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Yoruba)

• Yomi Olorunlolaye/Olaide Almoruf – Brothers
• Bimbo Sunday – Asarailu
• Odunlade Adekola – Never Too Late
• Dele Odule – Agbelebu Jade
• Femi Adebayo/Kelvin Ikedua – Lucifer

 

8. 8). Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Yoruba)

• Khadija Ayoade – You Are Me
• Abisola Adebayo – Agbelebu Jade
• Regina Chukwu – Digiola
• Ashabi Ademefun – Brothers
• Ireti Osayemi – Never Too Late

 

9. 9). Best Actor in a Leading Role (Igbo)

• Francis Duru – Mboputa
• Stan Eze – Ishi Anyaocha
• JKA Swanky – Nne

 

10. 10). Best Actress in a Leading Role (Igbo)

• Chidiebere Aneke – Ishi Anyaocha
• Frances Nsonwu Ikoroha – Nne
• Happy Julian Uchendu – Mboputa

 

11. 11). Best Child Actor

• Daniel Adeshina – Basil
• Divine Godwin Otun – Innocent
• Molawa Onajobi – This Lady Called Life
• King David Akpakwu – My Grandfather’s Wife
• Chima David Ntongha – The Pain Your Storm

 

12. 12). Best Child Actress

• Amarachi Onwe – Secrets
• Chimamanda Unigwe- Perfect Marriage

 

13. 13). Movie with the Best Social Message

• Not So Long a Letter
• WEDE
• Black Monday
• Dan Kasa
• Country Hard
• The Session

 

14. 14) Moses Olaiya Movie with the Best Comedy

• Dear Affy
• Elevator Baby
• Bling Lagosians
• Sugar Rush

 

15. 15) Best Short Film

• Dial 112
• Pole Girl
• The Honourable
• Dan kasa
• The Bean Hawker

 

16. 16) Best Documentary

• Journey to Gambia
• Tame The Serial Killer
• Learners

 

17. 17) Movie with the Best Special Effect

• Lucifer
• Unroyal
• Sugar Rush
• Living in Bondage (Breaking Free)

17. 18) Movie with the Best Screenplay
• This Lady Called Life
• Bling Lagosians
• Elevator Baby
• The Sessions
• Living in Bondage (Breaking Free)
• Dear Affy

 

19. 19) Best Use of Nigerian Food in a Movie
• This Lady Called Life
• Traffic
• The Sessions
• My Grandfather’s Wife
• WEDE

 

20. 20) Best use of Costume in a Movie
• Unroyal
• Broken Water
• WEDE
• Living in Bondage(Breaking in Bondage)
• Isodehi

 

21. 21) Best Use of Make-up in a Movie
• Living in Bondage(Breaking Free)
• The Sessions
• WEDE
• Broken Water
• Isodehi

 

22. 22) Movie with the Best Sound
• Unroyal
• Living in Bondage
• Kambili

 

23. 23) Movie with the Best Sound Track
• Traffic
• Colours of Deceit
• Living in Bondage
• Lucifer
• The Sessions
• Country Hard

 

24. 24) Movie with the Best Editing
• Living in Bondage(Breaking Free)
• This Lady Called Life
• Sugar Rush
• Elevator Baby
• The Sessions

 

25. 25) Movie with the Best Production Design
• This Lady Called Life
• Unroyal
• Living in Bondage(Breaking Free)
• WEDE
• Isodehi
• Broken Water

 

26. 26) Movie with the Best Cinematography
• Living in Bondage(Breaking Free)
• Unroyal
• Sugar Rush
• Bling Lagosians
• Dear Affy

 

27. 27) Best Kiss in a movie
• Alex Ekubo/Sharon Ooja – Bling Lagosians
• JKA Swanky/Munachi Abii – Living in Bondage (Breaking Free)
• Laura Fidel/Kunle Remi- Pole Girl
• Omowunmi Dada/Efa Iwara – The Sessions
• IK Ogbonna/Maltida Lambert-Unroyal

 

28. 28) Most Promising Actor of the Year
• Tobi Bakare – Sugar Rush
• Denola Grey – Bling Lagosians
• Obinna Montero – Too Old for This

 

29. 29) Most Promising Actress of the Year
• Banke Joye – Traffic
• Motilola Adekunle – To Have and To Hold
• Aisha Mohammed – Colours of Deceit
• Chinelo Enemchukwu – Perfect Marriage
• Mary John – Perfect Marriage

 

30. 30) Revelation of the Year (Male)
• Tunde Aderinoye
• Fuad Ferdinand
• Swanky JKA
• Mike Afolarin
• Moshood Fattah
• Heavens Obule

 

1. 31) Revelation of the Year (Female)
• Muniachi Abi
• Bolaji Ogunmola
• Dami Awokoya
• Mimi Daniels
• Temi Otedola

 

32. 32) Director of the Year
• Kayode Kasum – This Lady Called Life
• Ramsey Nouah – Living in Bondage (Breaking Free)
• Lancelot Imasuen – WEDE
• Akay Mason – Elevator Baby
• Judith Audu- The Sessions
• Kayode Kasum – Sugar Rush

 

33. 33) Movie of the Year
• Living in Bondage(Breaking Free)
• This Lady Called Life
• The Sessions
• WEDE
• Sugar Rush
• Elevator Baby

 

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World Hepatitis Day is celebrated to spread awareness about the hepatitis virus which primarily affects the liver and causes inflammation which subsequently leads to other health complications including liver cancer.

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Amongst the five main types of hepatitis virus; A, B, C, D & E the most deadly are B & C which combined together claims over approximately 1.3 million deaths yearly, according to @WHO reports.

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Even during the current Coronavorus pandemic, the hepatitis virus is also adding to the mortality count of the world. The theme for World Hepatitis Day 2020 particularly designated by WHO to help spread awareness about the various factors involved with this disease is 'Hepatitis-free future' which mainly focuses on preventing hepatitis B virus infection among mothers and new horns. 

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On this year's World Hepatitis Day, the WHO has issued the guidelines to be followed for this agenda and implored all countries to make collective effort and eliminate hepatitis virus within 2030. It further issued some general guidelines for the people to follow. 

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- All pregnant women should do routine checkups for hepatitis B, HIV and syphilis and receive proper treatment if needed

- should be given access to prevention, testing and treatment of hepatitis. This also includes drugs addicts, prisoners, migrants, and others who are affected 

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Breaking: Secondary School Students in Exit Classes to Resume August 4 For WAEC Exams Starting August 17

The Ministry of Education has announced that exit classes in Secondary schools across the nation will reopen for academic activities on August 4.

 

A statement released Monday, July 27, 2020 by the Director of Press, Ministry Of Education, Ben Bem Goong, says students in exit classes are to resume immediately after the Salah breaks so they can take their WAEC examinations scheduled to begin August 17.

 

Goong said this decision was taken at the virtual consultative meeting of the Federal Ministry of Education, Commissioners of Education in the 36 states, the Nigerian Union of Teachers, Proprietors of Private schools, and Chief Executive of Examination bodies.

 

The Federal government had initially suspended the reopening of schools due to the increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases.

 

Read the statement from the Ministry of Education below;

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