3rd Eko International Film Festival Pulls More Crowds on Closing Day

3rd Eko International Film Festival Pulls More Crowds on Closing Day

Aloysius Onyejegbu, Nollywood actor and Festival Coordinator of Eko International Film Festival smiling beside Mr. Fidelis Duker, prolific Nollywood filmmaker and Founder/CEO of Abuja International Film Festival with President of Eko International Film Festival Mr. Hope Obioma Opara and Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, Founder/Festival Director of Eko International Film Festival on the opening day at the atrium of the Silverbird Galleria on Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.

Aloysius Onyejegbu, Nollywood actor and Festival Coordinator of Eko International Film Festival smiling beside Mr. Fidelis Duker, prolific Nollywood filmmaker and Founder/CEO of Abuja International Film Festival with film producer Tony Godson and Felix Omokagbo Jegede, Festival Coordinator, Screen Outdoor Open Air Cinema. on the opening day at the atrium of the Silverbird Galleria on Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.

People at the atrium of the Silverbird Galleria on the opening day of the 3rd Eko International Film Festival Saturday evening November 5, 2012.

The third Eko International Film Festival closed with an impressive audience Saturday night as Michael Oke’s white guy dating black girl love story ?Foreign Love and the world premiere of C.J. Obasi’s Jim & Joan attracted more people than the opening day as the crowd of movie lovers and others who came to the event left satisfied and commended the organizers, Supple Communications Limited.

President of Eko International Film Festival Mr. Hope Obioma Opara with Founder/Festival Director Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima and Festival Coordinator Aloysius Onyejegbu, aka 2MS.

Mr. Hope Obioma Opara, Aloysius Onyejegbu and associate Tony Godson.

From the inaugural edition in 2010 to the third edition, Eko International Film Festival has attracted top filmmakers from the host country Nigeria, the US and Europe such as the multiple awards winning documentary filmmaker and political rights activist Iara Lee, the Korean born Brazilian whose latest documentary film The Suffering Grasses on the current Syrian Crisis was seen in West Africa for the first time and rated as the best documentary feature of the film festival ahead of the multiple awards winning Project Happiness of Randy Taran and John Sorensen and other good documentaries in the official selection of the third Eko International Film Festival. The opening film Nicolas Wadimoff’s Operation Libertad was the most outstanding feature. Noel Gálvez’S Blue Sheep was rated as the most outstanding short documentary for its profound illustration of the triumph of the human spirit in spite of the challenges of survival in a hostile environment as shown in the magical story between a documentary and a fictional plot set in Villamayor de Campos in Zamora (Spain) where many neighbours are affected by Cancer, caused by an energy tower.

Mr. Hope Obioma Opara with C.J. Obasi, director of Jim & Joan.

Mr. Hope Obioma Opara with two Heineken hostesses.

A Nigerian actor Jean Abbey who played the role in Jim & Joan with Mr. Hope Obioma Opara and C.J. Obasi, director of Jim & Joan.

Niji Akanni’s Heroes & Zeroes was rated as the most outstanding Nigerian film and also the most entertaining for the audience ahead of Foreign Love by American based Nigerian filmmaker Michael Oke. CJ Obasi’s debut Jim & Joan was the most daring and scary film at the film festival with hints of Lars von Trier’s outrageous expressionism that the young Nigerian filmmaker said has influenced his themes.

What makes a successful film festival is the quality of the content and over ninety percent of the 22 films screened at the third edition of the film festival have been award winning films at other major international film festivals in Europe, US and Asia. But any film festival is not complete without film workshops and film markets for filmmakers, distributors and others and they have been missing at every edition of the Eko International Film Festival. And competitions have been excluded for now, because of lack of funds and inadequate logistics. The much publicized maiden Nollywood Divas Awards that would have been the high point of the third Eko International Film Festival was postponed until further notice, because the organizers did not receive the cooperation of the Actors Guild of Nigeria ((AGN) due to factional disagreements and petty rivalries among the members who have been boycotting the film festival after their attempts to dictate to the organizers failed.

