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The NEAs are Back – Bigger & Better in 2012! Nominate Your Favorite Entertainers for the 2012 Nigeria Entertainment Awards

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The organizers of the Nigeria Entertainment Awards (NEA) are calling on all members of the entertainment industry to begin submitting their work(s) in order to be considered for nominations, and ultimately awards in the upcoming 2012 NEA Awards.

The NEA AWARDS is an annual entertainment event held in the United States, with the sole purpose of celebrating and recognizing the numerous contributions of entertainers to the African entertainment industry, while at the same time promoting the image and rich culture of Nigeria.

It is that time of the year again, when members of the entertainment industry are given the opportunity to be celebrated, and recognized by the NEA and their fans both at home in Nigeria and abroad.  Between now and April 27th, the NEA will be compiling work released into market, radio stations and online media over the past year (March 2011 – March 2012), for consideration in the different award categories.

Interested entertainers can be residents of any country, but must be wholly or partially Nigerian in other to be considered eligible. The Pan African awards are the only awards open solely to Non-Nigerian African entertainers. The awards are divided into 3 main categories- Music, Film & Others.

Music

  • Best Album of the Year
  • Best International Artist
  •  Best Music Video
  •  Best New Act
  •  Best Pop/R&B Artist of the year
  •  Best Rapper of the year
  •  Best US Based Artist of the year
  •  Best Gospel Artist/Group of the year
  •  Hottest Single of the Year
  • Best Indigenous Artist
  •  Most Promising Act to Watch
  •  Music Producer of the Year
  • Pan African Artist     

Film

  • Best Actor in Film
  • Best Actress in Film
  • Best Film Director
  •  Best Picture
  •  Best TV Show
  •  Pan African Actor
  • Pan African Actress

Others

  •  World DJ
  • Best Comedian
  • Best Entertainment Personality of the year
  • Entertainment Promoter
  • Media personality of the year

The deadline to submit nominations is Friday April 27th, 2012 and the official announcement of the 2012 NEA nominees will be made at the end of May, 2012. All materials should be forwarded to [email protected].

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Adeola Adeyemo is a graduate of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management from University of Lagos. However, her passion is writing and she worked as a reporter with NEXT Newspaper. She believes that anything can be written about; anything can be a story depending on the angle it is seen from and the writer's imagination. When she is not writing news or feature articles, she slips into her fantasies and creates interesting fiction pieces. She blogs at www.deolascope.blogspot.com

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