{"id":165309,"date":"2026-05-11T15:42:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.max1023.fm\/?p=165309"},"modified":"2026-05-11T15:42:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:42:47","slug":"linda-ejiofor-suleiman-amvca-12-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anaedoonline.ng\/?p=165309","title":{"rendered":"Linda Ejiofor Suleiman Rewrote AMVCA History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Linda Ejiofor Suleiman Makes History at AMVCA 12.<\/strong><\/h1>\n

By: EZURUMEM OBINNA <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Nigerian actress walked into the African Magic Viewers Choice Awards 12 on Saturday night and walked out with two trophies\u00a0 Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress both in the same category, both in the same night. For her role in The Serpent’s Gift. Just like that, history was made.<\/p>\n

What She Did That Nobody Else Could<\/strong><\/h3>\n

To be clear about the weight of this moment no one in the history of the AMVCA<\/a> has ever won both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress in a single night. Not one person. Not in twelve editions of the awards. Linda Ejiofor Suleiman is the first. The first Nigerian actress. The first person full stop.<\/p>\n

That is not a small thing. That is the kind of record that gets referenced for the next decade every time someone comes close.<\/p>\n

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Linda Ejiofor Suleiman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Role That Did It<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Serpent’s Gift gave Linda<\/a> the kind of material that serious actors wait careers for. Her performance was layered enough to earn recognition in two separate acting categories simultaneously\u00a0 which, when you think about it, is almost absurd in the best possible way. To dominate one category is an achievement. To show up in two and win both? That is a different conversation entirely.<\/p>\n

The Room Felt It<\/strong><\/h3>\n

AMVCA<\/a> 12 had the energy of a big night from the start. But when Linda’s name came up twice\u00a0 and took home both\u00a0 the room understood it was witnessing something that would not happen again anytime soon. Nigerian entertainment Twitter confirmed it within minutes. The clips, the reactions, the congratulatory posts\u00a0 all of it moved fast and hit hard.<\/p>\n

A Career That Has Always Been Building to This<\/strong><\/p>\n

Linda Ejiofor Suleiman has been one of Nigerian television and film’s most consistent presences for years. Fans who followed her early work always knew the range was there. What AMVCA<\/a> 12 did was put a stamp on what many already believed. She did not just win two awards. She validated every year of quiet, consistent work that brought her to that stage.<\/p>\n

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Linda Ejiofor Suleiman Makes History at AMVCA 12. By: EZURUMEM OBINNA The Nigerian actress walked into the African Magic Viewers Choice Awards 12 on Saturday night and walked out with two trophies\u00a0 Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress both in the same category, both in the same night. For her role in The Serpent’s Gift. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":165310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,735],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-165309","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-events"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anaedoonline.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anaedoonline.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anaedoonline.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anaedoonline.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anaedoonline.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=165309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anaedoonline.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anaedoonline.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/165310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anaedoonline.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=165309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anaedoonline.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=165309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anaedoonline.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=165309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}