One of the top nominees of the Nollywood Divas Awards Rita Dominic the best actress at the 2012 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) and another nominee were seen at the 2012 Kuramo Conference same Saturday night at the Conference Centre of Eko Hotel & Suites International and they wondered how the organizers could launch the awards without any formal invitation given to the 20 nominees.
“The organizers have not done the right thing, that is why we cannot attend the film festival,” said one of them.

But Mr. Hope Obioma Opara, President of Eko International Film Festival said he actually invited everyone of them through a formal official letter of invitation addressed to Ibinabo Fiberisima, President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) which was the right thing to do. In fact, he also met with former president of the AGN, Ejike Asiegbu and Zik Zulu Okafor, President of the Association of Movie Producers (AMP) months ago, but internal disputes caused by different interest groups in the guilds have made him to postpone the Nollywood Divas Awards till 2013.

“We are still going to launch the maiden Nollywood Divas Awards sponsored as a separate event before the next Eko International Film Festival,” said Mr. Opara.
He thanked Heineken, Silverbird Cinemas, Silverbird TV, Galaxy TV, National Mirror, Daily Sun, The Nation, The Guardian, Entertainment Express, Daily Champion, OnoBello and others for their cooperation and support to make the third Eko International Film Festival a successful event and increasing his determination to improve the standards in the future editions regardless of the challenges.


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Nigerian and Cameroonian Journalists Face Unlawful Assembly Charges in Cameroon

Activists press for secession from Cameroon on October 1. (Le Messager). Photo Credit: Committee To Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Bashiru Edua, Editor of African Drum magazine in Jos, Nigeria and Martin Yembe Fon, Editor of The Frontier Telegraph of Cameroon were arrested last month in the southwestern town of Buea in Cameroon for covering a secessionist gathering. The two are free on bail, but face fines and up to six months in jail.

The Committee to Protect Journalists Friday November 9, 2012 called on Cameroonian officials to drop criminal charges against  the two journalists, but same day the court heard their defense and the case was adjourned until March 14, their lawyer, Ajong Stanislaus Anuaboudem, told CPJ.

The following is a press statement from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). 

9 Nov 2012 05:05 Africa/Lagos

Two Journalists Face Unlawful Assembly Charges in Cameroon

NEW YORK, November 9, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Cameroonian officials to drop criminal charges against two journalists who were arrested last month in the southwestern town of Buea for covering a secessionist gathering. The two are free on bail but face fines and up to six months in jail.


Martin Yembe Fon, who is editor of local newspaper The Frontier Telegraph, and Bashiru Edua, a Nigerian national and editor of African Drum magazine publishing in Jos, Nigeria, still face charges of unlawful assembly. Today, the court heard their defense and the case was adjourned until March 14, their lawyer, Ajong Stanislaus Anuaboudem, told CPJ.


Fon and Edua were arrested on October 1 as they tried to cover a gathering at a local church, according to news reports and local journalists. Police officers stopped Fon and Edua and seized their press cards before ordering them to go inside, Fon told CPJ. "While in the church, we took pictures of the over 100 activists and church officials praying," he said. "Midway into the prayers, a large contingent of policemen invaded the premises with police vans, ordering all to walk into the vans or be brutalized."


Fon and Edua were driven along with the others to the central police station in Buea, where they were interrogated, fingerprinted, and photographed, leading independent daily Le Messager reported. After 10 hours of detention, they were taken to court and charged with unlawful assembly under Section 231(a) of the Cameroonian Penal Code, defense lawyer Anuaboudem told CPJ. The charge carries a maximum sentence of six months in prison and a fine of 100,000 CFA francs (US$200). The journalists pleaded not guilty and were released on bail at midnight on October 2, after six hours at the courthouse, Fon said.


Police have not returned Fon's digital camera or recorder, he said.



"Martin Yembe Fon and Bashiru Edua were apparently unconvenient witnesses to a crackdown on a gathering of secessionists, an issue of national public interest the Cameroonian government would rather suppress," said CPJ Africa Advocacy Coordinator Mohamed Keita. "We urge Cameroon authorities to drop charges against the two journalists, who were doing their job."


