Mercy Aigbe, Nonso Diobi To Host Best Of Nollywood Awards

The organizers of the annual Best Of Nollywood (BON) awards have announced that Mercy Aigbe and Nonso Diobi would be the hosts of the prestigious awards. On November 11, 2012, industry stakeholders would storm the yet-to-be announced venue of the show.

According to the Executive producer Seun Oloketuyi of the awards, “we decided to choose both accompanied role
interpreters because we believe that they will add spark and fire to this year’s awards, which is expected to be the biggest of the past editions.

Funke Akindele, Tonto Dikeh and Ini
Edo are all nominated for the Actress of
the year award category while Uti
Nwachukwu, Van Vicker, Joe Benjamin and Wale Ojo made the Actor of
the year award category.

Here are the nominees.

BEST ACTOR ENGLISH IN A LEADING ROLE
1. WALE OJO - PHONE SWAP
2. VAN VICKER – THE SEARCH
3. JOSEPH BENJAMIN – MARRIED BUT LIVING SINGLE
4. NWACHUCKWU Uti – IN THE
CUPBOARD

BEST ACTRESS ENGLISH IN A
LEADING ROLE
1. FUNKE AKINDELE – MARRIED
BUT LIVING SINGLE
2. NSE ETIM – PHONE SWAP
3. TONTO DIKEH – MY LIFE MY
DAMAGE
4. INI EDO – I TAKE MY CHANCE
5. SHAFFY BELLO AKINRIMISI – THE SCORE

BEST ACTOR YORUBA IN A LEADING ROLE
1. FEMI ADEBAYO – AIYEKOOTO
2. ODUNLADE ADEKOLA – IRANO
MEJI
3. FEMI ADEBAYO – SONTO
ALAPATA
4. MUYIWA ADEMOLA – EYINJU
ELEDUMARE

BEST ACTRESS YORUBA IN A LEADING ROLE
1. BISI KOMOLAFE – AIYEKOOTO
2. FATHIA BALOGUN – SUNMISOLA OTELEMUYE
3. LIZ ANJORIN – KOFO TINUBU
4. AYO ADESANYA – AMOPE ALASELA
5. BIMBO AKINTOLA – EYINJU
ELEDUMARE

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
HAUSA
1. ALI NUHU – MADUBIN DUBAWA
2. ADAM A ZANGO – ADAMSY
3. ADAM A ZANGO – AHLUL KITAL

BEST YORUBA ACTRESS IN A
SUPPORTING ROLE
1. IYABO OJO – IJO OLOMO
2. KEHINDE BANKOLE - OJUKOJU
3. IRETI OSAYEMI ADEOYE –
JEJERE
4. ENIOLA BADMUS –
IJEWURU

BEST ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE
ENGLISH
1. YEMI BLAQ – THE SEARCH
2. HAFEEZ OYETORO – PHONE
SWAP
3. JIDE KOSOKO – LAST FLIGHT TO
ABUJA
4. ALEX EKUBO – IN THE CUPBOARD

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING
ROLE ENGLISH
1. NSE ETIM – THE SEARCH
2. TONTO DIKEH – BROKEN
SILENCE
3. NADIA BUARI – HOLDING HOPE
4. MARY URANTA – MISRESS

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING
ROLE HAUSA
1. RAHAMA HASSAN – MADUBIN
DUBAWA
2. LADIDI FAGGE – ADAMSY
3. ZAINAB ABDULLAHI – AHLAL
KILAB

MOST PROMISING ACT MALE
1. BRYAN – I TAKE MY CHANCES
2. TONY MONJERO – LAST FLIGHT
TO ABUJA
3. ALEX EKUBO – IN THE CUPBOARD
4. IFEANYI KALU – UDEME

MOST PROMISING ACT FEMALE
1. ARIKE AKINYANJU – EYINJU
ELEDUMARE
2. BELINDA EFFIAH –
KOKOMA
3. IYOBOSA OLAYE – ADESUWA
4. MOYO LAWAL – HOLDING HOPE
5. YEWANDE ADEKOYA – OMO
ELEMOSHO

