Bovi Explained

Bovi Ugboma
Native Name Lang:Isoko
Birth Name:Bovi Ugboma
Birth Date:25 September 1979
Birth Place:Benin City, Nigeria
Alma Mater:Delta State University
Years Active:2007–present
Spouse:Kris Asimonye Ugboma
Children:3

Bovi Ugboma is a Nigerian stand-up comedian,[1] [2] actor,[3] and writer. He has organized popular stand-up comedy concerts like Bovi: Man on Fire across the globe.[4] He is married to Kris Asimonye Ugboma[5] and is 42 years of age.

Early life and education

Bovi Ugboma was born in Benin City, the capital of Edo State. He attended UNIBEN staff school for his primary education. In 1991, he was enrolled in Government College, Ughelli in Delta State. For disciplinary reasons and fear from his parents of his development as a youth, he was removed from boarding school and transferred to Edokpolor grammar school in Benin city where they lived. That move proved non-productive and he moved to his third secondary school, Boys model secondary school, Onicha Olona, an all boarding school. After completing his secondary education, he gained admission in 1998 to Delta State University where he studied Theatre Arts.[6]

Comedy career

2007

Bovi began his career in April 2007,[7] starring in the sitcom Extended Family,[8] which he also wrote and produced.[9] The show was popular and fans loved it.[10]

2008 - 2011

Bovi was an emerging force in comedy shows and events throughout Nigeria.[11] he made his stand-up comedy debut in Nigeria's premiere comedy franchise, Night of a thousand laughs[12] organized by Opa Williams. By 2011, he was headlining the show across the country.[13]

2013 - 2014

His first stand-up special held at the Eko convention center.[14] He would go on to stage the sequel in 2014. Bovi: Man on Fire 2014 also featured international superstars Ja Rule and Ashanti.[15] Bovi took the one-man special to several cities in the United States, London, Melbourne, Kiev, Brisbane, Sydney, Moscow and Toronto.

2017

He went on a break for three years after the 2014 edition of the show, after the hiatus, the Man on Fire franchise returned to Lagos and it was the most successful yet. The fourth edition in Lagos held in April 2019 and Bovi said it is the last of the man on Fire franchise.[14] He says his next special will go by another title. Bovi began a series titled "BACK TO SCHOOL" in 2018 which he uploads in his YouTube channel. Bovi has worked alongside other Nigerian comedians such as I Go Dye, I Go Save, Basketmouth, Buchi, Odogwu, Okey Bakassi, Julius Agwu and many others.[16]

2022

In July 2022, Bovi held his latest comedy special, Bovi- Naughty By Nature in Lagos[17] and it was sold out two days before the show.[18]

Movies

2015–2018

Bovi premiered his first movie It's Her Day on 9 September 2016.[19] [20] The movie grossed 55 million Naira in the Nigerian box office.[21] In 2016, he starred in the romantic comedy, 4-1-Love as the lead actor.[22]

In 2017, he was nominated for the AMVCA awards as the best actor in comedy; his third individual nomination since the inception of the AMVCA and the fourth from his works. The movie, though lacking in mainstream publicity, went on to have a decent run in the cinemas and grossed 55 million naira at the box office.[23]

2020

In 2020 he starred as a police officer in the remake of the Nollywood classic Nneka the Pretty Serpent.[24] [25]

2021

He also wrote, co-produced and starred in his second film, My Village People.[26] [27] The film went on went on to join the list of 17 Nigerian films to gross100 million naira in the local box office.[28]

Personal life

Bovi is happily married to his heartthrob, Kris Asimonye Ugboma with three children.[29] [30] [31] [32]

Early January 2022, his wife underwent surgery after an episode of ectopic pregnancy which ruptured one of her fallopian tubes.[33] [34] [35]

The two celebrated their 13th Anniversary on 19 September 2022 with Bovi praising his wife for taming him and carrying his children for 27 months altogether.[36] [37]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultRef
2021Net HonoursMost Popular Comedian[38]
2021AMVCABest Actor in a Comedy[39]
2023Africa Magic Viewers' Choice AwardsBest Television Series[40] [41]