The activists had gathered to commemorate the date in 1961 on which the local province--formerly under British colonial mandate as Southern Cameroons--became part of the French-speaking Republic of Cameroon, according to the journalists and news reports. For the government, the date is a commemoration of national unity, but locals use the occasion to renew long-standing demands for secession from Cameroon. Le Messager quoted an unnamed police officer as saying that security forces stormed the church to prevent the group from staging a protest march after the service.


At an October 19 press conference, Cameroon government spokesman Issa Tchiroma Bakary denied that journalists are detained in the country for their work, according to news reports. He was speaking in response to joint findings by CPJ, PEN International and France-based Internet Sans Frontières that investigating corruption and reporting on political unrest are punishable acts for Cameroonian journalists. "We can observe, while regretting it, that certain ordinary citizens, journalists by profession, sometimes find themselves in our prisons, following accusations based on common law offenses, punishable by criminal law," Bakary said.


Source: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

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Obama’s Victory is A Beacon Of Hope To All – Princewill

OBAMA’S VICTORY A BEACON OF HOPE TO ALL – PRINCEWILL


Prince Tonye Princewill the Rivers state PDP stalwart and leader of Princewill Political Associates (PPA) has described the re-election of Barak Obama as a beacon of hope to all and a triumph of democracy. “This is truly remarkable and a sign of the triumph of hope over cynicism, the reward of hard work and evidence that if people take their fate into their own hands, they can rewrite their own history. I have always said politics is far too important to be left to politicians and I was glad to see ordinary Americans do what they do best. Write their own destiny”.

The Prince went on further to say, “We in Nigeria have a lot to learn from this great exhibition of people power. Nobody there played victim, everybody there showed an ability to stand up and fight not just for themselves but for each other. A love for their country symbolised in a simple and enduring patriotic spirit Nigerians would do well to think deeply about”.

Even as he celebrated with Americans and all well-meaning progressives, he warned Obama to remember his African roots even more in his final term. He urged Obama to take a deep interest in African issues particularly the promotion of investment in Africa as the security of the world and its financial sustainability lay in the continent.

He commended Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate for demonstrating statesmanship not only by conceding victory to the will of the people but for the manner and tone by which he did so. He urged Nigerian politicians to emulate this example as Nigerians were getting more and more aware of their power. “If we are to move our democracy forward the Prince concluded, we must listen to the voices of our people.

The pictures attached are that of Prince Tonye Princewill and Mrs Rosemary Princewill at Dubai recently.


~ Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze,
Media Consultant, PPA.

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World Premiere Of Jim And Joan On November 10 @ Silverbird Galleria, 5pm

The world of premiere of Jim & Joan: A Voodoo Tale (Feature) directed by C.J. ‘Fiery’ Obasi will close the 3rd Eko International Film Festival (EKOIFF) on Saturday November 10, 2012 at the Silverbird Galleria on Victoria Island, Lagos.



SYNOPSIS
A runaway Voodoo priestess is led to a young man. They become a couple and he is trapped in her snare of black magic, lost in her seduction, and supernatural domination he becomes helpless and finds himself a mere instrument in the hand of a higher, darker force and an even more sinister agenda, beyond his wildest imaginations.


The closing ceremony starts at 5 pm with a repeat of the romantic film Foreign Love by Michael Oke and Jay Wiggs of USA.

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Gays and Lesbians Claim President Obama's Re-Election Victory As US Stocks Fall

President Barack Obama celebrating his victory.


Gays and lesbians are claiming the successful reelection of incumbent President Barack Obama on Tuesday November 6, 2012. But his victory over the Republican presidential flag bearer Mitt Romney seems to have a negative impact on US stocks as The Telegraph reported that stock markets on Wall Street tumbled the following day.

