Ambassador Frank Ikegwuonu a rewound filmmaker, publisher and content creator has announced the long awaited list of the nominees for the 17th edition of Nelas Academy Awards after months of scrutiny by industry experts, researchers’ and prominent personalities appointed to scrutinize the over 160 nominees submitted from 11 countries In view of the 17th edition of Nelas Academy Awards.

As the president of the Nelas Academy Awards, I am happy to announce that the 17th edition of Nelas Academy Awards will take place In London, UK on 28, January 2023. To honor some of the following nominees who has distinguished themselves using their position of leadership, their career, time and environment.

The nominees for the 17th edition of Nelas Academy Awards include:
ADAM RICHARDS
AMB.IJEOMA TEDDY OSCAR
AMBASSADOR YVETTE PHILBERT
ADRIE VAN DE NIEUWENHOF.
ANDY BOYO.
ANU ADEBOGUN
APOSTLE MOSES OJEDIRAN
BABYMELODY DAVIES.
BEN AUDU
BLESSING OLUBANJO
BISHOP BEST AGBOLAYAH
CHIEF AMB. IJEOMA AJAELU
CHIELLA SCO
COUNCILLOR THELMA ODOI
DANIEL OLUBANJO (FAIYARAND)
DANIEL O. FAMAKIND
DANIEL OTUAGHOMA
DEACONESS FUNMILOLA OMIRIN
DR. JULIET HAMMOND
EUGENE ANKOMAH.
EVANG. OLUTAYO OLUTAYO
GLADYS MABEL CANTELMI
GOGO ANYANWU JR.
H.R.M.FLORENCE OKONKWO.
HEIDI KINGSTONE
HIGH CHIEF RICHMOND MACGREY.
HRM. KING CÉPHAS KOSI BANSAH.
HRM. PRINCESS ADEPOJU ADEYEMI.
HYPER HYPE.
JACQUI SHAW
JOANNA ZWIERZYNSKA
JOYFUL PRAISE
JUDITH OSAGIOBARE
LADY DESIREE FAUST.
LADY NICKI MOORE
LADY OLGA BALAKLEETS.
LADY RITA AMALU
LANA ODUBELA
LEA MORNAR
LUCIEN MORGAN.
MAXINE ENGLISH
MAYOR. CLLR. PAULINE GEORGE
MIISZ GRACIE
MINISTER CAROL BABALOLA
NANA SLICK
OLUFEMI OLUSEGUN OLUBANJO
OLUKUNLE FAFOWORA.
PASTOR GBOLAHAN BRIGHT (MBE)
PASTOR. JULIE OYEBOBOLA
PASTOR LOLA OYEBADE
PASTOR MRS. OPE DUROJAIYE
PASTOR TAI DUROJAIYE
PRINCESS FLORENCE TOYA.
PROF. DR. PAULINE LONG.
PSA OMOBA
PETER ARMAND BOYO
REV. COMFORT OWOEYE.
REV. DR. PRECIOUS TOE.
RHODA WILSON
SARO WIWA.
SIR. OLUSEGUN BABALOLA
SIR. PESSU JACOB.
TIM HUDSON.
TOYIN AGBOLAYAH (JP)
YEMI AYETIGBO
ZAINAB POPOOLA
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BACKGROUND
Founded In 2003 at the artist’s village, national theatre Lagos by Ambassador Frank Ikegwuonu is the Who is Who In Nigerian Entertainment industry, and the Nollywood Excellence and Leadership Award, also known as ‘the Nelas Academy Awards.

The prestigious Nelas Academy Awards are presented to encourage and celebrate personalities that expand and enhance the portrayals of the African rich cultural heritage in all forms of global media advocacy and legacy projects. The award is a lifetime testimony of momentous contributions in the human capacity developments, skill acquisitions, entrepreneurial and economic empowerments.

The Nelas top 100 most influential personalities alongside the Nelas academy award are strategically created to collect, preserve, interpret, and display pictographic items of artistic and cultural significance for the education of the general public especially fans, critics and researchers of the African history, films and articles related to pan African entrepreneurs, politicians, cultural ambassadors, philanthropists, celebrities and public servants who have distinguished themselves in their areas of expertise. People whose ideas, whose example and talent noted to have impacted positively to mankind, especially Africans.