JOHN YOILA GOTIP'S SHORTZ. THE MOVIE

SHORTZ is a story built around a 17-year-old boy infected with polio at a very young age. Uninvited, he journeys through different locales to play a football match and his love for football leads him on a journey of self-recognition and inner strengthening.

Directed by John Yoila Gotip, produced by Terry Jerry Awase, filmed on the Plateau and utilising a select team of aspiring actor's, producers and Crew men, SHORTZ is an anticipated must watch!

Premiere date is the 31st of October 2021 to be screened at the TAMARALD EVENTS CENTER, INDUSTRIAL ROAD, OLD AIRPORT, JOS-PLATEAU STATE.

MERCY MANAS BAGS A 2021 AAFMA AWARD

As of Sunday the 10th of October 2021 at the prestigious Sarau events center in Jos-Plateau State, MERCY MANAS was awarded with the "MOST PROMISING ACTRESS ON THE PLATEAU" award from the organisers of AAFMA (Actor's And Film Makers Award) 

The gorgeous and truly fast rising  actress and pioneer celebrity from the Nollywood Artist's Association of Nigeria recently just concluded her role playing in the movie KHUM'GBOW THE LEGEND shot in the city of Jos where she played the legendary role of MAGAJIYA, an undercover bori priestess resident in the caliphate aiding in the Secret Service to queen Amina. She also stars in AREWA 24's new viewers choice series titled : "BUKAN AFRICANA" as HAUWA which is directed by Sani Muazu and richly casted with the best of the best from kannywood the likes of Jamila Nagudu, Alamin Buhari, Farouk Sani Muazu and a host of others from Jos Plateau state.

MERCY MANAS is set to appear in more than a couple jobs for cable network in Kano, Jalingo and Nasarawa states and set to use her potential as a creative to promote Plateau state's enormous youth potential to the world and be a role model for women interested in engaging the film making field of endeavor from this part of the country.

EGBE PAUL ANAYO & HIS AAFMA AWARDS

 

EGBE Paul ANAYO, born and bred in Jos-plateau state and hails from Ebonyi state in Ebonyi local government area has in less than a year of engaging professional acting with the Nollywood Artist's Association of Nigeria shown that he is here for serious business as he has clinched the "BEST SKIT COMEDIAN FOR THE YEAR 2021" on the Plateau at the ACTORS AND FILM MAKERS AWARDS (AAFMA AWARDS CEREMONY) held on Sunday the 10th of October at the SARAU EVENTS CENTRE. 

PAUL speaks English,Igbo and Hausa and more than just a seasonal actor also a comedian with panache and a style of his own as well.

He is already been earmarked to play a role in the upcoming Nollywood Artist's Association Nation wide flic scheduled for February 2022 while plans for script reading, costuming and role playing towards the film commences from the months end of November 2021!.

SHI'ANGHEN NIGERIA'S "THE LEGEND OF KHUM'GBOW" GOES TO HOLLYWOOD

IT IS THE ESTEEMED PLEASURE OF THE ENTIRE NOLLYWOOD ARTIST'S ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA TO ANNOUNCE THAT A FILM PRODUCED ON THE JOS-PLATEAU TITLED "THE LEGEND OF KHUM'GBOW" HAS BEEN SELECTED TO BE SCREENED AT THE 7TH ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD WEEKLY MAGAZINE FILM FESTIVAL IN THE USA!

The 7th Annual Hollywood Weekly Magazine Film Festival will take place from 3:00 pm - 11:00 pm at the Fine Arts Theater in Beverly Hills, California on the 6th of November 2021.

This year's prestigious event will honor and entertain dignitaries from Nigeria of which the Northern national coordinator Nollywood Artist's association and Plateau state Peace & Unity ambassador in the person of Ambassador Hoomsuk (who wrote, directed and also started in the awesome ethnic epic movie) will be there.  The invitees will be treated to live performances with a packed house followed by a viewing of a selected film presented to the audience of film & television executives from Hollywood, and invited guests.

All film projects (including the Legend of Khum'gbow) will be reviewed by the judges and published in the prestigious and international Hollywood weekly magazine for public feedback. The film "THE LEGEND OF KHUM'GBOW" starring a cast of wonderful and skilled actor's handpicked from the crop of local talent in the city of Jos-Plateau State demonstrated interest and favorable judges rating that made the 100% Jos made film to be featured in the Film Festival.

Upon submission, Shianghen Nigeria (an indigenous casting agency existing on the Plateau) had the option of purchasing advertising space in the festival's magazine and will be published in the International and National Los Angeles area distributed Hollywood Weekly Magazine.