Landslide Victory for LGBT Equality Up and Down the Ballot

From marriage campaigns to reelecting President Obama and other priorities, LGBT Americans were the big winners on election night

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil rights organization, reacted to the overwhelming electoral victories for LGBT people, calling it a milestone year with a clear mandate for equality moving forward.  For the past two years, HRC has been laying the groundwork for our largest mobilization effort ever to ensure 2012 is a turning point year for LGBT equality.  HRC and our energetic supporters have raised and contributed more than $20 million to reelect President Obama and to advance marriage equality and other electoral priorities this cycle.  On marriage equality, HRC invested $8.4 million this cycle to include $5.5 million in the four marriage ballot measure states.

HRC President Chad Griffin released the following statement:
"When the history books are written, 2012 will be remembered as the year when LGBT Americans won decisively at the ballot box.  The dreams of millions of fair-minded Americans were realized as discrimination crumbled and equality prevailed."

Marriage Wins at Ballot Box for First Time
"For the first time, voters in Maine and Maryland voted to allow loving couples to make lifelong commitments through marriage – forever taking away the right-wing talking point that marriage equality couldn't win on the ballot.  No amount of well-funded lies about our families could deceive Mainers and Marylanders.  We await results in Minnesota and Washington State but remain optimistic that they will be successful as well.  The momentum for marriage equality has never been stronger, and with poll after poll showing a growing majority of support, we have a renewed certainty that we will win this fight.

Pro-Marriage Equality President Wins Reelection
"As millions of Americans celebrate President Obama's reelection tonight, the LGBT community is particularly elated to return the most pro-equality President ever to a second term.  There is no doubt that we will continue to see tremendous strides forward like we've made during his first four years with our Ally-in-Chief back in office.  While some pundits predicted the President's support for marriage equality would hinder his campaign, we know the opposite is true.  His historic and heartfelt declaration that all loving and committed couples should be able to marry further motivated millions of voters and sparked conversations that led to wins for marriage at the ballot box.  His win is further proof of the marriage equality movement's momentum.

First Openly Gay Senator
"Another milestone was celebrated as Senator-elect Tammy Baldwin has again earned her spot in the history books. As the first openly gay person elected to the United States Senate, she is a role model for LGBT youth and all young women across the country. With a relentless focus on the issues that matter most to Wisconsin voters – economic security, access to healthcare, and fairness and inclusion for all – Senator-elect Baldwin earned the respect of all her constituents, gay and straight.

Pickup of Fair-Minded and Openly LGB Members of Congress
"For LGBT youth who aspire to public service, we have shattered a glass by sending Tammy Baldwin to the Senate and increasing the number openly LGB members of Congress.  In the Senate we have at least three new marriage equality supporters who proudly declared their support for marriage for gay and lesbian couples on the campaign trail.

Voters Retain Iowa Justice Who Decided for Marriage
"It appears that Iowans have made a strong statement for judicial independence and refused to let politics get in the way of judges doing their duty to uphold the law. Anti-gay groups trying to exact political retribution on judges should learn their lesson.  Marriage equality remains the law of the land in Iowa and judges like Justice Wiggins will continue to do their jobs.

LGBT Voters Flex Political Muscle, Break for President
"Our community has flexed our political muscle with exit polls showing an increase from 4 percent of the vote in 2008 to 5 percent this year.  And the President gained many more supporters among lesbian, gay and bisexual voters – jumping seven points to garner 77% of our vote.

Moving Forward
"Tonight we celebrate, but tomorrow morning we get up and get back to work so that the victories we hail tonight are felt everywhere across this great country.  Too many people are denied the ability to marry.  Too many people go to their jobs without workplace protections.  Too many young people go to bed at night and stare at the ceiling, sleeplessly wondering what awaits them the next day at school or at church or in their own home.  Thanks to all the hard work in achieving tonight's victories, we finally have momentum on our side and we will not rest until the promise of equal justice under the law is realized for every single person living in every single corner of this vast country."

The Human Rights Campaign is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality. By inspiring and engaging all Americans, HRC strives to end discrimination against LGBT citizens and realize a nation that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all.
 
SOURCE Human Rights Campaign

CONTACT: Paul Guequierre, +1-202-423-2860, paul.guequierre@hrc.org
Web Site: http://www.hrc.org

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Nominees for Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards 2012

Here are the nominees for Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards 2012.

