After
several weeks of high-wired meetings, pulsating brain storming sessions and
intensive consultations, the long awaited Entertainment Express and Sunday
Express third Anniversary Bash and Awards Nite will hold on Sunday, July 27,
amid glitz and grandeur.
SHOWBIZPLUSng learnt that for
the first time since its inception three years ago, the high octane ceremony holding
at the upscale events and entertainment centre, Niteshift Coliseum, Opebi,
Ikeja, will graciously honour a potpourri of leading entertainers, few
high-net-worth individuals and some deserving corporate bodies with the newly
introduced Express Star Awards (ESA) Trophy.
Leading
the roll call of honourees at the forthcoming evening event that is already
serenading and reverberating within and outside the nation’s booming
entertainment industry is Otunba Mike Adenuga, the founder and executive
chairman of Globacom, Nigeria’s second national carrier.
The
billionaire philanthropist fondly called The Guru, will be decorated with
Nigeria’s Entertainment Pillar of the Decade Award.
The
special honour is in recognition of Adenuga’s matchless contributions to the
development and deepening of the economic potential of the entertainment
industry in Nigeria.
Interestingly,
a total of 17 entertainers drawn from Nollywood, music and comedy sectors
respectively will be recognized and rewarded at the historic night aimed at
celebrating only the very best in entertainment.
The six
Nollywood stars already nominated for our ESA Recognition Trophy are: Stephanie
Okereke-Linus, Chinedu Ikedieze (Aki), Osita Iheme (Pawpaw), Jide Kosoko
alongside the duo of Tope Tadela and Lizzy Gold (New Faces).
Also,
seven worthy and wave making musicians carefully selected by our Board of
Editors and esteemed readers will be going home with our ESA Trophy. They
include: Davido, Tiwa Savage, Omawumi, Yemi Sax, Oritse Femi and the duo of
Phyno and Patoranking (Fresh Faces).
Meanwhile,
for their immense contributions to the growth and development of comedy
business in Nigeria, the quartet of Opa Williams, Ali Baba, AY and Elenu, will
be hugely honoured with our ESA Trophy at the grand gathering of the very best
in Nigeria’s entertainment industry.
Meanwhile,
Ken Calebs Olumese, the irrepressible founder of the oldest night club in the
country and showbiz impresario, will be bedecked with the ESA Lifetime
Achievement Trophy, for his invaluable offerings and benevolence to the
nation’s entertainment firmament.
Also
proudly nominated by our Board of Editors for recognition is the amiable governor
of Akwa-Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio.
For
constantly and consistently supporting entertainers and entertainment
activities within and outside his state, Akpabio will be ornamented with ESA’s
Trophy of the Most Supportive Governor of Entertainment in Nigeria.
To
further encourage their huge support and immense assistance towards the growth
and development of entertainment in Nigeria, Mr. Azuh Amatus, editor of
Entertainment Express and Sunday Express, disclosed that four corporate brands
had also been singled out for honours at the awards night.
Star Lager
beer, Glo, MTN and Close Up, will be separately rewarded with ESA’s Trophy as
Corporate Supporters of Entertainment in Nigeria.
“ESA 2014
is basically to celebrate the very best in Nigeria’s thriving entertainment
industry as well as some corporate brands aiding the growth of entertainment in
our nation. Come party with us and celebrate with the stars. Red Carpet starts
at 5.p.m.” elated Azuh hinted.
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