{"id":14744,"date":"2017-03-09T14:25:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T13:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&p=14744"},"modified":"2017-05-15T13:32:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T12:32:34","slug":"onyekwere-modestus-anayo-a-k-a-kanayo-o-kanayo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/onyekwere-modestus-anayo-a-k-a-kanayo-o-kanayo\/","title":{"rendered":"ONYEKWERE, Modestus Anayo, (a.k.a. Kanayo O. Kanayo)"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date of Birth: Thursday (Eke) I” March, 1962 State of Origin: Imo Local Government Area: Ezinihitte Mbaise Village\/Town: Nru Umueze Oboama Contact Address: TOBAFA Ventures lnt’1 Ltd 147, Ijesha Road, Ijeshatedo, Surulere Lagos Email Address: princekok(V\/ yahoo.com Modestus Anayo Onyekvvere. (Kanayo O. Kanayo KOK) isa rising star inthe Film Industry. Hehasmade such an impact in the Nigerian Film Sector that he is nowevery family name in the country. His ingenuity in playacting has brought manywarring families togetheras one underone big screen watching a star perform. Millions of Nigerians now stand up for him in recognition of his proficiency and dedication to the Movie Industry. Education KOK began his educational journey in 1970- delayed by the Nigerian \/Biafra War \u2022 New Heaven Primary School Enugu 1970 1978 \u2022 Secondary Technical School, Aba 1979 1982 \u2022 University of Lagos. Diploma in Mass Communication 1995 1997 \u2022 German Institute Lagos. Certificate in German 2001 \u2022 University of Lagos B.A (Hons) Philosophy 2005 Job Experience and Professional Practice \u2022 Nigerian Television Authority Lagos-Commercial Department 1987 1990 \u2022 Public Relations Officer. Pink Rose Nigeria Ltd 1990 \u2022 Corporate Affairs Manager Movitos Travels & Tours Lagos. 1990 1991 \u2022 At Present, an Independent and Self-Employed man. and the Chief Executive.Tobafa Ventures International- a media consultancy outfit in Lagos \u2022 Chairman, Heaven & Earth DOCOM(Internet Outfit) \u2022 Chairman. IIealth Gate Pharmacy Ltd Owerri Awards and Honours \u2022 Listed in WHO’s WHO in Nigeria 2000. p. 640 Best Supporting Actor. The Movie Awards THEMA 1996 \u2022 Afro Hollywood 1996 Award London \u2022 Grand Master Award. The Polytechnic Ibadan 2001 \u2022 Akure Chamber of Commerce Ondo State Award for Excellence 2002 \u2022 Strides Towers College Lagos Achievers Award 2005 \u2022 Actor of the Year Award FEN Promotions Port Harcourt 2000 \u2022 African News Magazine Award 2000 New York USA \u2022 Won the Best Actor of the Year at the recent African Movie Academy Award (AMAA) Bayelsa State Nigeria 2005 Features and Presentations on the TV and Radio \u2022 During his apprenticeship, he has featured in TV series \u2022 1983 1986 Quiz Presenter”AKO N’UCIIE’. \u2022 1984-1986 Television Play House ( Drama) NTA Enugu \u2022 Ikoro (Comedy) NTA Enugu 1983 1986 \u2022 New Masquerade (Drama) NTA Aba 1984 1987 \u2022 Try Me (Drama) NTA Network 1985 1986 \u2022 New Village I leadmaster (Drama) NTA Network 1987 1988 \u2022 Legacy (Drama) NTA Network 1987 – 1988 \u2022 At your service NTA Network 1988 1989 \u2022 Ripple (Soap Opera) NTA Network 1989 1991 \u2022 Checkmate (Soap Opera) NTA Network 1990 1992 \u2022 Face to Face (Comedy) Telecast 20 Stales 1991 1992 \u2022 Pioneer Programme Presenter\/ News Reader Radio Nigeria (3) Ikoyi Lagos 1988 1989 IIe featured in over a hundred and fifty home video as at August 2005. but the prominent ones are as follows Living in Bondage – the first and foremost Home Movie Vital Shot him into limelight and a particular one that brought and revolutionalized the home video in Nigeria and the success of that outing brought the consciousnessand the urge of making home video and has made Nigeria to de-emphasize foreign movie. \u2022 Circle of Doom. Fatal Desire, Frame up,Nneka-The Pretty Serpent. Tear of Love. When theSunSets.Faces. MyFather Promise. Millionaire are Saints. Blood Money \u2022 The Eye Witness. Rituals. Bleeding Ilean. Confusion. Sacred. Obstacles. Jesus will comeagain \u2022 Lost Battle. Abuja Boys.Coronation. Living Dead. After the Fight. WhatWomen Want. Opposition Market Sellers, Supper Warriors. Vanity Upon Vanity, Bread of Sorrow, My Command, Battle oflove (Across the Niger), Billionaires Club, South Connection, Love is Wicked, Time ( shot in Kumasi Ghana) The Kids areAngry, Fire on the Mountain, Signs of Wonders, Cycle of Tears, Broken Plate,The Masters. MyWoman, Omata Women. Prime Suspect, Portfolio. The General’s Wife. \u2022 Laraba. Kingdom on Fire,Trials, Bedof Roses, Burden, Beyond Pardon, Negative Influence Entangled, Hand of God, Desperate Billionaire, Nothin for Nolhin. The Barons. Once a Soldier. Front Page. Naked Faces, My blood. Executive Connection. End of Money. Ring of Fire. Evil Deeds Ilammer. Crazy Passion, Hot Money, Final Money, Civil Army, Tears for Nancy, Bigger Boys, National Cake, Occult Kingdom, Bandit Queen. The Peoples Club and others. Membership in Social and Non-Professional Bodies \u2022 Member. Aka Ikenga. a Social and Cultural Organization of Igbo Professionals in Lagos \u2022 Member.Actors Guild of Nigeria -an assemblage of Actors and Actresses of Nigeria 1lome Video He is a responsible married man. His advice to the Igbo Youths. – “A no kwala n’ulo ewu a inuo n’ohu” To the Igbo Leaders, “frequent bickering anddiscordant time by Igbo Leadership seriously undercuts ourcorporate respectability as apeople. “Onye kpoo oba ya”. Igbo Leaders shouldimbibe the virtues of reconciliation, accommodation and inclusion because their problem is that they tend lo overstretch the boundaries both inpolitical affiliation andintra-parly levels. They must not allow their differences loengulfanddiscourage them. Igbo have a back record ofdynamism; performance andclear vision, our accomplishment in various sectors are because ofinspiration forany di.spa.ssion able auditor”. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14744","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14744"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}