Over the years, we have seen musical artistes drop the mic to become actors. Female musical artistes and some of their male counterparts have always been drawn to the movies. It can mark a major career move with dramatic consequences…
Ego Boyo: TV, movies, family
Nollywood actress and producer, Nwakaego Boyo, the one you know as Ego Boyo will clock 50 on September 6. As it is to be expected, there will be a huge celebration for the delectable wife and mother, who has been…
Triumphal homecoming of Miss Africa World -Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Queen Uche Umeagukwu won great honours for Nigeria in the United States by emerging as the 2018 Miss Africa World (MAW). Born in Uga town in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, Queen Umeagukwu recently returned to Nigeria in…
Nollywood founder Chris Obi-Rapu hugs Anambra as movie hub – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It was quite remarkable meeting with Chris Obi-Rapu, the director of the epoch-making movie Living in Bondage, in the office of Anambra State Commissioner of Information and Public Enlightenment, C. Don Adinuba, in Awka. Obi-Rapu had come in from the…
Nigerians Nse Ikpe-Etim, Hakeem Kae-Kazim and Mahmood Ali-Balogun on jury of 39th DIFF
The 39th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), which takes place from July 19 to 29, has announced its films and jury members for this year’s competition including three Nigerian film practitioners but with no film from Nollywood. A statement Monday…
Lost in Lagos: Agatha Amata
Agatha Amata, a media entrepreneur who only recently produced her first ever Nollywood film, Disguise has come a long way in Nigerian media. Apart from her production company and television talk show, she now owns a radio station in her…
Regina Askia: Beauty, brains, talent
Regina Askia’s story is an interesting one in which she is born, attends primary, secondary and tertiary schools in Lagos, travels the world as a beauty queen and returns to fortune on television and then Nollywood. But she quits all…
Meg Otanwa loves Lagos
Meg Otanwa’s love for Lagos is legendary. The Nollywood actor is so in love with the city by the lagoon that she has not been to her home state of Benue in a long time. Find out more in the…
Daniella Down is Lagos Oyinbo
Daniella Down is one of the few oyinbo that have starred in a Nollywood movie. She is fantastic in the two instalments of The Wedding Party. But will she stay in Nollywood and consequently, Lagos? Find out in the video.