Nollywood paraded some of its brightest stars at the fifth edition of the Best of Nollywood Awards ceremony which took place at the Tafawa Balewa Square auditorium in Lagos on Sunday, November, 11, 2012. The three hour event which was hosted by…
The guests who turned up at the Best of Nollywood Awards, just to watch actress-cum-singer Tonto Dikeh perform, were disappointed, as she failed to show up. The controversial star was billed to perform along with Capital FEMI, but despite the fact that…
A review of Afolabi Adesanya’s ‘Reel Views’ published by the Nigerian Film Corporation. 180pp; 2012. READING through Afolabi Adesanya’s Reel Views, you get the feeling that Nigeria’s film industry, better known as Nollywood, has stagnated rather than progress. A collection of essays…
A lot of eyebrows were raised, when the Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, appointed Nollywood actress, Nkiru Sylvanus, as his special assistant on Lagos Matters. Well, that appointment has been terminated. According to blogger Linda Ikeji, who insisted she heard…
The Nigerian movie industry, Nollywood, is basking in the euphoria of success and those that are making it what it is are either neglected in their time of penury or are being watched until they are no more, only for cheap condolences…
ONE of Nollywood’s pioneer filmmakers, Charles Novia has decided to tell the story of the nation’s film industry as it is, no holds barred. Titled Nollywood Till November…Memoirs of a Nollywood Insider, the book billed for launch later this month, tells the…
Upcoming actress, Amaka Anioji, has spent more than three active years in Nollywood, as a writer and producer. In this interview with SAMUEL ABULUDE, the Tinsel actress who was awarded the Outstanding Actress Award at the 2012 edition of the Abuja Film…
Sources close to the actress said that Uche has been busy on some movie locations within Enugu, Asaba and Owerri axis. Uche lashed out at her colleagues in the play-acting profession. The likes of Tonto Dikeh, Oge Okoye, Anita Joseph, Lizzy Anjorin,…
You all know him as Nollywood’s bad boy, but come December, he will be doing good things in Kenya. Movie actor Jim Iyke will be travelling to Kenya for a two-day visit of the Make A Change Campaign charity projects. He will…
At a time when Nigeria’s bubbly movie industry was picking up for what it has become today, several of its pioneers left the terrain. One of such is Rita Nzelu, who ‘disappeared’ almost a decade ago. Nzelu was one of the popular…
