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SEE FULL LIST: ‘Shanty Town’ leads BON Award nominations with 15 nods

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‘Shanty Town’, a film produced by Chinenye Nworah, has led the nominations for 2023 Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards.

The nominees for the yearly award ceremony, which honours outstanding achievements in the Nigerian movie industry, were unveiled in a statement on Sunday.

‘Shanty Town’, a crime thriller created by Xavier Ighorodje and Chichi Nworah bagged fifteen nominations out of the 29 categories of the BON Awards.

Chloe Coko’s ‘Herdsmen’, and ‘Underbelly’ by Tunde Aina were each nominated in eleven categories.

The BON Awards ceremony was first held in December 2009, in Ikeja, Lagos and has continued to be a creative strata for the Nigerian movie industry.

The award ceremony has been hosted in different states including Ogun, Oyo, Kogi, Kano, Ekiti, Delta, and Abia, among others.

This year’s edition of the annual award ceremony is scheduled to hold on December 22 and the host state will be unveiled soon.

See the full list below:

BEST CHILD ACTOR (FEMALE)

Princess Kosi (The Other one)

Angel (Here Love Lies)

Fisayomi Amodemaja (Keji)

Darasimi Nadi (Obara’m)

BEST SOCIAL MESSAGE

Black Harvest

Asa

Sister

Herdsmen

Shanty Town

BEST SHORT FILM

Za

Agogo

A Playboy’s Nightmare

She Was Not At War, I Was

Tales Of The Browbeaten

DOCUMENTARY

Genius in Disguise

SPECIAL EFFECT

Underbelly

Herdsmen

Shanty Town

Ite

Inadvertence

SOUND TRACK

Obara’m

The Other One

Underbelly

Herdsmen

Inadvertence

SOUND

Shanty Town

Here Love Lies

House of Secrets

Herdsmen

Obara’m

BEST USE OF COSTUME

Dice

Herdsmen

Underbelly

Ite

Shanty Town

SCREENPLAY

Afamefuna

Asa

50/50

Here Love Lies

The Other One

USE OF FOOD

Ifedichie

Time Travel

Inadvertence

Here Love Lies

50/50

BEST KISS

Kiki Bakare/Mimisola Daniels (Egun)

Efe Irele/Shawn Faqua (House of Secrets)

Olu Adebamowo/Kiitan Bukola (Square One)

BEST USE OF MAKE UP

SOJ

Shanty Town

Underbelly

Herdsmen

EDITING

House of Secrets

Shanty Town

Black Harvest

The Other One

Keji

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Underbelly

Herdsmen

Black Harvest

House of Secrets

Shanty Town

CINEMATOGRAPHY

House of Secrets

Shanty Town

Ite

Herdsmen

Underbelly

MOST PROMISING ACTOR

Smart Conrad (Underbelly)

Nura Mc Khan (Herdsmen)

Olu Adebamowo (Square one)

Olaiya Temitope (Inadvertence)

MOST PROMISING ACTRESS

Tierny Olalere (Inadvertence)

Chinelo Enemchukwu (Ifedichie)

50/50 (Funke Tanimola)

Olusola Adeola (Time Travel)

BEST INDIGENOUS

Afamefuna

Obara’m

Ifedichie

Underbelly

Herdsmen

IGBO FILM

Ifedichie

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (YORUBA)

Ibrahim Yekini (SOJ)

Jide Awobona (Square one)

Funsho Adeolu (Asa)

Olaitan Jewola (Alebu Ara)

Muyiwa Ademola (Time Travel)

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (YORUBA)

Kiitan Bukola (Egun)

Habiba Jinad (Alebu Ara)

Damipe Adekola (Ite)

Jumoke Odetola (Square One)

Regina Chukwu (Adaba)

BEST ACTOR IN A YORUBA MOVIE

Rotimi Salami (Adaba)

Ibrahim Yekini (Igboro)

Kiki Bakare (Egun)

Niyi Johnson (Time Travel)

Mustipha Solagbade (50/50)