CHILD ACTOR OF THE YEAR
1. WALE AKINWUNMI –
AMOPE ALASELA
2. MAC DONALD OKOROWU –
WANDERER
CHILD ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
1. TOYIN ADEBIYI – JEJERE
2. PRISCILLA OJO –
JEJELOYE
3. SHARON – LAST FLIGHT
TO ABUJA
4. DEOLA FASEYI – MARRIED
BUT LIVING SINGLE
5. GBEMISOLA OBADEYI –
AMOPE ALASELA

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
1. DESMOND ELLIOT – IN
THE CUPBOARD
2. BAYO TIJANI –
AIYEKOOTO
3. KUNLE AFOLAYAN –
PHONE SWAP
4. OBI EMENLOYE – LAST
FLIGHT TO ABUJA
5. TUNDE LAOYE – MARRIED
BUT LIVING SINGLE

MOVIE OF THE YEAR
1. IN THE CUPBOARD
2. AIYEKOOTO
3. PHONESWAP
4. ADESUWA
5. MARRIED BUT LIVING
SINGLE

COMEDY MOVIE OF THE YEAR
1. IJEWURU
2. OKON LAGOS 2
3. AMOPE ALASELA

BEST MOVIE WITH A SOCIAL
MESSAGE
1. MY LIFE MY DAMAGE
2. KOFO TINUBU
3. LAST FLIGHT TO ABUJA
4. JEJERE
5. VICTIMS OF LIFE

SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR
1. AIYEKOOTO
2. IN THE CUPBOARD
3. THE SEARCH
4. PHONE SWAP
5. AMOPE ALASELA

CINEMATOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR
1. ADESUWA
2. IGBA N BAJO
3. PHONE SWAP
4. IN THE CUPBOARD
5. AIYEKOOTO

MOVIE WITH BEST SOUND
1. ADESUWA
2. IGBA N BAJO
3. SONTO ALAPATA
4. PHONE SWAP
5. EYINJU ELEDUMARE

BEST EDITED MOVIE
1. PHONE SWAP
2. I TAKE MY CHANCES
3. IN THE CUPBOARD
4. AIYEKOOTO
5. IGBA N BAJO

BEST PRODUCTION SET
1. SONTO ALAPATA
2. PHONE SWAP
3. EYINJU ELEDUMARE
4. AIYEKOOTO
5. ADESUWA

BEST ACTOR HAUSA
1. ALI NUHU – MADUBIN
DUBAWA
2. ADAM A ZANGO – ADAMSY
3. ADAM A ZANGO – AHLUL
KITAB

SUPPORTING ACTOR HAUSA
1. SADDIK SANI SADDIK –
ADAMSY
2. AL’AMIN BUHARI – AHLUL
KITAB

BEST ACTRESS HAUSA
1. NAPISA ABDULLAHI –
MADUBIN DABAWA
2. FATI LADAN – ADAMSY
3. NAPISA ABDULLAHI –
AHLUL KITAB

SUPPORTING ACTRESS HAUSA
1. RAHAMA HASSAN –
MADUBI DUBAWA
2. LADIDI FAGGE – ADAMSY
3. ZAINAB ABDULLAHI –
AHLUL KITAB

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE YORUBA
1. IBRAHIM CHITTA –
AIYEKOOTO
2. KAYODE AKINBAYO –
IGBAN
3. RICARDO AGBOR –
OJUKOJU
4. GABRIEL AFOLAYAN –
TANGIRI

ONGA BEST USE OF NIGERIAN FOOD IN A NOLLYWOOD FILM
1. IJEWURU
2. UDEME
3. IN THE CUPBOARD
4. AIYEKOOTO
5. EYINJU

BEST SHORT FILM
1. NKIN
2. SILVER LINING

BEST USE OF COSTUME
1. JEJERE
2. SOTONTO ALAPATA
3. I TAKE MY CHANCE
4. IGBA N BAJO
5. ADESUA

BEST KISS IN A NIGERIA MOVIE
1. UTI & TONTO – BROKEN
SILENCE
2. 9ICE & LAIDE – JEJERE
3. NSE & BOLA – SEARCH
4. TONTO &THOMAS
AITMAN – MY LIFE MY DAMAGE
5. DESMOND AND NSE -
SPELLBOUND

BEST PRINT MEDIA JOURNALIST
1. VICTOR AKANDE
2. BIODUN KUPOLUYI
3. SAM OLATUNJI
4. HAZEEZ BALOGUN