Nigerian artistes win big as AFRIMA ends awards

The award ceremonies of the third edition of the Africa music awards came to an end on Sunday in Lagos as Nigerian artistes took the center stage.
Apart from the renowned and veteran musician, King Sunny Ade, who was presented with a special recognition award for his role in Nigerian and African music, other Nigerian artistes went home with various awards.
Chinedu Izuchukwu Okoli, popularly known as Flavor, got two awards.
One as the Best Male Artist and the other for being the Best African Contemporary artist in the year under review.
Aramide also got the award for the Best Female Artist in West Africa, while Falz and Phyno got the awrd for the Revelation of the Year and Fan’s Favorite.
A night that turned out to be heavily dominated by Nigerian musicians, saw Nigeria’s Ninola and Edrisa Musuuza of Uganda, better known as Eddy Kenzo, put up a scintillating performance of “Mbilo mbilo”, which was later adjudged as the Best African Collaboration of the Year, and Patoranking taking the award for the Best African Reggae.
The Eagle online reports that apart from musical giants in the African music industry that graced the occasion, the Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode; his wife, Bolanle; his Deputy, Dr. Idiat Adebule; and the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, were also in attendance.
The Eagle Online also reports that the audience was entertained with live performances by the likes of Psquare, Phyno, Patoranking, Shayi Shay, Falz and other African artists.