BEST ACTRESS IN A YORUBA MOVIE

Mercy Aigbe (Romola Alakara)

Damilola Oni (Ite)

Anike Ami (Igboro)

Mimisola Daniels (Egun)

Debbie Sokoya (Keji)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (ENGLISH)

Stan Nze (Underbelly)

Ali Nuhu (Herdsmen)

Zubby Michael (SHANTY Town)

Kalu Ikeagu (The Other one)

Femi Jacob (House of Secrets)

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (ENGLISH)

Princess Nwokoye (Strained)

Omowunmi Dada (Here Love Lies)

Jasmine Naza Onyia (Ifedichie)

Nse Npe Etim (SHANTY Town)

Lillian Amah (The Other One)

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ENGLISH MOVIE

Tracy George (Strained)

Lucy Ameh (The Other One)

Ini Edo (SHANTY Town)

Najite Dede (House of Secrets)

Chinelo Enemchukwu (Ifedichie)

BEST ACTOR IN AN ENGLISH MOVIE

Chidi Mokeme (SHANTY Town)

Kelechi Udegbe

(The Other One)

Tim Shelburne (Here Love Lies)

Shawn Faqua (House of Secrets)

Smart Conrad (Underbelly)

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Biodun Stephen (Sista)

Dimeji Ajibola (Shanty Town)

Tope Oshin (Here Love lies)

Toka Mcbaror (Herdsmen)

Kayode Kasum (Obara’m)

MOVIE OF THE YEAR

Shanty Town

Underbelly

Here Love lies

Herdsmen

Black Harvest

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Fire guts Orezi’s residence in Lekki

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A fire outbreak occurred at the Lekki residence of Orezi, the Nigerian singer.

The singer shared a video of the incident via his Instagram page on Tuesday.

The footage released shows the properties of the singer destroyed by the fire.

In a caption, Orezi said he had received a call from his neighbour who informed him that his house was on fire.

He said he initially thought it was a joke but was confronted with the devastating reality after rushing to his house.

“Last night was really hectic. Still trying to figure out and wrap my head around all that happened,” the singer wrote.

“I am sitting here asking myself why me. God is indeed merciful. Can’t thank God enough.

“I was at a meeting in Lekki county last night around 11.48 pm when I got a call from my neighbour, Bobrisky, that my house was on fire. I initially thought this was a joke.

“I was like, ‘Which kind yeye joke bob Dey give me so?’ Immediately I raced down to my house, what I saw broke me.”

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Naira Marley makes first public appearance after release from police custody

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Naira Marley has been spotted in public for the first time since his release from police custody.

The singer was arrested in October alongside Sam Larry, his associate, following allegations of their involvement in the death of Mohbad, Marley’s former signee.

They were released on bail in November after spending over five weeks in detention.

In a now-viral video, Marley was spotted in the company of Sam Larry and Zinoleesky, one of his signees.

They were all smiles as they visited an orphanage in Lagos.

In another video, the trio were seen giving out food items to the needy.

The video has sparked several mixed reactions on social media, with some happy that they had regained their freedom and others expressing their displeasure at the Mohbad case remaining inconclusive.

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Nigerian lady, Eniola Sisialagbo, aims to set world record by cooking herbs for 300 hours

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A Nigerian lady, Eniola Sisialagbo, is attempting to set a world record for cooking herbs.

In a social media post, Eniola said the attempt is titled ‘Agbo-A-Thon’ and has been approved by the Guinness World Records (GWR).

“Guinness Book of Records has approved for me to do Agbo-A-Thon,” she said.

“I am cooking Agbo (herbs) for 300 hours in Ibadan. Kindly wish me well.”

In a flier, the herb seller, who hails from Oyo, said the attempt will take place in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state.

“Eniola Sisialagbo an indigene of Ipapo Mesunagbo Itesiwaju LGA of Oyo state embarks on a national history to cook herbs/agbo for 300 hours,” the flier reads.

Eniola joins the growing list of Nigerians who have attempted GWR tasks since the beginning of 2023.

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