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Kunle Afolayan's October 1 tops BON Awards nominations list

Kunle Afolayan’s 2014 blockbuster, October 1 has gotten the highest nominations at the 2015 BON Awards. The nominees’ list was unveiled yesterday with October 1 grabbing 11 nominations including Best Director and Best Movie.

BON 2015: Sadiq Daba, IK Ogbonna and Gabriel Afolayan battle for Best Actor

AMAA 2015 Best Actor, Sadiq Daba has been nominated for the same category at the upcoming 2015 Best of Nollywood Awards for his role in Kunle Afolayan’s October 1.

Stephanie Okereke’s ‘Dry’ grabs 11 nominations as BON unveils nominee list

Stephanie Okekere’s new movie, ‘Dry’ lands 11 nominations as organisers of the annual Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards unveil nominees for the 2015 edition.

How Mauritanian movie, Timbuktu stole the night at AMAA 2015

While Nigerian nominees didn’t do badly with Kunle Afolayan’s October 1, Kemi Lala Akindoju and comedian, Ay’s 30 Days in Atlanta grabbing top awards, the night was stolen by the 2014 Mauritanian movie, Timbuktu which walked away with 5 awards making it the biggest winners of the evening.

Kunle Afolayan’s October 1 win big at AMAA

Top Nollyood actor, Kunle Afolayan’s 2014 blockbuster, October 1 has emerged one of the biggest winners at the 2015 edition of Africa Movie Academy Awards which went down last night in South Africa.

AMAA 2015: Full list of WINNERS

The 11th edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards is currently ongoing at Port Elizabeth in South Africa. Check out the full list of winners here...

Kunle Afolayan to star Angelique Kidjo, Jimmy Jean Louis and Wale Ojo in 'The CEO'

Top Nigerian actor and respected filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan has started production of his latest movie, The CEO. The upcoming movie which is Afolayan’s 5th film will feature some of the biggest names from the across the world.

October 1, Half of a Yellow Sun, 6 other Nigerian movies to screen at India’s Woodpecker Festival

Kunle Afolayan’s October 1 and the screen adaptation of Chimamanda Adichie’s award winning novel, Half of a Yellow Sun have been named among 9 Nigerian movies to be showcased at the Woodpecker Film Festival (WFF) coming up in New Delhi, India next month.

It’s all about God and hard work – Kunle Afolayan on becoming Air France ambassador

Nigerian filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan has attributed his unveiling as the new ambassador of international airline, Air France to hard work and God.

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Another Nollywood movie pirated online

With the recent widespread piracy of Nollywood films, October 1 by Kunle Afolayan, 30 Days in Atlanta by Ayo Makun and several others, another filmmaker, Dotun Taylor has cried out over his unreleased movie, Egberun Maili being pirated online.

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Kunle Afolayan's October 1 tops BON Awards nominations list

BON 2015: Sadiq Daba, IK Ogbonna and Gabriel Afolayan battle for Best Actor

Stephanie Okereke’s ‘Dry’ grabs 11 nominations as BON unveils nominee list

How Mauritanian movie, Timbuktu stole the night at AMAA 2015

Kunle Afolayan’s October 1 win big at AMAA

AMAA 2015: Full list of WINNERS

Kunle Afolayan to star Angelique Kidjo, Jimmy Jean Louis and Wale Ojo in 'The CEO'

October 1, Half of a Yellow Sun, 6 other Nigerian movies to screen at India’s Woodpecker Festival

It’s all about God and hard work – Kunle Afolayan on becoming Air France ambassador

Another Nollywood movie pirated online

Wireless Festival cancelled after Kanye West denied entry to UK

DJ Tunez and Burna Boy allegedly clash at Obi’s house

Ghana Music Awards: 4 Nigerian songs nominated for “African Song of the Year”

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AMVCA 2026: Nominees with back-to-back nominations in 2025 and 2026

From Lagos to Cairo to Kinshasa — AMVCA expands continental reach with inclusion of 2 new categories

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