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  • Nigerian artists lose all Grammy nominations

    Nigerian artists lose all Grammy nominations

    No nominated Nigerian artiste won in any of their categories.

    The Nation reported that Davido, Burna Boy, Ayra Starr, Asake, and Olamide were all nominated for the 66th Grammy Awards, which held at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles.

    Davido bagged three nominations in his first Grammy debut while existing winner, Burna Boy, bagged four nominations.

    Asake, Arya Starr, and Olamide got one nomination each.

    They were all nominated in the maiden Best African Music Performance category alongside South Africa’s Tyla.

    Read Also: GRAMMY 2024: Burna Boy, Davido, Olamide, Ayra Starr, Asake, Olamide lose out

    Davido and Burna Boy were also nominated for the Best Global Music Album and Best Global Music Performance categories.

    Burna Boy was also nominated for Best Melodic Rap Performance.

    However, having bagged different nominations, none of the Nigerian artist won their nominations on Sunday.

  • NBA opens nominations

    The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has opened nominations for elections.

    It urged aspirants to pick their forms and acquaint themselves with the provisions of the NBA 2015 constitution as amended.

    It’s Secretary, Mr. Bolaji Agoro, said in a statement: “In line with the 2018 Election. Guidelines issued by the NBA Electoral Committee (ECNBA) on April 19, 2018, the Committee wishes to announce that nomination forms are now available on the following platforms from May 2 till May 31 when submission closes.

    “Members who are interested in contesting for any of the national offices are hereby urged to obtain their forms and familiarise themselves with the NBA Constitution 2015 as amended and the NBA 2018 Election Guidelines issued by the Committee.”

    The election will hold from July 27 to 28. Only lawyers who have paid their practising fees are qualified to vote. Voting will be done electronically.

    The ECNBA had on April 19 released guidelines and timetable for the election.

    By virtue of Section 8 (3) of the Constitution of the NBA 2015, a member of the association shall be qualified to contest a National Office if such member has paid, as at the date of his/her nomination, the Bar Practice Fees and Branch Dues for three consecutive years. Each of the payments must have been made as and when due, i.e on or before March 31 of each year.

    The member must also be in private legal practice and must have at any time prior to his/her nomination been either a member of the National Executive Committee or Branch Executive Committee as may be applicable to the post being contested in line with Section 8(3)(c)(i)-(iii) of the Constitution.

    Candidates for the offices of President, First Vice President, Second Vice President and Third Vice President must not be less than 15 years post-enrolment to bar.

    Candidates for the offices of General Secretary, Treasurer, Publicity Secretary, Financial Secretary, Welfare Secretary and Legal Adviser. For the office of First Assistant Secretary, the candidates must not be less than eight years post-enrolment to bar.

    Candidates for the offices of Second Assistant Secretary, Assistant Publicity Secretary and Assistant Financial Secretary must not be less than five years post-enrolment to bar.

    In computing post-enrolment at the Bar for the qualification and nomination of candidates, the ECNBA shall take into consideration whether the candidate/member paid his/her Bar Practicing Fees promptly.

  • Group calls for nominations

    The Nigerian Healthcare Excel-lence Award (NHEA) has called for nominations.

    Its Project Director Dr. Wale Alabi,  said this edition would be bigger and exciting, in view of the increased activities in the sector.

    To nominate for corporate or individual categories, the public should visit www.nigeriahealth-awards. com.ng, he said.

    Nominations will close on May 25, before the online voting will kick off. The award jury will select winners in the various categories.

    He said winners of the various categories would be honoured in June at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos.

    NHEA is organised by Global Health Project and Resources (GHPR) in collaboration with Anadach Group, United States.

    Alabi said about 23 awards and recognitions would be presented at the ceremony, made up of four main categories: Special Awards, Health care Delivery Services, Biomedical Technology and Pharmaceuticals.

    Some of the awards include the Lifetime Achievements Award, Outstanding State Government Healthcare Programme of the Year, Outstanding CSR Health Project of the Year, Healthcare Media Excellence (print and electronic), Private Healthcare Provider of the Year,

    Other are Public Healthcare Provider of the Year, Laboratory service provider of the Year, and Radiology Service Provider of the Year.

