Emmanuel Ikubese

Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ikubese (born August 12, 1991) is a Nigerian model and actor who won the SilverBird male Pageant for Mr.Nigeria in 2014[1][2][3] in 2015 he won the Peace Personality of the Year[4] at the Peace Achievers Awards and in 2016 won the City People Movie Award for Most Promising Actor of the Year (English) at the City People Entertainment Awards.[5][6] Ikubese in 2017 was appointed United Nation's Millennium Development Goals Ambassador.[7][8]

Emmanuel Ikubese
Born
Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ikubese

(1991-08-12) 12 August 1991
Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
Alma materUnited States International University
Occupation
  • Actor
  • Model
Years active2014-Present

Early life and education

Ikubese is from Delta state in Nigeria, a geographical area occupied by the minority tribes in Nigeria as well as the Igbo people. Ikubuese obtained his First School Leaving Certificate and West African Senior School Certificate from local learning institutions within Delta state. In bid to obtain a university degree he migrated to Kenya where he applied to United States International University Africa in Nairobi to study International Relations and eventually got accepted and obtained a B.Sc. degree upon completion of his course duration.[9]

Career

Ikubese began his career as a professional model[10] in his university’s campus and eventually was crowned Mr.Nigeria as well finishing as first Runner-up at the Mr.World male pageant. Ikubuese after his successful run as a model, ventured into the Nigerian movie industry which is known most commonly as Nollywood and gained significant recognition after he secured a role in the MTV Tv series titled Shuga where he played the role of a character named Femi.[11]

Ikubese made his directorial debut in 2019 with a Tv series titled Kyaddala which is a Ugandan word meaning “its real” when translated to the English language.[12]

Awards

Ikubese won the City People Movie Award for Most Promising Actor of the Year (English) at the City People Entertainment Awards.[6]

Ikubese won the Peace Personality of the Year at the Peace Achievers Awards.[4]

Personal life

In 2019, Ikubese got engaged to Nigerian beautician Anita Adetoye.[13][14] Ikubese in an interview with The Punch media press listed playing basketball, playing soccer and cooking as his hobbies.[15]

R.A.W Project

In 2015 Ikubese developed the R.A.W (Respect-A-Woman) project[16] which he claimed was a project that trained youths on how to avoid domestic violence in the Nigerian society where it was very much rampant.[10][12][17]

Selected filmography and Tv series
  • Kyaddala (2019) as Jeff
  • Shagayas and Clarks (2018) as Lanre Shagayas
  • Shuga (2012-2019) as Femi
  • Run (2017)
  • My Flatmates (2017-) as Sammy
  • Ojukokoro (2016)

References
  1. "Emmanuel Ikubese, ex-Mr Nigeria, announces engagement to Anita Adetoye". TheCable Lifestyle. 2019-10-14. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  2. "'Shuga' actor Emmanuel Ikubese wins Mr Nigeria 2014". Nigerian Entertainment Today. 2014-04-27. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  3. "Ikubese wins Mr. Nigeria 2014". The Eagle Online. 2014-04-28. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  4. "Emmanuel Ikubese Awarded the Peace Personality of the Year 2015". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  5. "Emmanuel Ikubese – Silverbird Mr Nigeria". www.mrnigeriasilverbird.com. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  6. "Full List Of Winners at 2016 City People Entertainment Awards". Nigerian Entertainment Today. 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  7. "Star Actor/Mr. Nigeria 2014 Emmanuel Ikubese appointed as UN MDGs Ambassador". www.thenigerianvoice.com. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  8. "Actor Emmanuel Ikubese appointed UN MDGs ambassador". TheCable Lifestyle. 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  9. "Emmanuel Ikubese launches project RAW". The Nation Newspaper. 2015-12-04. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  10. "Ex-Mr. Nigeria, Emmanuel Ikubese's love for charity work". Vanguard News. 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  11. "Emmanuel Ikubese talks about his character Femi in MTV Shuga 4". Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  12. "Former Mr.Nigeria Makes Directorial Debut in New TV series". THISDAYLIVE. 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  13. "Emmanuel Ikubese is engaged to beauty expert, Anita Adetoye". www.pulse.ng. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  14. "Emmanuel Ikubese, ex-Mr Nigeria, announces engagement to Anita Adetoye". TheCable Lifestyle. 2019-10-14. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  15. Published. "I stay away from negativity — Emmanuel Ikubese". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  16. "Emmanuel Ikubese unveils project RAW". P.M. News. 2015-10-21. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  17. "Emmanuel Ikubese Ex-Mr Nigeria to launch campaign against domestic violence". www.pulse.ng. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
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