Hakeem Effects Explained

Hakeem Effects (born Hakeem Onilogbo Ajibola), is a Nollywood make-up artist; with specialties include special effects,^[1] eyebrows and eyelashes.^{[2] [3]} He is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of "Tricks International"; a special effects and prosthetics company serving a range of productions in the Nollywood film industry.^[4] He is known for working on several major films such as King of Boys and , as well as several music videos.^[5]

In 2017, he won the "Best Make-up" Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award for Oloibiri^{[6] [7] [8]} and Africa’s Best Makeup Artist at the 2016 and 2017 Africa Movie Academy Awards in both 2016 and 2017.^{[9] [10]}

Filmography

Film and television

Year	Work	Role	Notes
2012	Okafor's Law	special makeup effects
2017	House on the Hill	special makeup effects
2018	The Delivery Boy	special effects coordinator
	King of Boys	special effects supervisor
2019	Blameless	make-up, special effects
2020	The Milkmaid	make-up
		make-up, special effects
2021	Lugard	special effects
2021	Plus Hubby	Special effects
2021		special effects coordinator
2021	Online	Special effects
2021	Manifestation	Special effects

Awards and nominations

Year	Award ceremony	Prize	Work	Result	Ref
2017	2017 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards	Best Make-up Artist	Oloibiri
2018	2018 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards		Tatu		[11]
			Disguise
2023	2023 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards		Anikulapo		[12]
			Shanty Town
			Battle on Buka Street

References

1. Web site: 19 April 2015 . My husband and I never dated–LOLA MAJA OKOJEVOH . The NATION . 25 June 2016.
2. Web site: 2018-09-09 . Hunger motivated my interest in special effects make-up — Hakeem Onilogbo . 2022-07-22 . Punch Newspapers . en-US.
3. Web site: Alawode . Abisola . 2017-01-12 . Can you tell if this gory video is real or its just makeup? . 2022-07-22 . Legit.ng - Nigeria news. . en . 2022-07-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220722113607/https://www.legit.ng/1082269-meet-hakeem-effects-makeup-artiste-a-difference.html . dead .
4. Web site: 2018-11-12 . 'I don turn black pesin to oyibo before' . 2022-07-22 . BBC News Pidgin.
5. Web site: 2018-11-16 . Nollywood award winning Makeup Artist Hakeem Onilogbo – he makes Buhari look-alike turned a black person white for the movies - CyberTranic . 2022-07-22 . cybertranic.com . en-US.
6. Web site: 2017-03-04 . '76' is Best movie at AMVCA 2017 . 2022-07-22 . Punch Newspapers . en-US.
7. Web site: . 2017-03-05 . “76” biggest winner at AMVCA 2017 . 2022-07-22 . Businessday NG . en-US.
8. Web site: Inyang . Ifreke . 2017-03-05 . '76' wins five awards at AMVCA 2017 [See full list of winners] ]. 2022-07-22 . Daily Post Nigeria . en-US.
9. Web site: . Hakeem Onilogbo Ajibola wins in Best Makeup artist category . 2022-07-22 . Ivory NG . en-US .
10. Web site: . 2019-10-31 . Winners Of 2019 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) . 2022-07-22 . PositiveNaija . en-US.
11. Web site: 2018-09-02 . AMVCA 2018: Full list of winners . 2022-07-22 . Punch Newspapers . en-US.
12. 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 .