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2025 AMVCA: Full list of winners as Lateef Adedimeji’s Lisabi wins big

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7 months ago

May 11, 2025

The 11th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) was an eventful night for Nollywood stars across the continent as Lateef Adedimeji’s Lisabi (The Uprising) scooped multiple awards.

Also, Femi Adebayo’s film Seven Doors clinched two of the most coveted awards — Best Lead Actor (Femi Adebayo) and Best Lead Actress (Chioma Chukwuka), cementing its place as one of the standout productions of the year.

The awards ceremony, which held on Saturday night, also celebrated veterans, Sani Mu’azu and Nkem Owoh, with the Lifetime Achievement Awards, while director, Kayode Kasum took home the Trailblazer Award for his fresh, genre-defying impact on the industry.

AMVCA celebrates excellence in African film and television, bringing together the continent’s brightest stars and industry professionals.

This year’s nominations recognise works released between January 1 and December 31, 2024. Leading the pack are Lisabi: The Uprising, Skeleton Coast, House of Ga’a, and Freedom Way, with multiple nods in major categories, including Best Movie and Best Director.

Here is the full list of winners at the 2025 AMVCA:

Best Series Scripted

Cheta M

Inside Life – Winner

Princess on a Hill

Roses & Ivy

Seven Doors

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2025 AMVCA: Full list of winners as Lateef Adedimeji’s Lisabi wins big

Femi Akinyemi

May 10, 2025

Lateef Adedimeji’s Lisabi

ALSO READ: 2025 AMVCA: Femi Adebayo wins ‘Best Lead Actor’

AMVCA celebrates excellence in African film and television, bringing together the continent’s brightest stars and industry professionals.

Here is the full list of winners at the 2025 AMVCA:

Best Series Scripted

Cheta M

Inside Life – Winner

Princess on a Hill

Roses & Ivy

Seven Doors

Best Series Unscripted

Ebuka Turns Up Africa

Skillers: The Building Reality Show

Style Magnate

Take Me Home

Wa Milele – Winner

Best MultiChoice Talent Factory

Gone (West Africa)

Everything Light Touches (West Africa) – Winner

The Immersive Alarm (East Africa)

Deadbeat (East Africa)

Mwananga (Southern Africa)

Rivals in Time (Southern Africa)

Best Lead Actor

Gideon Okeke (Tokunbo)

Bucci Franklin (The Weekend)

Femi Branch (House of Ga’a)

Thapelo Makoena (Skeleton Coast)

Bimbo Manuel (Princess On A Hill)

Stan Nze (Suspicion)

Femi Adebayo (Seven Doors) – Winner

Adedimeji Lateef (Lisabi – The Uprising)

Best Lead Actress

Chioma Chukwuka (Seven Doors) – Winner

Gbubemi Ejeye (Farmer’s Bride)

Uzoamaka Onuoha (Agemo)

Uche Montana (Thinline)

Uzoamaka Aniunoh (Phoenix Fury)

Hilda Dokubo (The Uprising: Wives On Strike 3)

Bimbo Ademoye (Anikulapo: Rise Of The Spectre)

Best Scripted M-Net Original

Uriri

All Mine

My Fairytale Wedding – Winner

Italo

The Caller

Kam U Stay

Best Supporting Actor

Gabriel Afolayan – Inside Life – Winner

Adedayo Adebowale Macaroni – Lisabi: The Uprising

Aliu Gafar – Seven Doors

Femi Jacobs – Freedom Way

Richard Mofe-Damijo – Christmas In Lagos

Uzor Arukwe – Suspicion

Mike Afolarin – House of Ga’a

Efa Iwara – Princess on a Hill

Best Supporting Actress

Meg Otanwa – Inside Life

Tina Mba – Suspicion

Ireti Doyle – All’s Fair in Love

Ini Dima-Okojie – Skeleton Coast

Mercy Aigbe – Farmer’s Bride – Winner

Omoni Oboli – The Uprising: Wives on Strike 3

Darasimi Nnadi – Aburo

Best Music/Score

Freedom Way

Inkabi

Seven Doors – Winner

Skeleton Coastl

Soft Love

Best Short Film

Brukaci – Winner

Sukari

The Incredible Sensational Fiancée of Seyi Ajayi

What Are You Truly Afraid Of?

