KSA, PSquare Takes To Stage As AMAA Holds Today

Veteran guitarist and ace Juju musician, King Sunny Ade, will take to stage today, October 30, as the 18th Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) holds.

Other celebrities who will also entertain guests who attends the event are PSquare, Kate Henshaw, Young Jon, Zadok, and Yinka Davies, Ayo Bankole, Matty, Veentage Band, DJ Kenchello, and Gerald Eze.

Popular comedian and Master of Ceremony, Funnybone, TV show host Kachi Offia, and comedienne cum actress Chioma ‘Chigul’ Omeruah will host the awards gala night.

Nominees for awards from different parts of the continent, including Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, and Ghana, as well as from the U.S., Germany, and the United Kingdom, have arrived in Lagos for the show.

Morris Mugisha, a nominee whose film, ‘Tembele’ got 10 nominations, expressed delight and excitement after arriving in Lagos on Tuesday, October 26, 2022, from Uganda.

“It’s great to be back again in Lagos, Nigeria for AMAA. I look forward to picking several awards as our film,” Mugisha said.

Meanwhile, AMAAs official chief host, the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has promised nominees from different countries in Africa and the diaspora a good time in the metropolis.

The AMAA 2022 week-long activities began with prayer sessions at the Agege Central Mosque and St Dominic Catholic Church in Yaba. This was followed by the graduation of 890 students, who were beneficiaries of the ‘Film in a Box’ program by the African Film Academy in conjunction with the Lagos State Government to train and empower young people in the creative industry in three different centres – Alimosho, Epe, and Badagry.