The Oscars Award 2017: Full List of Nominees and Winners

The Academy Awards, or "Oscars", is a group of artistic and technical honors given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence in cinematic 
A quick recap: "La La Land" was the top nominee, notching a record-tying 14 nominations. "Moonlight" and "Arrival" followed with eight nods each.
Already, Mahershala Ali won for his role in 'Moonlight.' His win comes after back-to-back years in which  the academy did not recognize any nonwhite actors. This year, each of the four acting categories feature at least one nominee of color.

Best supporting actor

WINNER: Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)
Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water)
Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea)
Dev Patel (Lion)
Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals)

Best makeup and hairstyling

A Man Called Ove
Star Trek Beyond
WINNER: Suicide Squad

Best costume design

Allied
WINNER: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
La La Land

Best documentary

Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
WINNER: OJ: Made in America
13th

Best sound editing

WINNER: Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully

Best sound mixing

Arrival
WINNER: Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
13 Hours

Best supporting actress

WINNER: Viola Davis (Fences)
Naomie Harris (Moonlight)
Nicole Kidman (Lion)
Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures)
Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)

Best foreign language film

Land of Mine
A Man Called Ove
WINNER: The Salesman
Tanna
Toni Erdmann

Best animated short

Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time
Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Pearl
WINNER: Piper

Best animated feature

Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life As a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
WINNER: Zootopia

Best production design

Arrival
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
WINNER: La La Land
Passengers

Best visual effects

Deepwater Horizon
Doctor Strange
WINNER: The Jungle Book
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Best film editing

Arrival
WINNER: Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Moonlight

Best documentary short

4.1 Miles
Extremis
Joe’s Violin
Watani: My Homeland
WINNER: The White Helmets

Best live-action short

Ennemis Interieurs
La Femme et le TGV
Silent Nights
WINNER: Sing
Timecode

Best cinematography

Arrival
WINNER: La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Silence

Best score

Jackie
WINNER: La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Passengers

Best song

Audition (La La Land)
Can’t Stop the Feeling! (Trolls)
WINNER: City of Stars (La La Land)
The Empty Chair (Jim: The James Foley Story)
How Far I’ll Go (Moana)

Best original screenplay

Hell or High Water
La La Land
The Lobster
WINNER: Manchester by the Sea
20th Century Women

Best adapted screenplay

Arrival
Fences
Hidden Figures
Lion
WINNER: Moonlight

Best director

Denis Villeneuve (Arrival)
Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge)
WINNER: Damien Chazelle (La La Land)
Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)
Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)

Best actor

WINNER: Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge)
Ryan Gosling (La La Land)
Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic)
Denzel Washington (Fences)

Best actress

Isabelle Huppert (Elle)
Ruth Negga (Loving)
WINNER: Emma Stone (La La Land)
Natalie Portman (Jackie)
Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins)

Best picture

Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
WINNER: Moonlight

2017 GLOBAL ELECTION CALENDAR

Country	Type of Election	Date of Election	Status
Albania	Parliament of Albania	6/18/2017	Confirmed
Algeria		Nov-17
Angola		Aug-17
Armenia	National Assembly	4/2/2017	Confirmed
Bermuda	House of Assembly	1/29/2017	Date not confirmed
Bulgaria	Parliamentary republic	Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2017
Cayman Islands	Legislative Assembly	5/24/2017	Confirmed
Chile		Nov-17
Czech Republic	Parliamentary republic	Oct-17
Ecuador	President	4/2/2017	Second Round if needed
Ecuador	National Congress	2/19/2017	Confirmed
France	National Assembly of France	6/18/2017	Second Round if needed
France	National Assembly of France	6/11/2017	Confirmed
France	President of France	5/7/2017	Second Round if needed
France	President of France	4/23/2017	Confirmed
Gambia, The	National Assembly	4/6/2017	Confirmed
Germany	Parliamentary republic	Sep-17
Iran	President	5/19/2017	Confirmed
Kenya		8-Aug-17
Liechtenstein	Parliament	2/5/2017	Confirmed
Luxembourg	Parliamentary constitutional monarchy	Oct-17
Micronesia	Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia	3/7/2017	Confirmed
Mongolia		Jun-17
Netherlands	Parliamentary constitutional monarchy	Mar-17
New Zealand		2017
Niue	Niue Assembly	3/4/2017	Confirmed
Norway	Parliamentary constitutional monarchy	Sep-17
Papua New Guinea	National Parliament of Papua New Guinea	6/24/2017	Confirmed
PS, PRG
Rwanda	President	8/4/2017	Confirmed
Senegal	National Assembly	7/2/2017	Confirmed
Serbia	President	4/9/2017	Confirmed
Serbia	Parliamentary republic	May-17
Sierra Leone		Nov-17
Turkmenistan	President	2/12/2017	Confirmed

Saraki: Prosecution Witness Contradicts statements at the CCT

 The Code Of Conduct Tribunal prosecuting the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on false asset declaration has been told that it is lawful for the Senate President to own shares in companies like any other public officers in the country as allowed by law.

A prosecution witness in the trial, Mr. Samuel Madojemu, told the tribunal that Saraki as a former governor of Kwara State, was not prevented by any law from owning shares in any company while he was the Kwara State Governor.

Under cross-examination by Mr. Paul Erokoro (SAN) who is a counsel to Saraki, the witness who is the Head of Investigation at the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), admitted that public officers were allowed to own shares in companies in addition to owning farms for agricultural purposes.

The witness told the tribunal that there was no law in the country at the moment that forbids public officers from having even majority or controlling shares in any company.

Specifically, the witness said the Senate President has the right to own shares in any company that trades in Rice and sugar commodities and any other materials.

Under further cross-examination, Madojemu said he never asked the senate president during investigation on whether he had shares in any company trading in rice and sugar or nut.
The witness also admitted that he did not see any audited account of any company linked to Saraki who was accused of false asset declaration by the federal government.

The senate president is charged with 18-count further amended charges and had denied any wrong doing.
The prosecution witness had earlier testified that Saraki in one of his asset forms claimed to have acquired properties at No. 15a and 17 a Macdonald Street Ikoyi Lagos from proceeds of rice and sugar commodities.

According to him engaging personally in rice and sugar commodities business is unlawful for any public officer.

The witness also said contrary to his averment in his asset declaration form, the senate president did not acquire the said properties from the Presidential Committee on sales of federal government properties, but from another company G & C real estate property and investment company.

However, under cross-examination, the witness claimed that he did not know the year the senate president assumed office as governor of Kwara State and that he never met the senate president in person before he became governor.

As the Head of Investigation unit of the Code of Conduct Bureau, the witness admitted that he never treated any letter from the Senate President to the CCB and that he had no knowledge of Saraki’s handwriting other than the one on his asset declaration form.

The witness said most of the documents tendered as exhibits were obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives and not by his own team.
He recalled that on September 14, 2015, he swore to an affidavit at the CCT and that he knew that the affidavit was going to be used by the federal government to file the present charge against the senate president.

He added that at the time he made the affidavit he was aware that it must be truthful in facts and contents and that he stood by the truthfulness of the affidavit.

However, when his attention was drawn to his claim that the senate president returned four asset forms to the CCB as against the seven tendered by the prosecution, the witness admitted contradictions and also agreed that four asset forms and seven asset forms were not the same.
Trial has been adjourned to continue on March 2.

Source: [ ThisdayNG]