Ghanaian Stars Ignored Amaa Awards

Click banner for more info

Latest information coming in from Nigeria indicates that the Ghanaian delegation of actors, producers and filmmakers who attended the ninth edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) in Nigerian over the weekend was completely ignored, snubbed and left high and dry by the organisers.

Though the Ghanaian delegation was officially invited to the event, and the members were assured that they would be chauffeured from the hotel to the red-carpet opening ceremony, which was to start at exactly 5:00 p.m last Saturday, no vehicle came for the group until it eventually had to plead with Yvonne Okoro to use her Nigerian 'connection' to arrange a vehicle.

Again, when the Ghanaian delegation, including actor Kofi Adjorlolo, Eddie Nartey, Prince David Osei, Yvonne Okoro and several others entered the auditorium, they were shocked to realize that no seating arrangement had been made for them.

Bayelsa No Longer Going To Sponsor AMAA – Dickson

Click banner for more info

Africa’s flagship movie awards – the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), will no longer enjoy the sponsorship of the Bayelsa State Government and this is according to Governor Henry Seriake Dickson who said henceforth, the event would be private sector driven.

It would be recalled that the state government had been the major sponsor of the annual event since its inception in May 2005 but Dickson during his transparency briefing in Yenagoa, the state capital, said the state government will no longer spend money to fund the annual event.

Bayelsa Raises N300m For AMAA Awards

Click banner for more info

This year’s edition of the Africa Movies Academy Awards (AMAA) is poised to be the most glamorous as the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, Governor Seriake Dickson and MRS Oil boss, Sayyu Dantata supervised Tuesday’s fund raising ceremony in which no less than N300 million was raised.


The fundraiser held at the Congress Hall of the Transcorp Hilton signaled what Governor Dickson described as a new era for AMAA in which the premier event will henceforth be funded by the private sector.