{"id":335345,"date":"2011-03-24T14:24:27","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T14:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/24\/bola-ray-to-be-awarded-ghana%e2%80%99s-showbiz-personality-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2011-03-24T14:24:27","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T14:24:27","slug":"bola-ray-to-be-awarded-ghanas-showbiz-personality-of-the-year-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/24\/bola-ray-to-be-awarded-ghanas-showbiz-personality-of-the-year-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bola Ray to be awarded Ghana\u2019s Showbiz Personality of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"65.5183946488\">\n<p><a name=\"top\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Entertainment of Thursday, 24 March 2011<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong>Joy Online<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3929b07977154575.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Bola2\" title=\"Bola2\" width=\"270\" height=\"324\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> Ghana\u2019s radio presenter extraordinaire and host of Drive Time on Joy 99.7 FM, Nathaniel Kwabena Anokye Adisi known in entertainment circles as Bola Ray will be awarded Ghana\u2019s Showbiz Personality of the year award at the 14th City People Awards for excellence.<\/p>\n<p>He will be honoured with that special award at the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me awards ceremony scheduled to take place this Sunday March 27 at the Balmoral Events Centre in Oregun \u2013 Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>Bola Ray, who also doubles as the CEO of Empire Entertainment, since stepping into the entertainment industry has achieved several laurels; cementing his name as one of the shakers of the Ghanaian entertainment industry today.<\/p>\n<p>The City People Awards was established some years ago to reward and recognise deserving personalities, in Nigeria and the West African sub-region, who have excelled in their fields of endeavour in the previous year and also recognize their outstanding contributions to various fields in entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Tagged as \u201cGhana\u2019s No 1 On-Air Personality\u201d by the organizers, Bola Ray will be treated to a double dose of rewards as organizers will use the occasion to celebrate his birthday which fell on March 1 at a grand reception and after party at the First Floor Night Club in Lagos Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s ceremony will award several personalities in different spheres of life with eight of the awards going to the showbiz industry.<\/p>\n<p>Battling it out for the Musician of the Year category are; 2face and 9ice whiles Producer of the Year category will be fought for by Don Jazzy, K.Solo, Samklet and Sosick.<\/p>\n<p>Actresses; Stephanie Okereke, Rita Dominic, and Genevieve Nnaji have been nominated for the Hottest Face of Nollywood category while Best Actress of the Year will be battled for by Tonto Dike, Stephanie Okereke, Uche Jumbo, Nuella Ojuigbe and Desmond Elliot respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Music duo, P-Square are up for the Music Group of the Year award whiles actor Desmond Elliot have been nominated in the Best Actor category.<\/p>\n<p>Ghanaian actress, Juliet Ibrahim will be presenting an award at the event with Martin Rasheed, popularly known as DJ Rexy will rock the turn tables treating dignitaries to good music.<\/p>\n<p>This will not be the first time a Ghanaian is picking up an award at the prestigious event &#8211; Last year, music group, VIP picked up an award for Ghana&#8217;s Artiste(s) of the year with actress Jackie Appiah also picking up an award for the Best Ghanaian and African actress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3929b07977154575.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Entertainment of Thursday, 24 March 2011 Source: Joy Online Ghana\u2019s radio presenter extraordinaire and host of Drive Time on Joy 99.7 FM, Nathaniel Kwabena Anokye Adisi known in entertainment circles as Bola Ray will be awarded Ghana\u2019s Showbiz Personality of the year award at the 14th City People Awards for excellence. He will be honoured with that special award at the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me awards ceremony scheduled to take place this Sunday March 27 at the Balmoral Events Centre in Oregun \u2013 Lagos. Bola Ray, who also doubles as the CEO of Empire Entertainment, since stepping into the entertainment industry has achieved several laurels; cementing his name as one of the shakers of the Ghanaian entertainment industry today. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-335345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bola Ray to be awarded Ghana\u2019s Showbiz Personality of the year - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/24\/bola-ray-to-be-awarded-ghanas-showbiz-personality-of-the-year-2\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Bola Ray to be awarded Ghana\u2019s Showbiz Personality of the year - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Entertainment of Thursday, 24 March 2011 Source: Joy Online Ghana\u2019s radio presenter extraordinaire and host of Drive Time on Joy 99.7 FM, Nathaniel Kwabena Anokye Adisi known in entertainment circles as Bola Ray will be awarded Ghana\u2019s Showbiz Personality of the year award at the 14th City People Awards for excellence. 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