COMPETITIVE CATEGORIES

1. Newscaster of the Year (TV)
(This is strictly for newscasters of TV stations which transmit both on terrestrial and satellite/Digital channel) (Criteria: diction, poise and fashion sense)

(Male)
-Sam Bello (AIT)
-Cyril Stober (NTA)
-Niyi Oyelowo (STV)
-Gimba Umar (TVC)
-Ayotunde Balogun (Channels)
-Ayo Ojurongbe (LTV8)

(Female)
-Amarachi Ubani (Channels TV)
-Bimbola Oloko (LTV 8)
-Kemi Adekusibe (MITV)
-Jire Kola- Kuforiji (AIT)
- Adesuwa Omoruan (STV)

2. Newscaster of the Year (Indigenous)
(This category welcomes nominees from TV and Radio stations across South, West and North) (Criteria: fluency in choosing language i.e. Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Pidgin English...etc, and sense of humour.

- Nedu (Wazobia FM)
- Tunji Olalekan (Koko Inu iwe Iroyin on Bond FM)
- Temitope Ojelade (Naija FM)
- Mc Ice Water (EKO FM)
- Debo Yusuff (Radio Lagos)

3. News Reporter of the Year (TV only)
(Criteria: Consistency, investigative reporting…etc)

- Seun Okinbaloye (Channels TV)
- Tunji Adekeye (TVC)
- Omor Basuaye (AIT)

4. TV Station of the Year-National
(Criteria: Must be transmitting both on terrestrial and satellite/ Digital Channel, production quality and content)

- A.I.T
- LTV 8
- MI TV
- NTA
- Channels
- Galaxy
- TVC

5. TV Station of The Year-Regional
(Criteria- It should be either a State or Private TV station, viewership, production quality and content)

South- West
- Galaxy (Ibadan)
- B.C.O.S
- OGTV
- Superscreen
- DBN
- ONTV (Lagos)

-North
-ARTV (Kano)
- PRTV (Jos)
-ITV (Abuja)

-South East
- IBC (Owerri)
- ITV Benin
- ESBS Channel 50 (Enugu)

6. Radio Station of The Year
(Criteria: Listener-ship, Production quality, coverage, content and listener-ship)
-Central (Lagos)

- Raypower 100.5 FM
- Star 101.5 FM
- City 105.1 FM
- Beat 99.9 FM
- Eko 89.75 FM
- Top Radio 90.9 FM
- Star 101.5 FM
- Nigerian Info
- Metro FM - FRCN (Lagos)
- Classic FM
- South-West
- OGBC (Abeokuta)
- Rainbow 94.1 FM (Ogun)
- Oluyole FM (Ibadan)
- Positive 102.5 FM (Akure)
- Living Spring FM (Osogbo)
- Independent Radio (Benin)
- Diamond FM
- Orange FM (Akure)

- North
- Cool FM Abuja
- Peace 90.5 FM Jos
- Grace 95.5 FM, Lokoja
- Kiss FM Abuja
- Aso 93.5 FM, Abuja
- Supreme 96.1 FM, Kaduna
- Radio Zamfara
- Hot FM, Abuja
- Raypower 106.5 FM, Kano
- Pearl 98.5 FM, Bauchi
- Rhythm FM (Abuja)

- South-East
- AKBC 90.5 FM
- Solid FM (Enugu)
- Rhythm FM (Port Harcourt)
- CR Radio-2 (105.5 FM) (Calabar)
- Cool FM (Port Harcourt)

7-Best Indigenous Radio Station

- Naija FM (Lagos)
- Radio Lagos 107.5 FM (Tiwantiwa) (Lagos)
- Amuludun FM (Ibadan)
- Bond FM (Lagos)
- Adaba FM (Akure)
- Paramount FM (Abeokuta)

8. Best Music Channel (Local)
(Criteria: content, production quality and have to be syndicated at least on three TV stations or running pay Satellite/Digital Channel)

