Desmond Elliot, Funke Akindele, others shine @ 2014 AMVCA

 The second edition of the African Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) held on Saturday, March 8, 2014, at the convention centre of Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos with Osita Iheme (Paw Paw) winning the Best Actor in a Comedy, Desmond Elliot (Best Supporting Actor in a Drama) and Funke Akindele as Best Actress in a Comedy.

See the list of winners below…
BEST MAKE-UP ARTIST
Elayne Okaya – Nairobi Half Life (WINNER)
BEST COSTUME DESIGNER
Chiemela Nwagboso – The Kingdom (WINNER)

BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER
Mohamed Zain – Nairobi Half Life (WINNER)
BEST VIDEO EDITOR
Shirley Frimpong-Manso – Contract (WINNER)
BEST SOUND EDITOR
Obi Emelonye – Last Flight to Abuja (WINNER)
BEST ART DIRECTOR
Barbara Minishi – Nairobi Half Life (WINNER)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
Christian Almesberger – Nairobi Half Life (WINNER)
BEST WRITER (COMEDY)
Jigi Bello – Flower Girl (WINNER)
BEST WRITER (DRAMA)
Shirley Frimpong-Manso & Hertey Owusu – Contract (WINNER)
BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE (HAUSA)
Abba Muko Yakassai – Habib (WINNER)
BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE (YORUBA)
Mercy Aigbe – Komfo (WINNER)
BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE (SWAHILI)
Njoki Muhoho – Mama Duka (WINNER)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Dr Gilbert Chigbo – The Deadwood (WINNER)
BEST SHORT FILM
Walter ‘Waltbanger’ Taylaur – The Wages (WINNER)
BEST TELEVISION SERIES COMEDY / DRAMA
Catherine Phiri – Love Games Episode 6 (WINNER)
BEST MOVIE DIRECTOR
Shirley Frimpong-Manso – Contract (WINNER)
BEST MOVIE 2013
Shirley Frimpong-Manso, Yvonne Okoro & Ken Attoh – Contract (WINNER)
BEST NEW MEDIA – ONLINE VIDEO
Amarachukwu Onoh – Mother Tongue  (WINNER)
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Tope Tedela – A Mile from Home (WINNER)
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Nse Ikpe-Etim – Journey To Self  (WINNER)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Bikiya Graham-Douglas – Flower Girl (WINNER)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Desmond Elliot – Finding Mercy (WINNER)
BEST MOVIE (DRAMA)
Frank Rajah Arase – The Price (WINNER)
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Osita Iheme – The Hero (WINNER)
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Funke Akindele – The Return Of Sheri Koko: WINNER
BEST MOVIE (COMEDY)
Elvis Chucks – A Wish (WINNER)
LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Pete Edochie

‘I am a shattered mother’, Aisha Falode says in tribute to late son

Ace Broadcaster, Aisha Falode, says she is devastated, pained and shattered by the death of Toba, her 19-year-old son.

Toba was reported to have died after he was pushed off a 17 storey building by an Arab male in Dubai, UAE, where he was schooling.

Speaking at the funeral service held on Monday, March 3, 2014, at the Trinity House, Victoria Island, she paid a powerful, emotion-laden tribute to her deceased son.

‘My son, the curtain fell too early for you, for us. I am in the audience; I cannot jump on stage where you are. Even if I could, the curtain is drawn already. I cannot reach you. I am tempted to say why me, but why not me? God loves us. He took my bundle of joy; even now I lean on HIM.’

She would also reveal via the tribute that she had yearned to have a male-child before eventually giving birth to him, saying, ‘I had looked forward to having my own son. I carried you with pride and honour in my womb for 9 good months. Knowing you will eventually be born made the discomforts of 9 months seem like chewing a candy bar.’

The late Toba was a budding rapper who went by the stage name ‘Tyler Fray’.