Filmography

Films!Year!Title!Role!Ref
2004 Indecent girlHotel manager
2004Standing aloneDoctor[42]
2016 4-1-LoveOsaze[43]
2016It’s Her DayVictor Smith
2021Nneka The Pretty Serpent Inspector Dan [44]
2021My Village PeoplePrince
2022The Perfect ArrangementChidi[45]
TV sitcoms!Year!Title!Ref
2007–2008Extended family [46]
2009–2010The Bovi Ugboma Show[47]
Web series!Year!Title!Ref
2018–2022Back To School[48]
2019–2022Banana Republic[49]
2021–presentVisa On Arrival[50]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Comedy: Bovi says he's not an overnight success . 17 February 2014 . SilverbirdsTV . SilverbirdsTV . 17 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140226055644/http://silverbirdtv.com/entertainment/comedy-bovi-says-hes-not-overnight-success . 26 February 2014 . dead .
  2. Web site: 2022-02-10 . How I Was Almost Accused Of Theft By London Hotel Staff — Bovi . 2022-03-12 . Daily Trust . en.
  3. Web site: 2022-07-17 . Comedy is a form of therapy, not just entertainment, says Bovi . 2022-07-17 . Vanguard News . en-GB.
  4. Web site: Bovi Tells Us A Secret + A Revealing Birthday Message For Richard Mofe Damijo . 8 July 2014 . View Nigeria . View Nigeria . 23 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171003075025/https://view.ng/bovi-tells-us-a-secret-a-revealing-birthday-message-for-richard-mofe-damijo/ . 3 October 2017 . dead .
  5. Web site: Owolawi . Taiwo . 2020-09-19 . Comedian Bovi and wife celebrate 11th wedding anniversary with romantic photos . 2022-08-08 . Legit.ng - Nigeria news. . en.
  6. Web site: Comedian Bovi Ugboma Stages 'Man on Fire' tonight . 10 March 2013 . Daily Times NG . Daily Times NG . 10 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130419222751/http://www.dailytimes.com.ng/article/comedian-bovi-ugboma-stages-man-fire-tonight . 19 April 2013 .
  7. Web site: BIG BOY BOVI. 14 February 2012. nationaldailyng. nationaldailyng. 14 February 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130925024408/http://nationaldailyng.com/laff-line/big-boy-bovi. 25 September 2013.
  8. Web site: I am my biggest competition – Bovi . 13 March 2013 . dailyindependentnig . dailyindependentnig . 13 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130312054934/http://dailyindependentnig.com/2013/03/i-am-my-biggest-competition-bovi/ . 12 March 2013 .
  9. Web site: Bovi Ugboma Denies Saying He Is Richer Than Celebrities Who Are Endorsed . 10 February 2014 . Modern Ghana . Modern Ghana . 10 February 2014.
  10. Web site: Okonofua . Odion . 2021-05-13 . Buchi, Bovi and Basketmouth are the Bad, Baddo and Baddest of Nigerian comedy [Pulse Editor's Opinion] ]. 2022-08-08 . Pulse Nigeria . en.
  11. Web site: The Bovi Ugboma Show . 12 March 2013 . Modern Ghana . Modern Ghana . 12 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140226145412/http://africamagic.dstv.com/2013/03/12/the-bovi-ugboma-show/# . 26 February 2014 . dead .
  12. Web site: 2018-07-14 . How ‘A Night of Thousand Laughs’ died and resurrected — Opa Williams . 2022-08-08 . Vanguard News . en-GB.
  13. Web site: 2024-02-02 . Bovi Biography: Age, Son, Net Worth, Daughter, State of Origin, Wife, Children, Wikipedia, Family, Parents, Father, Mother . 2024-06-26 . gistflare.com.ng . en-US.
  14. Web site: 2019-04-13 . "Bovi Man On Fire" Final Edition Is Set To Be An Unforgettable Experience . 2022-08-08 . The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News . en-US.
  15. Web site: banah . namang . 2014-10-16 . Bovi Man On Fire Ja Rule, Ashanti Rip The Stage [Photos] ]. 2022-08-08 . Pulse Nigeria . en.
  16. Web site: I would have been a footballer –Bovi . 31 March 2013 . Punchng . Punchng . 31 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130331044055/http://www.punchng.com/spice/local-entertainment/i-would-have-been-a-footballer-bovi/ . 31 March 2013 .
  17. Web site: Ononose . Joshua . 2022-07-19 . Bovi’s Naughty by Nature: A night of laughs, unparalleled music, and soul therapy . 2022-08-08 . YNaija . en-GB.
  18. Web site: 2022-07-22 . Chike, Asake thrill at Bovi’s ‘Naughty by Nature’ . 2022-08-08 . Punch Newspapers . en-US.
  19. News: Bovi's Movie Premiere "It's Her Day". 7 October 2016. THISDAYLIVE. 5 December 2017. en-US.
