Sidikat Odukanwi, a Yoruba Nollywood actress popularly known as Iyabo Oko, is dead. Sidikat’s daughter, Bisi Aisha, who is a soldier, confirmed her mother’s death in a social media post. “May your soul Rest In Peace mummy,” she wrote. Before…
Veteran Yoruba actor, Adewale Adeyemo, is dead
Veteran Yoruba actor, Prince Adewale Adeyemo, died on Monday morning after a brief illness. The news was announced by fellow actor, Kunle Afod, on his Instagram page. Sharing a picture of the deceased, Afod wrote, “Hmmmm God you know best…
Nollywood actor, Murphy Afolabi, is dead
Less than 24 hours after the news filtered out about the death of a popular Nollywood actor, Saint Obi, another popular actor of Yoruba movies, Murphy Afolabi, has died on Sunday. No details yet about the circumstances surrounding Afolabi’s death,…
Fans mourn Nollywood actor, Saint Obi
Fans have continued to express sadness over the death of veteran Nollywood actor, Obinna Nwafor, popularly known as Saint Obi, who reportedly passed on after a prolonged illness. The 57-year-old Imo born thespian reportedly died on May 7 after battling…
Actor Adeniyi Johnson welcomes twins with wife, after 7 years in marriage
Nollywood celebrity couple, Adeniyi Johnson and Oluwaseyi Edun, have been blessed with twin babies after seven years of marriage. This was announced by the actor on his official Instagram handle on Monday with a display of his hands cuddling those…
What is your football age?
Reflections on age falsification and the need to appear younger (in most cases) I was randomly scrolling through Instagram posts recently when I stumbled upon a certain actress’s birthday post. In the caption, she referred to something she would do…
Global conquest of Nigerian literature
I can never get tired of celebrating Nigerian literature, arguably Nigeria’s greatest gift to the world. The politics of Nigeria is a disaster that makes the whole wide world laugh at the so-called “Giant of Africa”. Aside from creative literature,…
Olaiya Igwe, Yomi Fash Lanso, Bimbo Akintola and Damola Olatunji rally for Tinubu and Sanwo-Olu in Lagos
Nollywood stars under the aegis of Connecting Grassroots Initiative (CGI) on Saturday stormed the street of Lagos to campaign for All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s re-election bid. The Nollywood stars, among other…
Job Creation: Filmmaker urges State, LGs to embrace opportunities in film industry
Award-winning Nollywood filmmaker, Emmanuel Eyaba, has urged State and Local Government to embrace empowerment opportunities that abound in the Nigerian film industry, popularly known as Nollywood, to create jobs for creative Nigerian youths. He made the call in an interview…
Femi Ogunrombi aka Papa Ajasco passes on
Veteran Nollywood actor, Femi Ogunrombi, who was a stand-in character for Papa Ajasco in the popular 1996 Sitcom has passed on. Dr Shaibu Husseini, a theatre practitioner, journalist and lecturer announced the death of the veteran, on his Twitter page…