 This was made possible by the contributions of the executive producers of the film namely: Lady Gertrude Longwan Odoala, Lady Josephine Ibrahim, Dr Haggai Gutap and Mercy Manas (a kannywood actor cum producer) with support from The Nollywood Artist's association of Nigeria, Plateau Diaspora Tourism agency LLC USA/ UK, PLASMEDA (Plateau Small & Medium Enterprise Development Agency) , AFRICULFASH and SHI'ANGHEN NIGERIA (CSN) the casting society of Nigeria.

 Films with the most favorable rating (including the Legend of Khum'gbow) will be screened at the 7th Annual HWMFF which will be held at the Fine Arts Theater in Beverly Hills, California on November 6, 2021!

Actor's discovered from this film includes Mercy Manas, Mary Yunana Anera, Jesse Klever, Papa Sunday Akpome, Nanle Illiya Shaibu, Nadia Runan Maina, Rhoda Bala, Theophilus Ojukwu, Okibe Patrick, Joshua Kalu, Ntiem Maryann Katman, Abayomi Abayomi, Sardauna na Jos, Benjamin Logo, Prince Salfat, Clement Gyang and a host of others.

This is good news for filmmaker's on the Plateau as efforts have been made for years to return at least 50% of Nollywood activity to the city of Jos which has for years been earmarked for hosting the landmark for filmmaking activities. This dream has been made possible as this independent film content from an indegeniuos casting agency from the city pioneered by Ambassador Hoomsuk jibrin has been achieved and will spur the next generation of actors, producers and directors from the indigenous society of the Plateau.

Expect international collaborations with foreign and reknowned film companies in the USA when  Plateau state comes back from taking centre stage at the Hollywood weekly magazine film festival 2021!.

ELIJAH DANIEL AKA DANNY 3PLEFLEX

This is ELIJAH DANIEL GBWAJAH popularly known as RWANGPAM DANIEL ELIJAH. AKA (DENNY/3PLEFLEX)

ELIJAH 3PLEFLEX is a graduate of Theatre and Film Arts from the prestigious University of Jos. He has also had the rere privilege of having worked with the Nigerian Film Cooperation (NFC) during his service year. 

This captivating voiced artisan has featured in a lot of stage and screen plays which includes:

Stage: Cantankerous Passengers, The Generals Award, The Commentary, Death and the King's Horseman, Corruption get Face? amongst others.

Screen: Sodium Chloride, 9am, and the trailer preview copy of the  Legend of Khum-Gbow.

DANIEL ELIJAH AKA 3PLEFLEX is known to sing, dance, to be an MC, fashionista, hair stylist, visual artist, director and an amazing Actor and many more. 

His Motto and driving force when you're with him in the physical is that of one who Likes doing what he loves doing best with passion.

This prolific creative will be seen doing alot of networking in the reality drama content making field of endeavour before the year 2021 runs out with more gusto reflecting on his acting career for cable network as well as he transcends into the stage-to-screen arena. 

ILIYA NANLE SHAIBU

ILIYA NANLE SHAIBU is an actor cum musician from Plateau State in Mangu Local Government Area,west Africa, Nigeria.      This light skinned talent started his primary school learning  at Army Children School 72 Barrack Battalion North Bank in Makurdi in Benue state  before completing the primary studies at Quality Nursery and Primary School 72 Barrack Battalion North Bank Makurdi. ILIYA  attended Government Secondary School 72 Barrack Battalion North Bank Makurdi, and completed his Secondary School at COCIN Secondary School Mangu LGA Plateau State. He also has a Certificate in Diploma in Computer in the year 2011.    Bulky chested ILIYA is currently residing at Anguwan mata of Mangu LGA in Plateau State of Nigeria as the outreach coordinator for nollywood artistes in that local government and Since his years of experience in the industry, he has been exposed to different people, culture, tribes and places.  

NANLE as he is most popularly called had skills in Computer Maintenance and for Sport, he engages in Volleyball, Baseball and Football.  He's also talanted in the field of Singing, instrument playing of the guitar and piano  and Acting which is the major likeness takes center stage for him. 

  In a few years to Come, NANLE  wants to be an African movie academy award celebrated actor from this part of West Africa. As part of his curriculum vitae as an actor, NANLE  started the industry two years ago and has acted four films such as "CHOICES", "THE PHILANTHROPIST", "MAN OF GOD" and an elder from the kwararafa tribe in a Netflix original movie titled  "LEGEND OF KHUMGBOW."

NANLE will also be seen to project the talents from his indigenous people in short skits and experimental film projects as he perfects himself and readies himself and his colleagues for stardom. 