- Nigezie
- Kennis Music
- Monster Music
- Music Africa

9. Best Music Channel (International)
(Criteria: 24 hours channel on pay Satellite/Digital TV, viewership and content)

- MTV Base
- Channel O
- Trace Urban TV
- AfroPop

10. Best Pay Digital TV channel provider (Local)
(Criteria: Services and numbers of ‘quality’ channels)

- Startimes
- GO TV

11. TV program of the Year
(Criteria: Must be Syndicated or run on satellite/Digital TV channel, good concept/content, consistency and large viewership)

- Entertainment:
- Idan Irawo
- Xcite on TV
- Hitz OnTV
- Big Friday Show
- Entertainment Weekly on STV
- Stand up Nigeria
- AY Show
- Thyme out with Tee A
- Jimmy Jump Off
- Page 3 (STV)
- Studio 53 Extra
- Jara
- Spice on TV
- Sports
- Sport Splash (LTV)
- Sport Edge (Galaxy)
- Sport Café (STV)
- Sport Extra (AIT)
- 90min (Channels TV)

- Drama
- ThisLife
- Johnson’s Family
- Face to face
- Tinsel
- Spider
- Edge of Paradise
- Tales of Eve
- Talk Show
- Teju Baby face Show
- Inside Out with Agatha
- Bimbo and Shola Connect (LTV8)
- Moment with Mo
- TM on TVC with Folarin Yori
- Owuro Lawa (LTV 8)
- Sunrise Daily (Channels TV)
- Today on STV
- Game Show
- MTN Family Game Show
- Three Crown Family Game show
- Star Game TV Show
- Reality Show
- Project Fame
- Super mom
- Next movie star
- Nigerian Idol
- Nigeria’s Got Talent

12. Radio program of the Year
(Criteria; It has to be live, good concept and huge listenership)
Lagos

A- Sport
- Sport Edge (Inspiration FM)
- Top Sports (Top Radio)
- Sports Summit (Metro FM)
- Sport Extra (Beat FM)
- Football Frenzy (Nigerian Info)
- Global Sports Update (Star FM)
- Football 360 degrees (Brila FM)

B- Comedy
- Comedy Happy Hour with D-Don (Splash FM)
- Ice Na wah (Ice Water) Eko FM,
- Koffi & Tha City (Funny moment) (City FM)
- Wetin Dey (Radio Continental)

C- Talk Show
- Una Wake up with Yaw (Wazobia FM)
- Morning Runs with Godwin, Sabina and Ushbabe (Naija FM)
- The Morning Rush (Olisa Adibua and Ada) Beatz FM
- Morning Drive (Rhythm FM) (BigTyme and Omalicha)
- Top of the Morning Show on Top FM (Tosyn Bucknor)
- Morning Crossfire (Nigerian Info)
- Continental Breakfast Show (Radio Continental)

13. Most Popular In-House D.J
(Criteria: must be with a radio or TV station, skilful and consistent)

- Radio
- DJ Xclusive (Cool FM)
- DJ Caise (Beat FM)
- DJ Sose (Rhythm FM)
- DJ Charly Shee (EKO FM)
- DJ Boombastic (Star FM)
- DJ Benny More (Brila FM)
- DJ Hotega (Raypower)
- DJ Gee Q (Top Radio FM)
- DJ K-Lexy (Radio Continental)
- DJ Bigsam (Oluyole FM)

- TV
(a) DJ Shabsy (Soundcity)
(b) DJ Vinnie (Kennis Music Channel)
(d) DJ Switch (TVC)

14. Most Popular TV presenter
(Criteria: Must be a host of syndicated programme or programme running on satellite/digital TV Channels, composure, followership and style)
(Entertainment, Talk Show, Game Show, Reality Show etc)

(Male)
- Uti Nwachukwu (Jara)
- Frank Edoh (WWTBM)
- Bimbo Manuel (Bimbo and Sola Connect)
- Joseph Benjamin (Project Fame)
- Jare Ayo Matins (Lagbo Osere)
- Zdon Paporella (Naija Talk Show on Music Africa)
- Sulaiman Adegbenro (Consoligbadun on MITV)
- Chamberlain Usoh (Sunrise Daily Channels TV)
- Victor Ayara (Today on STV)

