Realtime International Film Festival (RTF) had its formal opening Saturday 20 August with glamorous activities that included a Red Carpet reception and screening of short and feature films at the Space Hub at WEP, Lekki studios, 6-8 General Ogomudia Boulevard,…
Tonto Dikeh quits Nollywood
Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh has disclosed that she would be quitting the industry after the governorship election in Rivers State. Speaking with BBC News Pidgin, Tonto said she will not return to acting even if her party loses the governorship…
Police launch investigation to locate missing actress, Okereke
The Police Command in Enugu State says it has launched an investigation to unravel and locate the missing Nollywood actress, Cynthia Okereke. The command said this in a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, made available…
Popular actress of ‘The Johnsons’ series, Ada Ameh, dies in Delta hospital
Nollywood actress in the popular The Johnson series, Ada Ameh, is dead. The actress died in Warri, Delta State, around 11pm on Sunday. A source who pleaded anonymity, said Ameh was a guest of an oil company Topshot and his…
Aunty Joke, Olu Jacobs’ 80th and that Uncle from Nollywood
Some years ago, eight maybe even 10 years, I think, my partner was invited to the Gambia along with Olu Jacobs and Joke Silva, to celebrate the 60th birthday of a client of his. When Gambia saw Olu Jacobs, it almost…
Nollywood and United Kingdom to co-produce Nigerian Movie
Hijack 93: The Mad Men & The Aircraft is a Nigeria-United Kingdom co-production that tells the true-life story of the 1993 plane hijack. “Ladies and Gentlemen, this plane has been taken over by MAD Men; Movement for the Actualization of…
Court convicts Baba Ijesha of sexual assault of 14-year-old girl
An Ikeja Special Offences Court has convicted the embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, alias Baba Ijesha, of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old minor. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, in a two-hour judgement on Thursday, convicted Baba Ijesha of indecent treatment of a child,…
Filmmakers, others for Real Time Festival in Edo
The Edo State Skills Development Agency, in collaboration with the Real Time International Film Festival, is set to host over 500 stakeholders in the industry for the seventh edition of the Real Time International Film Festival in Benin City. The…
Actor Gbadebo Osmond dies after long battle with terminal ailment
Nollywood actor Gbadebo Osmond’s sudden death came as a huge blow to the movie industry and Nigeria at large. Osmond, who is a Nollywood actor and filmmaker died in the wee hours of Monday, 30th May. Colleagues in the movie…
Nollywood actress Yvonne Jegede escapes robbery attempt
Nigerian actress, Yvonne Jegede, has narrated how she escaped a robbery attempt on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos on Thursday night. The actress narrating her ordeal in a tweet on Friday morning noted that was almost robbed at about…
