Governor, Rotimi Amaechi will bestow on four
nollywood Thespians, a special recognition
award for their immense achievement in
nollywood industry. This recognition will be
giving to Liz Benson-Ameye, Adebayo Salami,
Nobert Young and Kasimu Yero
The recipients have express great joy on
honour that will be conferred on them by Gov
Amaechi by the 6th edition of the prestigious
BON awards in River State, They also envisage
it as an experience they will cherish for a
long time.
Speaking on the reason for these choices,
BON award Executive Producer Seun
Oloketuyi revealed that after much
deliberation and research, these four came as
the best choices for this award category
because they have made a great impact in
nollywood and have also been a source of
inspiration to youths in Nigeria and Africa
generally.
Elizabeth Benson Liz, popularly known as
Liz Benson
She began acting when she was just a kid. Her
journey to stardom began when she appeared
on the set of the popular television soap
opera, Fortunes in 1993. Liz Benson played
the part of Mrs. Agnes Johnson in the soap,
which ran for about two years on the
Nigerian Television Authority network.In
1994, her role in Glamour Girls, a very
successful home video film that focused on
the theme of prostitution, literally changed
her fortune after Fortunes. The movie shot
her into prominence and gradually she
warmed her way into the minds of millions of
Nigerian movie fans. Surprisingly, just when
her rating as a leading actress had begun to
rise even higher than expected, Benson
suddenly quit acting in 1996. She became a
born-again Christian and started preaching
the gospel.
She started acting when she was five years
old. She is loved by most movie watchers in
Nigeria and is seen as one of the first ladies
of Nollywood
Some of her more popular roles include her
role as Titubi in Femi Osofisan's
Morountodun and as Mrs. Agnes Johnson in
Fortunes, a soap opera that ran for about two
years on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)
Channel 10. She acted in a number of
Nollywood video-films such as Evil Men 1 and
2, Shame, Conspiracy, Izaga, Burden, Stolen
Child, Faces, Dead End, Tycoon, Glamour
Girls, Body of Vengeance and a horde of
other movies.
Kasimu Yero
Veteran actor Kasimu Yero is fondly
remembered for his role as 'Uncle Gaga' in
the now rested '80s situational comedy, Cock
Crow At Dawn, and as one of the lead
characters in Abubakar Imam's Magana Jari
Ce. Today, he is older, more rested and taking
things easy, but back in the days, he was one
of the actors who dominated the region and
entertained the populace with his ability to
interpret humorous scripts.
Yero was born in Zaria some 64 or 65 years
ago. But when he became of school-age, he
was taken from Zaria City to his grandfather
in Kaduna. At that time, his grandfather
Mallam Mohammed Sambo, was the Magajin
Gari of Kaduna. It was while the young Yero
was with him that he had the opportunity of
going to primary school. Ironically, his school
was located somewhere around where the
present-day Fire Brigade headquarters is in
Kaduna.
Nobert Young
Crossover actor par excellence, and star of
countless DStv-sponsored productions
including, Edge of Paradise, Norbert Young,
Trained in both The University of Ibadan and
University of Benin, is regarded as one of the
best-trained movie role interpreters in
Nollywood. Long before the advent of home
video, the Warri, Delta State-born thespian,
has always been a delight to watch on screen.
Many television viewers, especially those who
followed rested soap opera, Checkmate,
would readily recall his face as the randy
lecturer, Professor Okon. Norbert Young was
part of the detective drama series, Third Eye,
which ran in the 1980s and today regarded as
one of the versatile veteran Actor who has
contributed immensely to the growth of
Nollywood.
Adebayo Salami
Adebayo Salami, a.k.a Oga Bello, has been on
stage for 49 years. Not once has he given
retirement a thought, he started acting with
Young Stars Concert Party in 1964 when he
was 12 years old. The group metamorphosed
to Ojo Ladipo Theatre. So far,he has
produced about 17 films. The first movie he
produced was Ogun Ajaiye under the stable of
Awada Kerikeri in 1985. In 1987, He
produced Omo Orukan and in 1989, Eri Okan
and all of these were on celluloid.
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