AHEAD of this year’s Nollywood Movies Award (NMA), organizers have
released the list of nominees who will go head to head for honour at the
award ceremony billed for October. The Nominees party held at the
Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, attracted notable movie stars
and practitioners in the country’s motion picture industry.
Notable among guests presents are Segun Arinze, Bimbo Akintola, Joseph
Benjamin, Chika Ike, Ashionye Raccar, Omoni Oboli, Susan Peters, Fidelis
Duker, Kingsley Ogoro, Obi Emelonye, Ossy Ukaeje, Charles Novia, Julius
Agwu and others.
The Best Movie category has Hoodrush,
Journey To Self, The Meeting, Phone Swap, Udeme Mmi and Mrs Somebody,
while Bayo Alawiye (The Gods Are Still Not To Blame), Gabriel Afolayan
(First Cause), Iyke Adiele (Broken), Ossy Ukeje (Hoodrush) Moses
Armstrong (Udeme Mmi) and Wale Ojo (Phone Swap) will battle for Best
Lead Actor. The Best Lead Actress category has Rita Dominic (The
Meeting) Nse Ikpe-Etim (Mr & Mrs), Mercy Johnson (Dumebi), Funke
Akindele (Ma’ami), Bimbo Akintola (Hoodrush), Uche Jombo (Mrs Somebody).
For the Best Supporting Actor, Imeh Bishop Udoh, Akin Lewis, Bimbo
Manuel, Gabriel Afolayan, Afeez Oyetoro, Bob Manuel will slug it out,
while Ngozi Ezeonu, Barbara Soky, Ada Ameh, Chelsea Eze and Mary Chukwu
are up for Best Supporting Actress. Best Actor Indigenous category has
Ekere Nkanga (Kokomma), Wole Ojo (Maa’mi), Segun ‘Lanko’ Ogunremi
(Odasan) and Imeh Bishop Udoh (Udeme Mmi)