Celebrity

All is set for this year’s Abuja International Film Festival (AIFF).

It was her birthday on Thursday and as expected, social media was agog with congratulatory messages for star actress, Omowunmi Dada. Fans, friends, colleagues and family members took ample space on her social media handles

With their investiture last Friday as members of the Body of Fellows of the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (NANTAP), notable stage and screen practitioners, Sadiq Daba, Achibi Sam Dede, Iyen Agbonifo-Obaseki and veteran Yoruba actress, Lanre Hassan-Adeshina

It appeared that the leading ladies of Nollywood impressed the jurors of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) more than the leading men did. While the leading men fetched just two spots- Gabriel Afolayan and Chinedu Ikedieze....

There was loud drumming and singing in the Ogbomoso, Oyo state country home of one of Nigeria’s veteran actors, singer and dancer Chief Lere Paimo (MFR). The veteran Yoruba actor who has been in the movie circle for over five and a half decades clocked 80 on September 19...

When the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) hold next moth in Lagos, two leading Nollywod actors – Gabriel Afolayan and Chinedu Ikedieze will be flying Nollywood’s and indeed...

The Nigerian Oscars Selection Committee (NOSC) has started the search for the film that will fly Nigeria’s flag at the Best International Feature film Category of the 2020 Academy...

Last week, this writer in a piece on the golden jubilee return of the long rested television series ‘Village Headmaster’ had suggested that the veteran actress Ibidun Allison was among some of the prominent members of the cast and crew who had passed on.

When he clocked 50, members of the Odunfa Caucus, a group of A-list actors that are well regarded in the Yoruba home video circle, rolled out the red carpet, and for one week they celebrated their leader and one of the industry’s great actor, producer and director.

It is not just the government or politicians that have spoken up against the unending xenophobia attack in South Africa. Most Nigerian screen celebrities and filmmakers have taken a stand, describing it as senseless and unacceptable.

You probably would have seen the promo running on some major radio and television stations. Some members of the cast and crew of the long rested television series ‘The Village Headmaster’ are planning a big come back for the series....

She doesn’t look 50. So when she announced recently that she had turned 50, her social media timeline and indeed, the social media space was agog with congratulatory messages for the beloved...