    There are Biomedical Engineering Service Company of the Year, IVF Service Provider of the Year, Dialysis Service Provider of the Year, Eyecare Service Provider of the Year, Laboratory Equipment Marketing Company of the Year, Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Award of the Year.

    NHEA Director of Strategy, Marketing and Communication, Moses Braimah, said NHEA will continue to provide a virile platform for the recognition, reward and celebration of successes, innovations, growth and excellence in the health Sector.

    ‘’Moreover, we have observed that the award has been able to stimulate quality improvement and innovation in the health sector leading to improved service delivery and management of key health issues and the capacity of individuals to influence and set new performance standards in Nigeria and beyond.

  • Group calls for nominations

    The Nigerian Healthcare Excel-lence Award (NHEA) has called for nominations.

    Its Project Director Dr. Wale Alabi,  said this edition would be bigger and exciting, in view of the increased activities in the sector.

    To nominate for corporate or individual categories, the public should visit www.nigeriahealth-awards. com.ng, he said.

    Nominations will close on May 25, before the online voting will kick off. The award jury will select winners in the various categories.

    He said winners of the various categories would be honoured in June at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos.

    NHEA is organised by Global Health Project and Resources (GHPR) in collaboration with Anadach Group, United States.

    Alabi said about 23 awards and recognitions would be presented at the ceremony, made up of four main categories: Special Awards, Health care Delivery Services, Biomedical Technology and Pharmaceuticals.

    Some of the awards include the Lifetime Achievements Award, Outstanding State Government Healthcare Programme of the Year, Outstanding CSR Health Project of the Year, Healthcare Media Excellence (print and electronic), Private Healthcare Provider of the Year,

    Other are Public Healthcare Provider of the Year, Laboratory service provider of the Year, and Radiology Service Provider of the Year.

    There are Biomedical Engineering Service Company of the Year, IVF Service Provider of the Year, Dialysis Service Provider of the Year, Eyecare Service Provider of the Year, Laboratory Equipment Marketing Company of the Year, Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Award of the Year.

    NHEA Director of Strategy, Marketing and Communication, Moses Braimah, said NHEA will continue to provide a virile platform for the recognition, reward and celebration of successes, innovations, growth and excellence in the health Sector.

    ‘’Moreover, we have observed that the award has been able to stimulate quality improvement and innovation in the health sector leading to improved service delivery and management of key health issues and the capacity of individuals to influence and set new performance standards in Nigeria and beyond.

  • ‘Stormy Hearts’ gets BON nominations

    ‘Stormy Hearts’ gets BON nominations

    Nollywood movie, Stormy Hearts, from the stable of Judith Audu Production, has received two nominations in the soon-to-be-held Best of Nollywood Awards.

    The movie was nominated in the ‘Movie with the Best Soundtrack’ category alongside Oloibiri, Tatu, and Inikpi, as well as in the Best use of Nigerian Food in a Movie category alongside Picture Perfect, Ufuoma, and Trace.

    Speaking on the development, producer of the flick, Judith Audu-Foght said that is a testament to the fact that her outfit is doing something right.

    “We are glad that this nomination is coming at this time when we are shooting another movie. It is a sign that we are doing something right and we intend to improve on what we have done so far. I’m particularly happy for the artistes that worked on the soundtrack for Stormy Hearts, LASE, Goodness Emmanuel and Jordan Igbinoba, as they worked night and day to ensure all the original songs come out well,” she said.

    The Best of Nollywood Awards is an annual film event presented by Best of Nollywood Magazine. The award seeks to honour outstanding achievements in the Nigerian Movie Industry. The first edition was held on December 6, 2009, in Ikeja, Lagos State. This year, the award will be held at Ogun State in December.

    Directed by Tope Alake, and written by Brenda Ogbuka and Chijioke Ononiwu, Stormy Hearts stars Christiana Martin, Theresa Edem-Isemin, Eddie Watson, Kenneth Okolie, Fred Amata, Etinosa Idemudia, Kelechi Udegbe, Greg Ojefua, Rotimi Salami, Stan Nze, and a host of others.

    After Basi, a music producer, quarrels with his protégé Kachi, a talented singer, over her partying ways, she abandons him for Johnson, a bigger music producer in town and the breakup hits Basi hard.

