There was a very big surprise on Sunday, when Nollywood actress, Zainab Balogun, wedded the CEO of JetWest airline, Dikko Nwachukwu, in a traditional ceremony. It was such a surprise because the couple had been in a private relationship for some time and decided to make it official with friends and family as witnesses. The […]
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A British-Nigerian actor, John Boyega, has hinted that he is ready to invest in Nollywood by shooting a low budget Nigerian movie with about $20-$25million (N8 billion). Boyega, best known for his role as Finn in the Star Wars sequel trilogy revealed this on the CNBC show in Lagos on Wednesday. “We’re developing a few […]
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The Federal Government says it has released the sum of N420.2 million to the Nigeria film industry popularly called Nollywood to improve and support aspiring practitioners. According to a statement issued by the Deputy Director of Information, Federal Ministry of Finance, Mrs Patricia Deworitshe, on Friday in Abuja, the money, which is the second tranche […]
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Popular Nollywood actor, Olumide Bakare, has died at the age of 65. He died in the early hours of Saturday. According to media reports, Bakare, who has been sick for more than a year was discharged from the University College Hospital (UCH) last year after he was allegedly diagnosed with a respiratory disorder. The Ibadan-based […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nollywood actor, Martins Njubuigbo, popularly known Elder Maya, is dead, throwing members of the entertainment industry into mourning. The late Njubuigbo died of a liver-related ailment. Some popular actors, including, Segun Arinze, popularly known as ‘Black Arrow’ told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja, that Njubuigbo was a great actor. “He was amiable […]
Continue ReadingBy Reuben AbatiI wrote a piece recently, a tribute to the late veteran actress Bukky Ajayi and the multi-instrumentalist OJB Jezreel, in which I raised a number of issues, including how in Nollywood today, there is an obsession with the whitening of skin, an anti-Negritude yellowing, what I referred to as “the bleaching, chameleon crowd […]
Continue ReadingThe Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun on Friday said the Nigerian movie industry otherwise known as Nollywood, played a very important role in the country’s economy. She said this in Abuja at the film industry stakeholder’s workshop aimed at restructuring and reinvigorating Project ACT Nollywood. The Project ACT Nollywood is a N3 billion grant […]
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Nollywood, Nigeria’s film industry, is now priced at $5 billion and makes more films than Hollywood in the U.S, but less than the largest film industry, India’s Bollywood, according to Al Jazeera. Nigeria’s film industry has only 14 cinemas available to a country that is home to more than 170 million people. Each week, Nollywood […]
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