Best Editing

Inkabi (Tongai Furusa) – Winner

Christmas in Lagos (Martini Akande)

Skeleton Coast (Jordan Koen)

Soft Love (Holmes Awa, Paballo Modingoane)

Lisabi: The Uprising (Anthill Studios)

Princess on a Hill (Laughter Ephraim,

Peter Ugbede)

Best Digital Content Creator

Iyo Prosper – Winner

Jide ‘Pounds’ Ibitoye

Mariam Akpaokagi-Greene (Taaooma)

Ariyike Dimples

Elozonam

Best Unscripted M-Net Original
Husband Material
Nigerian Idol (Season 9) – Winner
Overall Best
Pastor Wants a Wife

Best Indigenous M-Net Original
Mai Shayi
The Caller
Show Me The Way
Ebighi Ebi
Subterranea
Onye Agbata Obim
Amoanimaa’s Era
Zim Uzo – Winner

Best Documentary

Walvis Tale — David Benade and Tim Huebschle

Dundun — Ifeoluwa Fatogun and Ebi Atawodi – Winner

O.Y.O (On Your Own) — Daniel Omokhagbo Itegboje

Women of Salt: The Resilience of Ebonyi’s Woman — Jessica Eneh, Eric Chidom, Kelechi Agbara, and Vera Okoh

I Will Remember You — Mohamed Rida Gueznai

Best Cinematography

Yen Ara Asaase Ni (This Is Our Land) — Onasis Gaisie, Michael Sefa, and Apagnawen Annankra

Inkabi — Chuanne Blofield

The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos — Leo Purman –Winner

Skeleton Coast — Wesley Johnston

Soft Love — Ebrahim Hajee

Lisabi: The Uprising — Barnabas Emordi and Nora Awolowo

Agemo — Papama Tangela

Best Indigenous Language Film (West Africa)

Seven Doors

Lisabi: The Uprising – Lateef Adedineji – Winner

Kaka

Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre

Mai Martaba

Best Indigenous Language Film (South Africa)

Walvis Tale

The Vow

Mwizukanji – Winner

Man of Gold

Lukas

Best Writing in a Movie

The Weekend — Egbemawei Dimiyei Sammy, and Vanessa Kanu, and Frederick O. Anyaebunam Jnr

Skeleton Coast — Omolola Lamikanra

Freedom Way — Blessing Uzzi – Winner

Phoenix Fury — Ifeoma N. Chukwuogo

A Ghetto Love Story — Victoria Eze

House of Ga’a — Tunde Babalola

Christmas In Lagos — Jadesola Osiberu

Best Writing TV Series

Untying Kantai – Winner

Tuki?

Roses & Ivy

Cheta’M

Seven Doors

Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre

Princess On A Hill .

Best Sound/Sound Design

Inkabi

Seven Doors

Freedom Way

Lisabi: The Uprising

Ajakaju: Beast Of Two Worlds

Suspicion – Winner

Best Makeup

Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre

Lisabi: The Uprising – Winner

Seven Doors

Farmer’s Bride

Clarence Peters’ Inside Life

Suspicion

Best Art Direction

Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre

Christmas In Lagos

Farmer’s Bride

Seven Doors

The Man Died

Lisabi: The Uprising – Winner

Best Art Direction

Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre

Christmas In Lagos

Farmer’s Bride

Seven Doors

The Man Died

Lisabi: The Uprising – Winner

Best Costume Design

Toyin Ogundeji – Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre

Bolanle Austen- Peters, Yolanda Okereke, Juliana Dede, Gloria Oyu – House Of Ga’a

Oluwatoyin Balogun, Oyeade Adeimpe Adedimeji – Lisabi: The Uprising

Opeyemi Sogeke – Phoenix Fury

Adedamola Adeyemi – Christmas In Lagos – Winner

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‎Government Demolishes Influencer Ola Of Lagos’ Car Showroom ‎

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2 months ago

October 12, 2025

Olumide Ojo

The Lagos State Government has reportedly demolished a popular luxury car showroom owned by social media influencer and car dealer, Waris Olayinka Akinwande, widely known as ‘Ola of Lagos’.

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‎The incident, which occurred on Saturday, was first brought to public attention through a viral TikTok video posted by another car dealer, Ibilo, who captured the remains of the demolished property.

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‎The caption read, “Lagos State Government Demolishes OOL Autos. Heavy one today.”

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‎As of press time, the state government had not issued an official statement regarding the demolition, leaving the motive behind the action unconfirmed.

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‎However, widespread speculation on social media suggested that the structure was pulled down because it was allegedly built beneath a high-tension power line in violation of safety and urban planning regulations.

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‎One TikTok user, Adekunle Autoparts, commented, “They demolished it because he built it under a power line.”

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‎Another user, Sisi Noni, expressed mixed feelings about the development, highlighting both the safety risks and the harshness of the government’s approach.

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‎“I’m not trying to sound hateful, but the first time I saw this structure, my eyes got hold of the high tension. But as usual, I felt the country doesn’t send anymore once you have money,” she wrote.