  • WHY ANGRY BIGGIE CANCELED NOMINATIONS

    THIS week’s nomination show took an unexpected turn when Big Brother cancelled all the nominations by the housemates, saying he would decide who is to be evicted come Sunday night.

    The decision came after Biggie, as he is otherwise called, exposed a plot between Kemen and Marvis in a video he played on screen to the housemates. The furious Big Brother sentenced Kemen and Marvis to the isolation booth and also withdrew Bisola and Bally’s earned advantages. Meanwhile, he had earlier in the day issued a warning to fake housemates, Jon and Ese, after he screened their conspiracy and scolded them for breaking the rules.

    The gloom in the house was palpable as the housemates are now at the mercy of Big Brother, who will not be revealing the identities of the housemates for possible eviction to them but will share the information with the voting public.

    Interestingly, a look at the nomination results shows that fake housemates – Ese and Jon – had the highest number of nominations. Ese was nominated by Uriel, Marvis, Debie-rise, Bassey, Efe and Kemen; while Bally, Uriel, Debie-rise and Kemen nominated Jon. Perhaps the surprising twist was that Thin Tall Tony (TTT) did not have one single nomination and Uriel recorded her highest ever nomination nods as TBoss, TTT, Ese and Bisola put her up for possible eviction. However, these results will no longer hold, as Biggie will make his selection for the week.

    With viewers wondering what he could possibly be up to, the countdown to Sunday night’s eviction on 26 February has officially begun.

    The show which is sponsored by online retail store, PayPorte, airs 24/7 in 45 countries from Nigeria through East, West and Southern Africa on all DStv packages on channel 198 and GOtv channel 29.

  • Tiwa Savage gets 6 AFRIMMA nominations

    Tiwa Savage gets 6 AFRIMMA nominations

    Known for dishing out hot singles and having home and international collaborations, Marvin Records signee is reported to have gotten six nominations for the oncoming African Musik Magazine Awards, coming up October 15th, 2015 in Dallas.

    The awards listed for the songstress include: Artiste Of The Year: Best Female West Africa: AFRIMMA Video Of The Year: Best African Collaboration, Song Of The Year, and Best Artiste In African Contemporary.

    According to report, she has also being nominated for MOBO awards as ‘Best African Act’ an award established by Kanya King MBE, to recognise the outstanding achievements of artists who perform music in different genres.

    Her official soundtrack for A Trip To Jamaica movie is also said to be out for listening and download.

    Coming back after her maternity break, the mother of one is not resting; she is bill to perform alongside rapper, Phyno and singer, Davido, as the third headliner later this month at 3Thrones concert in Lagos, on October 23, 2016.

  • AMAA BRINGS NOMINATIONS TO LAGOS

    AMAA BRINGS NOMINATIONS TO LAGOS

    The nominees in the 28 categories of the African Movie Academy Awards, the annual pan-African reward system for motion picture practitioners will be unveiled in Lagos today, May 15th, according to the organisers.

    A statement released by the Chairman of the 2015 AMAA Jury, Mr. Shaibu Husseini reveals that the nominees will be unveiled at a media event at the Protea Hotel, Isaac John, GRA Ikeja, Lagos, a departure from the usual practice of announcing the nominees at a Gala Night ceremony.

    According to statistics released by Mr. Husseini feature films, documentaries, animations and short films were submitted by film makers within Africa and the Diaspora for the awards which is in its 12th edition.

    “Only 25 feature films will make it into nomination stage however they may not all be nominated. But the 25 made it to the final stages of AMAA selection out of the over 280 feature films received this year from over 25 African countries including Nigeria, Cape Verde, Gambia, Morrocco, Uganda, Togo, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Cameroun, Mali, Ethiopia, Niger, Kenya, Algeria and Egypt. Also 15 short films (Africa and diaspora) made it to the final stages but unfortunately only 8 of the African documentary films will make it to nomination and 3 Diaspora short films,” he said.

    The Board of Jurors of AMAA which has members which include academics, film makers, critics and Film Festival curators from Nigeria, Germany, United States, Zimbabwe, Jamaica and Burkina Faso will decide on which film and individual talents that will make the nominations and also eventual winners.

    The award has a very thorough and four stages of pre-screening process before the College of Screeners who makes the final works will go to the Board of Jurors.