{"id":7077724,"date":"2026-10-06T04:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T04:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7077724"},"modified":"2026-10-06T04:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T04:50:15","slug":"oscars-2027-dear-ajayi-to-represent-nigeria-at-academy-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7077724","title":{"rendered":"Oscars 2027: Dear Ajayi to Represent Nigeria at Academy Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Nigeria has selected Dear Ajayi as its official submission for the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards\n        <\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<div class=\"max-w-155 mx-auto\">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sportal365images.com\/process\/smp-images-production\/pulse.ng\/05102026\/6eb3ceb1-d4c1-4703-a130-03c389f11cb5.jpeg?operations=fit(770:)&amp;format=webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sportal365images.com\/process\/smp-images-production\/pulse.ng\/05102026\/6eb3ceb1-d4c1-4703-a130-03c389f11cb5.jpeg?operations=fit(770:)\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"rounded-t w-full object-cover\"\/><\/p>\n<\/picture>\n<p>\n                <span class=\"text-xs font-normal leading-4 text-neutral-900 sm:text-sm sm:leading-5\"><br \/>\n                    NOSC Chairperson, Stephanie Linus.<br \/>\n                <\/span>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria has selected Dear Ajayi as its official submission for the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards NOSC Chairperson, Stephanie Linus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7077725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12025],"tags":[5713,238251,7271,25296,17970,26834,27779],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-7077724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-music","tag-academy","tag-ajayi","tag-awards","tag-dear","tag-nigeria","tag-oscars","tag-represent"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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