(Female)
- Yvonne ‘Vixen’ Ekwere (STV)
- Dolapo Oni (Studio 53 Extra)
- Helen Paul (Jara)
- Ariyike Akinbobola (Spice on TV)
- Yinka Adamu (Soundcity)
- Mariam Anazodo (Music and More on NTA)
- Mosun Abudu (Moment with Mo’)
- Amatha Agatha (Inside Out)
- Sola Salako ((Bimbo and Sola Connect)

B- Sports
(Male)

- Omah Akatugba (MITV)
- Jide Alabi (STV)
- Toyin Ibitoye (Channels TV)
- Alfred Okoligwe (AIT)
- Charles Anazodo (Supersport)

(Female)
- Cecilia Omorogbe (Galaxy TV)
- Kemi Muyi Adeniyi (LTV)
- Chisom Mbonu (Supersport)
- Kibati Bankole (Freelance Radio/TV)
- Juliet Mafua (TVC)

15-Most Popular Radio Presenter
(Criteria: Creativity, voice and follower ship)

- Talk Shows

- Lagos

(Male)
- Teddy Esosa (Star FM)
- I.K Osakioduwa (Rhthm FM)
- Big Mannie (Cool FM)
- Shola Thompson (Inspiration FM)
- Keji Sowoolu a.k.a KShow (City FM)
- Tintin Imevbore (Classic FM)

(Female)
- Matse Uwatse (Nigeria Info)
- Anita Izedeh (Rhythm FM)
- Gbemi Olateru Olagbegi (Beat FM)
- Moyo Oyatogun (Star FM)
- Sarah Osioriame Aigbotsua (Raypower FM)
- Kaylah (Cool 96.9, Lagos)
- Wanna Wizzy (Inspiration FM)
- Jennifer (JLuv) (City FM)

- North

(Male)
- Benny Ark (Cool FM Abuja)
- Nwokedi Moses a.k.a BiG’ MO (Wazobia FM)
- Cheezy Charles (Hot FM Abuja)

((Female)
- Maltida Duncan (Rhythm FM, Abuja)
- Anulika Stella Nwosu a.k.a Willy Willy (Wazobia FM)
- Faith Onyebujoh (Cool FM Abuja)
- Malvina Kwamjap a.k.a Vina (Kiss FM Abuja)

South-West

(Male)
- Edmund Obilo (Splash FM)
- Kola Olootu (Amuludun FM)
- Femi Ogundaisi a.k.a Obama of Entertainment (Adaba FM)
- Fatai Dan Wahab (Lagbo Regal) (Positive FM Akure)
- Micheal Akintunde (Adaba FM)
- Akin Akindele (Rainbow FM)

(Female)
- Prisca (Oluyole 98.5 FM)
- Olayemi Esan (Orange FM)
- Ronke Giwa (Splash FM)
- Tope Alabi (unique fm)
- Olubumi Afuye (Adaba FM)

- South-East

(Male)
- Spaceman (Radio PH)
- Lorenzo Menakaya (Lion FM, Enugu)
- O.B Fado (Hot FM Owerri)
- Eldee Extra Large (Rhythm FM PH)

(Female)
- Princess Chi (Hot FM Owerri)
- Cynthia Kamalu (Cool FM PH)

b- Sports

(Male)
- Niran Adesanya (Rhythm FM)
- Bimbo Adeola
- Femi Obong Daniel (Cool FM)
- Godwin Enakehna (Top Radio)
- Emmanuel Etim (Nigeria Info)
- Murphy Ijemba (Brila FM)
- Sola Rogers (Radio Continental)
- Sammy Wetyinda (Radio Port Harcourt)

(Female)
- Oge Ogekanma (Brila FM)
- Princess Fiona (Nigeria Info)
- Nneka Nkem Anibeze (FRCN)
- Kibati Bankole (Freelance Radio/TV)

