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Star actress Yvonne Okoro has been honoured with a Distinguished Achievement Award at this year’s Nigeria Excellence Awards, chaired by His Excellency, Ambassador Musiliu Obanikoro, Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Ghana.
The award ceremony, which took place at the La Palm Beach Hotel in Accra, was to honour Nigerians who have lifted their country’s flag high with honour in their different sectors of work in Ghana.
The beautiful actress was one of the youngest award recipients at the ceremony.
She was honoured for her great acting skills and contribution to the African movie industry.
Her flawless and superb acting dexterity has become a learning material for rookies in the acting trade.
A Bachelor of Arts graduate from the University of Ghana, she is the first actress in Ghana to star in a two-cast movie, ‘Why Marry’, a production that has raised eyebrows in Ghana and beyond.
She is also the first Ghanaian actress to appear in a French movie titled ‘Le Hotelier’ in France.
In 2010, she co-won Best Actress at the prestigious Ghana Movie Awards. Two years in a row, she has been nominated for Africa Movie Academy Awards Best Actress In supporting and leading roles categories.
Yvonne Okoro
She made her screen debut in 2002 in ‘Sticking To The Promise’ produced by Theo Akatugba.
There is no doubt that she is loved for her riveting roles in movies like ‘Adams Apples’, ‘4play’, ‘The Return of Beyonce’, ‘The Game’, ‘Agony Of Christ’, ‘Single Six’ and an endless list of other movies.
Also, it is no secret that Yvonne Okoro has a mixed lineage of Nigerian and Ghanaian parentage; hence she calls herself an African.
She grew up in Ghana and had her basic education at Achimota Preparatory School and then Lincoln Community School before moving to Faith Montessori School.
She was at Mfanstiman Girls Senior High School before the University of Ghana. Subsequently, she was at the Universite’ De Nantes in France to study Press Civilization, Drama and Marketing.
Yvonne has come a long way in contributing to Africa’s movie industry and indeed she is worth celebrating.
​​Nigerians hijack Golden Movie Awards
Even before dust settles on concerns that not even one Kumawood movie got nominated for this year’s Golden Movie Awards Africa (GMAA) because the jury says the submitted movies are of poor and substandard quality, organisers have settled on four hosts for the event, and three of them are Nigerians and the fourth one is speculated to be half Ghanaian and half Nigerian.
It is not clear whether on the issue of selecting hosts for the event, the organisers did not find ‘suitable’ Ghanaians and, therefore, had to rely on three Nigerians.
The GMAA is scheduled for Thursday, July 22 at the Movenpick Hotel in Accra, and NEWS-ONE has gathered that the red carpet will be jointly hosted by Ghanaian/Nigerian international model Victoria Michaels and Nigerian actor Sir Uti Nwachukwu, who was a representative from Nigeria in Big Brother Africa.
The main event, according to information NEWS-ONE has gathered, will be handled by two Nigerian celebrities- actress Osas Ighodaro Ajibade and the celebrated Ayo Makun- a multi-award winning Nigerian actor, comedian, radio and TV presenter.
Osas Ighodaro Ajibade
SAMMY 'B
Absolutely Made GH Proud
Former Ghanaian Big Brother housemate Sammy B has slammed critics of the Big Brother Africa Programme. He believes many of those who criticize the Programme are hypocrites.
Samuel Kwame Bampoe as he is known outside showbiz explained the essence of the Big Brother Programme to Ultimate Radio’s Bernard Buachi prior to this year’s finale which saw Ghana’s Elikem place third on Sunday.
He says the programme is all about how people of different cultures and backgrounds co-exist and manage stress as well as boredom.
The entertainer vehemently denied that the Big Brother Programme promotes nudity and immorality.
“You should know how immoral a lot of the people who promote Big Brother are. Check what is going on in the country, check what is happening to our young ladies, check our universities, check our hostels, would you like to compare that to big brother?”
He also draws attention to the fact that the programme is appropriately rated for a certain age bracket.
Sammy B says being locked up for ninety days without TV, clocks or other sources of entertainment, brings up various ways of “killing” stress and surviving in the house.
He says being a mate in the Big Brother House is a lifetime opportunity Ghanaians should not hesitate to grab.
Source: Bernard Buachi-Ultimate Radio, Kumasi
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2 GREAT ARTISTS REVEALED !
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Up coming Nigerian Supper star Artist and Comedian met at one of the most lovely Hung out zone in GH.
In an interview with the CASH TALENTS Event Management, the 2 made it clear that they are ready to help improve the music industries of both countries through their Talents.
MC MR CLOUD (right) said Ghanaian should be ready to see great comedy and performance from him.
MR 'U' (left) also added that his tracks are just marvelous and he hope Ghanaian and international Funs should always give support and attend every event he rolls
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- Repor: Nana@ CashTalents.
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