Entertainment

2025 AMVCA: All The Winners So Far As ‘Lisabi’ Steals The Spotlight

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12 months ago

May 10, 2025

The 11th Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) is underway at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos. Lisabi: The Uprising has emerged as the breakout winner so far, scooping three major awards in the technical categories.

The ongoing ceremony is celebrating the best of African film and television, with both veteran stars and newcomers competing across a wide range of categories.

Best Costume Design

Winner: Christmas In Lagos — Adedamola Adeyemi
Nominees:

Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre — Toyin Ogundeji
House Of Ga’a — Bolanle Austen-Peters, Yolanda Okereke, Juliana Dede, Gloria Oyu
Lisabi: The Uprising — Oluwatoyin Balogun, Oyeade Adeimpe Adedimeji
Phoenix Fury — Opeyemi Sogeke

Best Makeup

Winner: Lisabi: The Uprising — Hakeem Onilogbo (Hakeem Effect)

Nominees:

Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre — Hakeem Onilogbo
Seven Doors — Hakeem Onilogbo
Inside Life — Kpoudosu Winifred
Suspicion — Tracy Izogie & Adeleke Toluwulashe Maigari
Farmer’s Bride — Abejide Oluwatosin Mercy

Best Art Direction

Winner: Lisabi: The Uprising

Nominees:

Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre
Christmas In Lagos
Farmer’s Bride
Seven Doors
The Man Died

Best Sound/Sound Design

Winner: Suspicion

Nominees:

Inkabi
Seven Doors
Freedom Way
Lisabi: The Uprising
Ajakaju: Beast Of Two Worlds

Best Editing

Winner: Inkabi — Tongai Furusa

Nominees:

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 Writing TV Series

Untying Kantai — Abel Mutua Musyoka — WINNER

Nominees:

Tuki? — Louise Kamwangi
Roses and Ivy — Biodun Stephen and Abimbola Akinrinbola
Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre — Shola Dada
Princess on A Hill — Bibi Ukpo, Niyi Adeniji, and Sonia Nwosu
Cheta’M — Ifeanyi Chidi Barbara
Seven Doors — Adebayo Tijani, Yinka Laoye, and Soyombo-Oluyombo Oluwagbemiga

Best Writing in a Movie

Freedom Way — Blessing Uzzi — WINNER

The Weekend — Egbemawei Dimiyei Sammy, and Vanessa Kanu, and Frederick O. Anyaebunam Jnr
Skeleton Coast — Omolola Lamikanra
Phoenix Fury — Ifeoma N. Chukwuogo
A Ghetto Love Story — Victoria Eze
House of Ga’a — Tunde Babalola
Christmas In Lagos — Jadesola Osiberu

Best Indigenous Language Film (South Africa)

Mwizukanji — WINNER

Walvis Tale
The Vow
Man of Gold
Lukas

Best Indigenous Language Film (East Africa)

Makosa Di Tangu — WINNER

The Caller
Sabotage
Wa Milele? (Forever)

Best Indigenous Language Film (West Africa)

Lisabi: The Uprising — WINNER

Seven Doors
Kaka
Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre
Mai Martaba

Best Cinematography

The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos — Leo Purman — WINNER

Yen Ara Asaase Ni (This Is Our Land) — Onasis Gaisie, Michael Sefa, and Apagnawen Annankra
Inkabi — Chuanne Blofield
Skeleton Coast — Wesley Johnston
Soft Love — Ebrahim Hajee
Lisabi: The Uprising — Barnabas Emordi and Nora Awolowo
Agemo — Papama Tangela

Best Digital Content Creator

Iyo Prosper — WINNER

Jide ‘Pounds’ Ibitoye (Jide Pounds)
Dorcas Ariyiike Owolagba (Ariyiike Dimples)
Elozonam
Maryam Apaokagi (Taaooma)

Best Indigenous M-Net Original

Onye Agbata Obim — WINNER

Mai Shayi
The Caller
Show Me The Way
Ebighi Ebi
Subterranea
Amoanimaa’s Era

Best Scripted M-Net Original

My Fairytale Wedding — WINNER

Uriri
All Mine
Italo
The Caller
Kam U Stay

Best Score/Music

Seven Doors — Tolu Obanro — WINNER

Inkabi — Seoli Bongani Mashaba
Freedom Way — Ahuurra Andrew, Kehinde “Louddaaa” Alabi, and Cobhams Asuquo
Soft Love — Kolade Morankinyo (MPSE) and Efa Iwara (Love and Hate)
Skeleton Coast — Chris Letcher

Entertainment

I’ve Been Blacklisted In Music Industry For 13 Years – Seun Kuti

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1 hour ago

May 5, 2026

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Grammy-nominated Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti has claimed that he has been blacklisted in the Nigerian music industry for about 13 years due to his style of music.

He explained that because his late father Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and his contemporaries used their music as a form of protest against bad governance, the government invested heavily in vain artists while targeting conscious musicians.

Speaking in a recent episode of the Saleh Meditate podcast, Kuti said government’s interference has significantly affected the quality and impact of modern Nigerian music.

He, however, said being blacklisted in Nigeria doesn’t affect him much, stressing that the country is just a fraction of his fanbase.

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My Beef With Wizkid Is For Life – Seun Kuti

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2 hours ago

May 5, 2026

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Maverick singer Seun Kuti has ruled out reconciliation with Afrobeats star, Wizkid, declaring that their rift is lifelong.

DAILY POST recalls that Seun Kuti and Wizkid fell apart after the latter claimed he was greater than Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti in response to the former’s directive to fans to stop comparing the Ojuelegba crooner to the late music legend.

When asked in a recent podcast if he has settled his beef with Wizkid, Seun Kuti said he can’t reconcile with the Starboy boss because he disrespected his late dad.

The host asked: “Have you and Wizkid settled your Beef?”

Kuti replied: “It is on for life. I don’t have anything to say about him but it is on for life. You don’t say things about my dad and then it is fine. There is no coming back from that.”

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Why I Stopped Attending Church Service – Funke Akindele

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1 day ago

May 4, 2026

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Famous Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, has opened up on why she lost interest in attending church service.

The actress who made the revelation in a Snapchat video on Sunday, stated that she stopped going to church because attention often shifted to her rather than the service.

While explaining that she’s always the one they take pictures of, the actress said she now joins church service online.

Akindele said “Anytime I go to church, I am always the one they take pictures of. So I will join online.”

Recall that in 2022, Akindele openly identified herself with the Celestial Church of Christ.

“Every time I have challenges I go to the Celestial church quietly at night for solutions. But I have to stop hiding and publicly identify with the church”, she said.