16-Most Popular Presenter (Radio/ TV)-Indigenous

(Male)
- OPJ (Wazobia FM)
- Mc Ice Water (Eko FM)
- Kola Olootu (Amuludun FM Ibadan)
- Jare Ayo Matins (Owuro Lawa)
- Godwin Aruwayo (Naija FM)
- Sabo Ngeri (Rainbow FM)
- Joel Yetonyon (Radio Lagos)

(Female)
- Omotunde Lolo 1 (Wazobia FM)
- Sabina Umoren (Naija FM)
- Deola Orisile (Radio Lagos)
- Feyikemi Olayinka (Owuro Lawa)

17. Corporate Organization Of The Year
(Criteria; It must be supportive in terms of programmes sponsorship, public acceptance and advert placement)

- Promasidor
- De-United Foods
- Chivita
- Dangote groups
- Unilever
- Etisalat
- Airtel
- Glo
- Cadbury
- Nestle
- Nigerian Breweries
- Coca-Cola
- Guinness Plc

18. Most Promising and Young Presenter of the Year (TV/Radio)
(Criteria: He or she should be within the age range of 21 and 30, creativity, and follower ship)

(Male)
- Dele Omoyeni (Radio Nigeria Progress 100.5fm Ado-Ekiti)
- Adams Ibrahim (Soundcity)
- Efe Tommy (Excite)
- Dayo Ephraim (Hip On TV)
- Dotun (Cool FM)
- Chidozie Okoroji a.k.a Overdose (Brila FM)

(Female)
- Onu Cynthia Chikodinaka a.k.a Kody kodinator (Wazobia FM)
- Olayemi Esan (Orange FM)
-Karen Igho (Naija FM)
-Layole Oyatogun (STV)
- Ariyike Akinbobola (Spice on TV)
- -Shine Begho (Cool FM)

19. Sexiest On-Air Personality
(Criteria: Good body frame, fashion sense, carriage and diction)

(Male)
- Frank Edohor (WWTBM)
- Charles Anazodo
- Uti Nwachukwu (Jara)
- Andre Blaze (Nigeria’s Got Talent)
- Benny Ark (Cool FM Abuja)
- Don T (Splash FM Ibadan)
- Ill Rymz (Nigerian Idol)
- Adesope Olajide - Vox Africa Sky 218

(Female)
- Eku Edewor (Studio 53)
- Yvonne ‘Vixen’ Ekwere (STV)
- Shine Begho (Cool FM)
- Ronke Giwa (Splash FM)
- Oreka Godis (NN24)
- Kemi Adetiba (Maltina Dancehall)
- Jennifer (JLuv) (City FM)
- Maupe Ogun (Channels TV)
- Olayinka Adamu (Soundcity)

20. Print Media of the Year:
(Criteria; it must be supportive in terms of news dissemination about what going on in the electronic media i.e. having a dedicated page or column for stories about On-Air Personalities, programmes and other TV/Radio content)

- Daily Independent
- City People Magazine
- Punch Newspaper
- Thisday Newspaper
- The Nation Newspaper
- The Sun Newspaper
- News of the People
- Encomium Magazine
- Yes International Magazine
- Entertainment Express
- Highsociety
- E24/7
- Nigerian Entertainment (NetNg)

21. Online Radio Station of the Year

- IGroove
- Reel Radio
- Praise Radio
- Zoodrums Radio

22. Best New Station (Radio)

- Nigerian Info (Lagos)
- Lagos Traffic Radio (Lagos),
- Portharcout Radio (Portharcourt),
- Orange FM (Akure)
- Hot FM Abuja

***Corporate Social Responsibility Award****
Most Supportive Religious Organization in Sport

- Winners Chapel
- Nasfat
- Redeem Christian Church
- Mountain of Fire Ministry.

-Terms and Conditions
-Nominees can only win once in three years, the reason names of some popular On-Air Personalities, TV and Radio programmes are missing on this year’s nominees list. They might have won in 2010 or 2011. We believe this will give room to others to be recognised.

-Unlike the previous editions, people can now vote online via our website (only) www.nigerianbroadcastersmeritawards.com/poll
However, votes take 40% while researches, survey and Agencies report take 60% of final result.

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