ALICE PAM

Beautiful ALICE PAM is 28 years old from plateau state in Jos south Local Government Area and berom by tribe. This vivacious female studied mass communication with the national open university of Nigeria. She understands and speaks three languages, English, Hausa and her local dialect berom. 

ALICE is an actor and dancer and featured in movies like :"On the case", "Anabawan karya" and "A short movie excursion gone bad" by Kevin luther as she is ready for more adventurous productions.

Gorgeous eyed Alice always liked acting as a child during her primary school days in Fatima private school when she started stage performance in church. But her passion for acting practically started in 2011 when she featured in a short movie  excursion gone bad and the first version of zangers  hills by Kevin Luther. She has now taken the lead by attending shianghen Nigeria's auditions to be part of the nollywoodcentre plateau platform initiative for training, recruiting and outsourcing her potential alongside over 300 creatives by being part of the trailer ethnic movie tilted "khum'gbow the legend". 

ALICE PAM is also scheduled to participate in four other cinema rated market productions to be shot on the plateau and design a portfolio for herself that'll produce value for money and professionality for her clientele. Look out for this space as ALICE PAM recreates herself to be bigger than the next big deal on the acting scenario on-the-plateau. 

NOLLYWOOD CENTRE PLATEAU IS NEW INNOVATION IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA

 

NOLLYWOOD CENTRE PLATEAU has as of April  4th 2021 at the kwararafa hall of ELIM suites at Rayfield in Jos-plateau state been recognized by the PLATEAU SOCIAL MEDIA AWARDS (PSMA)  3.0 organised by MUNATARAY ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPT to be the FOREMOST INNOVATION PLATFORM  to actively utilise the projection of film related activities and it's creative populace on the plateau. 

Ambassador HoomSuk Alex Jibrin alongside a select few upcoming female artisan representives front lined by Mercy Manas (pioneer female upcoming Nollywood /kannywood act in Jos) fronting their female creative platform with their slogan "THE FUTURE IS FEMALE" (F.I.F) took center stage to receive the certificate and plaque for the platform with the promise to put plateau state and it's creatives at the foremost heart of nollywood sweetness. 

LIGHT GODMAN

This six feet tall promising act is known as Light Oluwatimilehin Godman. He was born on the 17th day of September, 1990 and the first child in a family of six children. LIGHT is  from Badagry, Lagos State but raised in Asaba, Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun State. He had his primary education at Ola-iya Nursery and Primary School, Oyan, Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun State from 1993-2001.

LIGHT had his Junior Secondary education at Osun North Anglican Diocesan Comprehensive High School, Agbeye, Odo-Otin Local Government Area, Osun State from 2001-2004. He proceeded to Nusrat High School, The Gambia from 2004-2007 for my Senior Secondary education.

LIGHTS first degree came from The University of Ilorin where he studied Geography and Environmental Management and graduated with Second Class Honours (Upper Division).

He was posted to Plateau State for the one year compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and his Place of Primary Assignment (P. P. A.) was Bokkos Local Government Council Secretariat where  worked as an inventory officer at the Works Department from October 2015-October 2016. He's much lived his stay on the Plateau that almost immediately after his Masters degree (Geography) at the University of Ibadan, he returned to Plateau State and has been resident here ever since.

He is a travel agent (flight ticket reservations, both local and international flights, hotel reservations, car hire, airport pick-up and guaranteed visa assistance).

This creatives love for travel and adventure has taken him to about nine countries of the world (UK, Benin Republic, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal etc) and still counting. 

LIGHT has more than a thing for acting and he finally decided to explore it the year 2021. I'm currently a member of the casts in two movies namely gods of Kirzama and the Legend of Khum'Gbow..

He hope's to take his acting career to the very apex by winning several awards locally and internationally by featuring in top notch contemporary and epic movies. 

MANOMI STANLEY THE GREAT

This is Manomi Stanley Manomi from Damshin district of shendam LGA. He is the first child of Four and his residential address is Tudun Wada, Jos.  This tall and radiantly dark and lovely actor started his primary school at Albakans pre-sience primary school and then proceed to Government science secondary school Kuru for his O'level certificate. He then gained admission into  plateau state university Bokkos to study Geography which by God's mercy he was able to graduate.

STANLEY THE DARK & LOVELY love's acting, & as a science student, one would ask why he went into acting! Its just his thing and he's more than passionate about and love's doing it. He love's dancing and plays Football as well. 

This inspirational actor with great potential for being the next best male indigenous actor from the plateau stars in the premiere trailer feature of "KHUM'GBOW THE LEGEND' and is already table casted in a football movie that'll lead to a series that will be shot in Jos plateau state and aired on cable network via Mnet in South Africa.