Bovi Ugboma

Bovi Ugboma, known as Bovi, is a Nigerian stand-up comedian, actor and writer, born 25 September 1979 in Benin City, the capital of Edo State. He attended UNIBEN staff school for his primary education and several secondary schools before gaining admission to Delta State University in 1998, where he studied Theatre Arts. He has organized popular stand-up comedy concerts such as Bovi: Man on Fire across the globe.

Bovi began his career in April 2007, starring in, writing and producing the sitcom Extended Family. He made his stand-up debut in Nigeria's premiere comedy franchise, Night of a Thousand Laughs, organized by Opa Williams. His first stand-up special was held at the Eko Convention Center in 2013, followed in 2014 by Bovi: Man on Fire, which featured international music stars Ja Rule and Ashanti; he took the special to cities including London, Melbourne, Kyiv, Moscow and Toronto. In July 2022 he held his special Bovi: Naughty By Nature in Lagos, which sold out two days before the show.

As a filmmaker, Bovi premiered his first movie, It's Her Day, in September 2016, which grossed 55 million Naira at the Nigerian box office. He wrote, co-produced and starred in his second film, My Village People (2021), which joined the list of Nigerian films to gross 100 million Naira locally. In 2017 he was nominated for an AMVCA award as best actor in comedy. He is married to Kris Asimonye Ugboma, with whom he has three children.