  20. Web site: Wedding Movie "It’s Her Day" starring Bovi, Adunni Ade, Toni Tones, Omoni Oboli & more Premieres on Friday September 9! BellaNaija . 2022-08-08 . www.bellanaija.com . en-US.
  21. Web site: Ohwovoriole . Onome . 2017-01-20 . Top 10 Nigerian Movies Gross Over N1 billion Naira in 2016 . 2022-08-08 . Nairametrics . en-US.
  22. Web site: Bovi Earns Lead Role In Feature Movie, ‘4-1-Love’ . 2022-08-08 . Channels Television.
  23. News: 76', 93 days, top AMVCA nominations (Full nominee list) . en-US . Punch Newspapers . 5 December 2017.
  24. Web site: 2021-10-30 . Nneka: The pretty snake, an unrealized Nollywood classic remake . 2022-08-08 . Daily Trust . en.
  25. Web site: ‘Nneka, the Pretty Serpent’ Rises – THISDAYLIVE . 2022-08-08 . www.thisdaylive.com.
  26. Web site: BellaNaija.com . 2021-06-10 . "My Village People" premiered in Lagos with Bovi, Sophie Alakija, Rachel Oniga looking ? . 2022-08-08 . BellaNaija . en-US.
  27. Web site: Nwogu. Precious. 31 May 2021. Watch the official trailer for 'My Village People'. live. 8 June 2021. Pulse Nigeria. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20210531153717/https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/movies/watch-the-official-trailer-for-my-village-people/h35pdsn . 31 May 2021 .
  28. Web site: Top 20 Films Report - 3rd-9th September 2021 - Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria . 2022-08-08 . www.ceanigeria.com.
  29. Web site: Its 11th anniversary for Bovi & Kris (pictures) - P.M. News . 2022-12-01 . en-US.
  30. Web site: 2022-04-27 . Why I cannot marry a second wife – Bovi The Nation Newspaper . 2022-12-01 . en-US.
  31. Web site: Olusola . Oluwatobi . 2021-09-18 . Comedian Bovi celebrates wife as she marks her birthday today . 2022-12-01 . eelive . en-US.
  32. Web site: Bovi's Wife Reveals How He Encouraged Her - AllNews Nigeria . 2022-12-01 . allnews.ng.
  33. Web site: 2022-01-24 . How I underwent surgery due to ectopic pregnancy – Comedian Bovi’s wife . 2022-12-01 . Punch Newspapers . en-US.
  34. Web site: 2022-01-24 . Comedian Bovi wife narrate how she undergo surgery afta ectopic pregnancy . 2022-12-01 . BBC News Pidgin.
  35. Web site: Okonofua . Odion . 2022-01-24 . Bovi's wife recounts how ectopic pregnancy ruptured in one of her tubes . 2022-12-01 . Pulse Nigeria . en.
  36. Web site: Comedian Bovi, Wife Mark 13th Wedding Anniversary – Independent Newspaper Nigeria . 2022-12-01 . independent.ng.
  37. Web site: 2022-09-19 . Weapon of mass destruction, Bovi flatters wife on 13th anniversary The Nation Newspaper . 2022-12-01 . en-US.
  38. Web site: Net Honours – The Class of 2021. 7 September 2021. Nigerian Entertainment Today. en-US.
  39. Web site: 2016-12-15 . 76’, 93 days, top AMVCA nominations (Full nominee list) . 2022-08-08 . Punch Newspapers . en-US.
  40. Web site: Full List: Here are all our AMVCA 9 Nominees . 2023-04-23 . AMVCA - Full List: Here are all our AMVCA 9 Nominees . en .
  41. Web site: AMVCA 2023: Anikulapo Wins Overall Best Movie . Radio Nigeria Ibadan Zonal Station - Uplifting the People and Uniting the Nation . 2023-05-21 . 2023-06-10.
  42. Web site: sunnews . 2017-05-21 . I don’t have a grass-to-grace story – Bovi, Comedian, Actor . 2022-08-08 . The Sun Nigeria . en-us.
  43. Web site: Comedian Bovi, Lilian Esoro Set For '4-1 Love' Movie - P.M. News . 2022-08-08 . en-US.
  44. Web site: 2020-11-30 . Bovi: How I begged for role in 'Nneka the Pretty Serpent' remake . 2022-08-08 . TheCable Lifestyle . en-US.
  45. Web site: Ogala . George . 2022-06-19 . Movie Review: ‘The Perfect Arrangement’, another imperfect movie with complicated storyline . 2022-08-08 . Premium Times Nigeria . en-GB.
  46. Web site: 2015-06-20 . The rise and rise of Bovi . 2022-08-08 . Vanguard News . en-GB.
  47. Web site: Tv . Bn . 2018-02-13 . "The Gamblers": Watch Episode 23 of The Bovi Ugboma Show on BN TV . 2022-08-08 . BellaNaija . en-US.
  48. Web site: Tv . Bn . 2021-11-10 . It’s Graduation Season! Catch Up on Three Episodes of Bovi’s Comedy Series "Back To School" . 2022-08-08 . BellaNaija . en-US.
  49. Web site: Bovi’s President of ‘Banana Republic’ – THISDAYLIVE . 2022-08-08 . www.thisdaylive.com.
  50. Web site: Tv . Bn . 2021-07-21 . Watch Episode 4 of Accelerate TV’s Comedy Series "Visa On Arrival" for a Good Laugh . 2022-08-08 . BellaNaija . en-US.