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The Nigerian film industry is in mourning after several Nollywood stars, including Murphy Afolabi, and a sound engineer died in rapid succession. Nollywood suffers a string of deaths, including ...
The following are the highest-grossing Nigerian films of all time in Nigerian cinemas. The 2024 film Everybody Loves Jenifa currently leads the chart, with ₦1,866,000,000 grossed over a few months. Revenues from special screenings, DVD sales, online streaming, and theatrical screenings outside English-speaking West Africa are excluded from ...
Sola hails from Lagos State. [4] He was trained as a dramatist at Obafemi Awolowo University and University of Ibadan where he obtained a Master of Arts degree in drama. [5] He has featured and directed several Nigerian films. [6]
The news was later confirmed on Instagram, but the project languished in development hell for three years. [ 14 ] In 2018, Nouah announced his remake had transitioned into a sequel now titled Living in Bondage: Breaking Free , and was released on November 8, 2019, becoming the 11th highest-grossing Nigerian movie.
The 2020 Best of Nollywood Awards was the 12th edition of the ceremony and took place in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State on 5 December 2020. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The event was co-hosted by Tana Adelana and Debo Macaroni [ 3 ] while the Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi served as the chief host.
Living in Bondage: Breaking Free, also known as Living in Bondage II, is a 2019 Nigerian supernatural thriller executive produced by Charles Okpaleke. [3] [4] A sequel to the 1992 classic Living in Bondage, the film stars Kenneth Okonkwo, Kanayo O. Kanayo, Enyinna Nwigwe, and Muna Abii, with Swanky JKA in his breakout role, and Ramsey Nouah, who makes his directorial debut, playing the main ...
In 2012, Okolie travelled to Owerri, the capital of Imo State, to shoot a movie alongside Nollywood colleague Nkiru Sylvanus.On 15 December 2012, it was reported that Okolie and Nkiru Sylvanus had been abducted, and their captors demanded a ransom of ₦100,000,000 (one hundred million naira), which was equivalent to $640,000 (six hundred and forty thousand U.S. dollars) at the 2012 exchange rate.
Dr Uzee Usman began his career in 2003 as a make-up artist. [9] In 2013, he delved into film-making and has produced award winning films, both in Kannywood and Nollywood [10] including Oga Abuja, which won Best Hausa Movie of the Year at the 2013 City People Entertainment Awards; [11] and Maja which won Best Film of the Year (Kannywood) at the 2014 City People Entertainment Awards and was ...