Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced plans to institute a health insurance scheme for theatre practitioners in the State. Sanwo-Olu announced the health insurance scheme during a dinner with veterans in the Yoruba Nollywood industry at the Lagos House Marina on Monday night. The announcement Sanwo-Olu was commended by the Nollywood actors and…
Nollywood actors are mourning as one of their colleagues, Osmond Gbadebo passed away on Monday. His death was announced on social media by his colleagues who have taken to their respective pages to mourn the late actor. A fellow senior colleague Yemi Solade while reacting to the post on an Instagram blog revealed that Osmond…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has extended his heartfelt condolences to the Omidina family and the Nigerian entertainment industry on the passage of a renowned Nigerian comic actor, Mr. Babatunde Omidina. Babatunde Omidina popularly known as Baba Suwe died on Monday at age 63. Governor Sanwo-Olu, in a statement issued on Tuesday by his…
An actress and producer, Abiola Adebayo, popularly known as Biola Eyin Oka, is currently in a joyous mood as she has tied the knot with her lover in a court wedding today, 27th of April, 2021. The gorgeous and excited actress, who recently revealed her humble beginning for hawking different things including bread, after losing…
What informs your special interventions like the Youth Programs in Dubai & Ghana? Let’s look at Ghana and then Dubai. I took over 30 youths to Ghana and then picked the best and sponsored them to Dubai. For Ghana, I had visited Accra and noticed its cleanliness. I met a lot of people there and…
One of Nollywood finest actors, Ernest Asuzu, known for his gangster act in movies in the 90’s is dead. A report from the president of the Actors guild of Nigeria Emeka Rollas, who confirmed his death, said he slumped on Tuesday evening but died on his way to the hospital. Ernest Asuzu was a popular…
The death of Veteran actress, Folake Aremu popularly known as Orisabunmi has thrown the Nigerian film industry and the people of Kwara into a sad mood as they have lost a great asset. The Kwara born actress, aged 60 died Tuesday night four months after the death of her ex-husband, Jimoh Aliu, who was popularly…
Those who matter in the Nigerian movie industry commonly called Nollywood have thrown their full weight behind the latest innovation spreading in the industry like Harmattan fire. The new innovation introduced by Ope Banwo-led Nollytainment, Nollycoin, is a peer-to-peer creative works sharing and registry system for the movie industry in the third world countries, particularly…
The remains of the young Nollywood actor named Bartholomew Chinonso Chukwujekwu, but well known as Boss Man, would be laid to rest next month. The comic act breathed his last on Monday, September 4, 2017. Details of his funeral rites showed that a Christian wake will take place at his father’s compound at Ezekwubor Otolo…
If you are a fan of Nollywood movies, you probably already have certain impressions about Nigerians and their women especially. The female characters in Nollywood movies are almost always cast in similar roles. The young girls are often portrayed as damsels in distress who eventually find their purpose after they meet a man; or they…