With a beautiful line up of amazing performances as well as presenters the night ended with well-deserved award winners leaving with smiles on their faces.
Basketmouth was the host of the night keeping the audience entertained and laughing out loud.
Performances of the night were Iyanya who almost had the ladies ripping off his clothes as he wooed the crowd with his exciting performance.
Olamide who took home three awards, gave a crazy performance proving to the crowd that he is indeed the man of the moment and here to stay.
Dammy Krane had the crowd grooving with his electrifying performance. The star also admitted on stage that the NEAs allowed him the opportunity to see his mum again for the first time in ten years.
A plethora of stars from every area of the world renowned Nigerian entertainment industry such as Rita Dominic, Emma Nyra and Juliet Ibrahim were all in attendance for the 8th annual awards show.
Check out some of the pictures from the event below. You can also check out the full winners list here.
Text: Mariam Ajibola | Images: Michael Tubes
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Dammy Krane
Ramsey Nouah
Niyola
FREEZE of Cool FM
MMMG TEAM: iyanya and Ubi Franklin
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Basketmouth: Show Host
Basketmouth
Juliet Ibrahim and Ayo Animashaun
Ayo and Juliet during their presentation
Ayo Animashaun and Juliet Ibrahim as they presented the NEA award to Olamide and Phyno for Ghost
Olamide and Phyno after they received their award
Basketmouth
Dammy Krane Backstage getting ready for his performance
Juliet Ibrahim
Juliet Ibrahim
Dammy Krane during his performance
Dammy Krane
Dammy Krane’s mum
Dammy Krane’s special call out to his mum
Dammy Krane: Mummy’s boy – shared with the audience he hadn’t seen his mum in 10years hence the LOVE.
Dammy Krane – Omo mummy
Emma Nyra
Emma Nyra
Rita Dominic
Rita Dominic During her speech
Dammy Krane, Ice Prince
Iyanya
Iyanya’s waist
The kukere master!!!
Freeze of Cool FM
Ice Prince
Phyno