Best of Nollywood Awards BON unveils 2015 nominees

There won’t have been a more dignifying manner to announce this year’s nominees for the Best of Nollywood Awards, BON than the manner it happened as the first official event held at the International Conference Centre, Ondo State where Olusegun Mimiko, the governor was present to commission the building, and
participated in the announcement.
The governor who congratulated BON on its consistency in holding the prestigious award said he was happy to host the BON award this year and is in tandem with Ondo state’s dream to make the state the number one event destination in Nigeria.
While making reference to the fact that the  unveiling is the first official function at the event centre, revealed that he wished he had more time to see Nollywood films and be more familiar with the real stars in Nollywood, as Nollywood has proven itself to be a major export commodity for our country.
According to the governor, “Today, Nollywood contributes about $7.2billion to Nigerian GDP and apart from Agriculture, perhaps Nollywood is the second biggest employer of labour for Nigeria. This is a very big industry and we are happy to make our little contribution to the progress in this industry.”
“We know about the challenges of piracy and we are told that not up to 20 percent of the total quantum of money in that industry goes to the genuine practitioners in the industry. And this is a major challenge and moving forward, Nigeria has to find a solution to that because piracy eats into your creative energy,” he added.
He however advised the players in the industry to be deliberate in terms the stories they tell, emphasizing on the importance of having a deliberate narrative to tell the Nigerian story and rebrand the nation for the better.
“Using your creativity, you can help brand this nation and start a new narrative for this country. We must stop de-marketing our nation, let us create a new Nigeria narrative and prophesy positive in the lives of this great nation and what Nollywood has been able to do in the last couple of year bears eloquent testimonies to the fact that our possibilities as a nation are infinite,” Mimiko explained.
Seun Oloketuyi, chief executive officer, Best of Nollywood Awards, assured that this year’s BON award would be the best that we have done so far.
According to him, “The governor of Ondo state has built the biggest entertainment event centre in Nigeria and we are proud to have the first event to be held here and appreciated the governor for efforts he has put in the state.”
Nominees for Best Actor in Leading Role (English) are Mike Omoregbee in Invasion 1897, SadiqDaba in October 1, I.K Ogbonna in MyRichBoyfriend, Gabriel Afolayanin Ojuju and OkeyUzoeshiinTheDate.
For the Best Actor in Leading Role (Yoruba), the nominees are MuyiwaAdemola inFimidara Ire, LateefAdedimejiin Story like Mine, OdunladeAdekola inTorera, BayoAlawiye in Atanda and Femi Adebayo in Shadow.
Best Actor in Leading Role (Hausa) are NuhuAliuinYa’daga Allah and Abdul Umar Shareef inJininJikina, while Best Actor in Leading Role (Igbo) is ChigozieAtunanyain Chetanna
Nominees for Best Actress in Leading Role (English) NseIkpeEtimin Stolen Water, Stephanie LinusinDry, Ini EdoinWhileYouSlept, Hilda DokuboinStigma and IyaboOjo inBeyondDisability
For Best Actress in Leading Role (Yoruba), the nominees are FathiaBalogun inTorera, TayoSobolain Bella, OyinkanElebuibon in StoryLikeMine, OlaitanOgungbile in Fimidara Ire, Aisha Lawal inShadow, while the nominee for Best Actress in Leading Role (Igbo) is Queen Nwokoye inChetanna.
Nominees for Best Actress in Leading Role (Hausa) are Rahma Sadauin Jinin Jikina and Fatima Washa in Ya’daga Allah.
Best supporting Actor (English) are Alex Ekuboin My Rich Boyfriend, Kelechi Udegbein Ojuju, Kalu Ikeagwuin Bad Drop, SeunAkindeleinMissTaken and Blossom Chukwujekwu in Stolen Water
Nominees for Best supporting Actress (English) are Omowunmi Dadain Ojuju, Mary Njokuin StolenWater, Uche Jomboin Folly, Funke Akindele in One FineDay and Liz Benson inDry.

Other nominees unveiled are fall under various categories like Best supporting Actor (Yoruba), Best supporting Actress (Yoruba), Best supporting Actor (Igbo), Best supporting Actress (Igbo), Best supporting Actor (Hausa), Best supporting Actress (Hausa), Most Promising Actor, Most Promising Actress, Best Child Actor in Movie, Best Child Actress in Movie, Comedy in Movie, Movie with the Best Social Message, Movie with the Best Special Effect, Movie with the best Screen Play, Best Short Film of the Year,  Best Documentary of the Year, Best Tv Series of the Year, Movie with the Best Editing, Best Use of Nigerian Food in a Movie, Movie with the Best Sound Track, Movie with the Best Production Design, Movie with the Best Cinematography, Best Use of Nigerian Costume in a Movie, Best use of Makeup in a Movie, Best Use of Indigenous Nigerian Language in a Movie, Movie of the Year, Director of the Year, Best Kiss in a Movie, Revelation of the Year (Male) and Revelation of the Year (Female).