African Celebrities

Wednesday, 30 October 2013

Halima Abubakar

Halima Abubakar is a Nigerian actress. She is one of Nigeria's finest acting talents. Halima spent her early years in Kano and Kagi States in Nigeria. She is a graduate of Bayero University Kano and has a degree in Sociology.

Halima has starred in several movies and clinched several awards like City People's Best Actress 2011, The Afro Hollywood award in London as Best Supporting Actress, Actors Guild Icons Award, Global leadership award, Best Actress award at THE EMNENT award powered by News of the people.

Halima Abubakar

Left to right: Tuface Idibia, Halima Abubakar, Annie Macaulay Idibia and Susan Peters

Halima Abubakar with friends

Halima Abubakar and friend

Halima Abubakar (left) and Co-star Susan Peters (right)

Zack Orji

Zack Orji is a Nigerian actor, director, producer and filmmaker. He was born Zachee Ama Orji in Libreville, Gabon to a Nigerian family in the 1960s. He graduated from the University of Nigeria in Nsukka. Having grown up in Cameroon, Benin and Togo he speaks both English and French fluently. His first movie was in 1991, and was entitled Unforgiven Sin. Since then, he has starred in different movies and is now a Nollywood legend.

Zack Orji is a former chairman of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN). He is also a Pastor in the Power Life Assembly Ministry, Owerri Nigeria.

Zack Orji is married to Ngozi Orji who is also an actress and the couple has 3 children together, a son and two daughters.

Zack Orji

Zack Orji and his wife Ngozi Orji

Zack Orji and son Leonel Orji

Zack Orji with Fans

Final Marriage - Movie

Monday, 28 October 2013

Patience Ozokwor

Patience Ozokwor a.k.a Mama G is a Nigerian actress. She was born on 25th March 1958 in Ngwo, Enugu, Nigeria. She attended Teachers Training College in Afikpo from where she proceeded to IMT Enugu where she studied Fine and Applied Arts, specializing in Graphics. She taught for about four years before venturing into broadcasting.

Patience has acted in many movies with actors and actresses such as Genevieve Nnaji, Ramsey Nouah, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Rita Dominic, Pete Edochie, Ini Edo, Van Vicker, Mercy Johnson, Mike Ezeruonye, Oge Okoye, Kanayo O. Kanayo, Chioma Chukwuka etc.

Patience lost her husband a few years ago to a terminal disease. She has three biological children (two sons and one daughter) and have adopted one. Her first son is an engineer while the last is a footballer with Rangers International of Enugu, Nigeria.

Patience Ozokwor

Patience Ozokwor and her daughter Chioma Nnenna Lameya Ozokwor

Patience Ozokwor's son Uche Ozokwor on his wedding day

Patience Ozokwor on her son's wedding in London

Patience Ozokwor

Patience Ozokwor Interviews

Memories of Madness 1 - Movie

My Love My Sorrow 1 - Movie

My Love My Sorrow 2 - Movie

Nse Ikpe Etim

Nse Ikpe - Etim is a Nigerian multiple award winning actress. She is the first of six children. She was born in Akwa Ibom on the 12th of October, 1970.

Her first on-air appearance was at the age of 18 when she anchored a show on the Nigerian Television Authority (N.T.A). She attended the University of Calabar and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Theater Arts. She appeared on several stage plays including "Anowa" by Ama Ata Aidoo, Marriage of Anansewa, just to name a few.

Nse Ikpe - Etim graduated from the University of Calabar where she studied theater arts and gave outstanding performances on stage. After graduation, she took a break from acting; to work in the Banking and Business sectors. She also went into the fashion industry and improved her culinary skills.

Nse got married to Clifford Sule who is a Senior Lecturer at the Computer Communications department of Middlesex University London UK at a registry on 14 February 2013 in Lagos.

Nse Ikpe - Etim

Nse Ikpe - Etim and her husband Clifford Sule

Nse Ikpe Etim's Traditional Wedding Ceremony

Nse Ikpe Etim Interview

Mr & Mrs - Movie

Lydia Forson

Lydia Forson is a Ghanaian actress, writer and producer. She was born in 1984, in Mankessim, Ghana. She received her early life education at Wilmore Elementary school in Kentucky, US. At the age of nine, she relocated from the United States to Ghana where she continued her formative education at Akosombo International School. She also attended St. Louis Secondary School in Kumasi, Ghana where she completed her senior secondary school education. She graduated from the University of Ghana where she earned a Bachelor's degree in English Language and Information studies.

In 2010 she was the first Ghanaian winner of the prestigious African Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

Lydia has also starred in hit movies such as The Perfect Picture, A Sting in a Tale, Phone Swap and Masquerades.

Lydia Forson

Lydia Forson and her mother Janet Forson

Lydia Forson and her co stars, left to right: Desmond Elliot, Ini Edo, Lydia Forson and Genevieve Nnaji

Lydia Forson with co-stars Chioma Chukwuka (left) and OC Ukeje1 (right)

Lydia Forson with friend

Lydia Forson and her co-star Yvonne Nelson

Saturday, 26 October 2013

Mercy Aigbe

Mercy Aigbe is a Nigerian actress. She is the second among five children of her parents. Mercy attended Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria for her National Diploma before proceeded to the University of Lagos in Nigeria, where she got a Bachelor's degree in Theatre Arts.

Mercy got married to her millionaire husband Lanre Gentry in 2009, and they have one son together. Mercy has also a daughter named Michelle from her previous marriage.