Red Carpet, First Photos! Genevive Nnaji, TiwaSavage, Abike Dabiri, Funke Akindele, Basket Mouth, Tonye Cole, DonaldDuke, Mai Atafo, others step out to celebrate Mo Abudu at 50
Lagos, Nigeria 14 September, 2014
Red Carpet, First Photos! Genevive Nnaji, Tiwa Savage, Abike Dabiri, Funke Akindele, Basket Mouth, Tonye Cole, Donald Duke, Mai Atafo, others step out to celebrate Mo Abudu at 50
The Executive Chairman and CEO of EbonyLife TV, Africa's first Global Black Entertainment and Lifestyle network, Mo Abudu, celebrated her 50th birthday on Saturday, 13 September 2014 at the grand ball room Oriental hotel, Lagos.
Notable Nigerians were present to celebrate with this woman of substance, inspiration and a beacon of hope to many, as she attains this milestone in her exceptional and eventful life.
The black tie and glam event started with red carpet from 6pm. The event was tagged "Mo@ 50...Celebrating Sisterhood" with the aim of celebrating women of distinction in different categories of life and business. 10 categories of unsung heroes were awarded for their quiet but extraordinary and exemplary achievements.
Guests at the event included Nigeria's A-list set Genevive Nnaji, Tiwa Savage, Funke Akindele, Basket Mouth, Julius Agwu, Iyanya, Tonye Cole, Donald Duke, Dele Momodu, Adesuwa Onyenokwe, Abike Dabiri, Joseph Benjamin, Uti Nwachukwu, Bode Pedro, Uche Pedro, Niyola, Ebuka Obi Uchendu, Pastor Ituah, Mai Atafo, Olisa Adibua, amongst others.
The event also had a roll call of political dignitaries like Governor of Ondo state, Olusegun Mimiko, Governor of Cross rivers state and his wife, Liyel Imoke and Mrs Obioma Imoke, Donald Duke and others.
Performers were Tiwa Savage, Chidinma, Seyi Shay, Yinka Davies, Ara, Efya from Ghana, Waje, and others.
The event ended with an after party.
ADESUWA ONYENOKWE
ANITA OMALICHA
ARA AND YINKA DAVIES
ARA PERFORMING
BASKET MOUTH AND JULIUS AGWU
BODE PEDRO, MO ABUDU AND UCHE PEDRO
CELEBRANT & ABIKE DABIRI
CELEBRANT & MUM
CELEBRANT AND FRIENDS
CELEBRANT AND MUM DANCING
CELEBRATING SISTERHOOD
CHIDINMA PERFORMING
CHILDREN OF THE CELEBRANT TALKING ABOUT THEIR MUM
DEDE MABIAKU
DELE MOMODU
DONALD DUKE, GOV LIYEL IMOKE
DR MO WITH HER CHILDREN
EBUKA OBI UCHENDU
EBUKA, GIDEON OKEKE
EFYA OF GHANA PERFORMING
FUNKE AKINDELE
GENEVIVE NNAJI PRESENTING AN AWARD
GIDEON OKEKE AND DENRELE
GOV MIMIKO
GUESTS
HOST OF THE EVENT (BASKET MOUTH)
IFAN
IYANYA STEPPING IN
JOSEPH BENJAMIN
MBGN 2013 EZINNE
MO ABUDU''S AND FRIENDS
MO ABUDU''S DAUGHTER (2)
MO AND ABIKE DABIRI
MO AND GOV MIMIKO
MO AND OLISA ADIBUA
NIYOLA
OLORI SUPERGAL
OREKA
PASTOR IGHODALO
SEYI SHAY PERFORMING
SONI IRABOR, BETTY IRABO & MO ABUDU
SOUND SULTAN
THE CUTTING OF THE CAKE
TIWA SAVAGE AND MO
TIWA SAVAGE PERFORMING
TOPE OSHIN
TOPE OSHIN 2
UTI
VIP GUESTS WITH TONYE COLE
WAJE PERFORMING
YENI KUTI AND DONALD DUKE
YENI KUTI
YINKA DAVIES PERFORMING AGAIN
YINKA DAVIES