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‎“Building under the high tension is very risky. But at the same time, they should have asked him to relocate — maybe they would have dismantled the structure without destroying it so he can make use of some of those materials in his new site.”

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‎The demolition came amid a broader enforcement drive by the Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources against illegal constructions across the state.

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‎On the same day, the government also demolished no fewer than 17 houses illegally erected on the Right of Way (RoW) of the Ikota River alignment in the Lekki area.

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‎Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, who led a monitoring and enforcement team to the site, warned residents against activities that endanger the environment or obstruct natural water channels.

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‎“We stopped them then, but we were alerted again recently that the encroachment had resumed aggressively, with attempts to sell to unsuspecting buyers,” Wahab said.

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‎He stressed that the exercise formed part of the state’s broader efforts to reclaim and protect flood-prone areas, adding that offenders behind illegal reclamation and construction activities would be identified and prosecuted.

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‎Recovered evidence from the Lekki site showed several ongoing reclamation projects, sand-filling operations, and partially completed structures built directly on natural waterways, a violation the state said poses serious environmental risks.

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Davido Becomes Grammy Voting Member Ahead Of 2026 Awards

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3 months ago

September 23, 2025

Olumide Ojo

‎Afrobeats superstar, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has been officially inducted as a voting member of the Recording Academy, the body behind the prestigious Grammy Awards.

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‎The move gives the ‘Feel’ crooner, who secured three Grammy nominations in 2024, a direct role in the Academy’s nomination and final-ballot processes for the 2026 ceremony.

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‎Confirming his membership, the Recording Academy shared a video on Instagram on Tuesday featuring Davido alongside other newly admitted members.

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‎The post read, “Creating a song or an album takes heart, time, and dedication. ✨ That’s why Recording Academy members including #Davido, #ravynlenae, #offsetyrn, #jessiereyez, #zacbrownband, #anneakikomeyers, #miles.minnick, #mayaelizabethmusic, #damiensneed, #damarismusica, and #stewart_copeland are sharing why your participation matters.”

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‎Speaking on the milestone, Davido expressed pride at joining the global community of music professionals shaping the awards.

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‎“Understanding the importance of how our voices are heard, I am participating in the GRAMMY Award process. It is a game-changer. I have learned that voting empowers you to have a say in what is considered and voted on in each season. I am honoured to be part of the Recording Academy community, and I look forward to voting,” he said.

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‎Davido’s inclusion underscores the Academy’s ongoing efforts to diversify and expand its membership base, with growing representation from African and other international artists.

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‎The Academy also announced that voting for the 2026 GRAMMY Awards will open on October 3. “Recording Academy voting members: review the ballot, listen, and vote early, starting October 3,” it said.

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Tyler Perry Faces $260m Sexual Assault Lawsuit From Actor Derek Dixon

Published

3 months ago

September 11, 2025

Olumide Ojo

‎Filmmaker Tyler Perry, known for Acrimony and his popular Madea comedy series, is battling a $260 million sexual assault lawsuit after actor Derek Dixon, who played Dale on Perry’s BET drama The Oval, went public with allegations of harassment and abuse.

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‎In his first on-camera interview with ABC News on September 9, 2025, Dixon claimed Perry fostered a coercive dynamic that blurred professional boundaries and left him fearful for his career.

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‎He alleged that Perry pulled down his underwear and grabbed his buttocks at the producer’s Atlanta home. “I was under constant stress, scared I’d lose my job or be killed off the show if I didn’t comply”.

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‎Explaining the damages sought, Dixon said the lawsuit reflects both personal losses and a deterrent against future abuse.

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‎“Part of that number is my lost job, my lost income, the loss of a show. The other part of that is a deterrent, how do you stop a billionaire who won’t stop themselves from doing this?” he said.

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‎Dixon also accused Perry of failing to deliver on a promise to produce a pilot he had written, which he said Perry still controls.

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‎Despite the risks of speaking out, Dixon said he went public “to protect future generations of actors and creatives,” adding, “Never exploit someone’s aspirations to coerce them into a relationship. That’s unprofessional.”

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‎Perry’s attorney, Matthew Boyd, dismissed the claims, saying, “This is an individual who got close to Tyler Perry for what now appears to be an elaborate scam. But Tyler will not be coerced, and we are confident that these unfounded harassment claims will not succeed.”

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‎Dixon, who joined Perry’s productions in 2020, filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in January 2024 before leaving The Oval later that year.

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‎His June 2025 lawsuit has since intensified scrutiny of workplace harassment and power dynamics in Hollywood.

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‎-Leadership