This story is featured in the March/April 2025 issue of ESSENCE. In 2017, sisters Tochi and Ebele ­Anueyiagu shared a single image on their new Instagram account: a still of Nigerian film and beauty ...

Funke Akindele fires back at Kunle Afolayan with a dance video after he criticised colleagues for constantly dancing to promote their movies at the cinema ...

Nollywood actor Kunle Afolayan has opened up on why he cannot dance to sell movies, citing his colleagues like Funke Akindele ...

Nollywood actress and filmmaker, Funke Akindele, has stated that she is not hindering anyone's progress in the movie industry ...

If you can’t beat them or join them, create your own path. No allow jealousy burn you. The sky is so big for everybody to fly,” Akindele ..

Renowned Nollywood actor and filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan, has explained why he stepped back from Cinema movie production citing that he sustain the exhausting demand for constant content creation which ...

On January 29, 2026, Nollywood actress and filmmaker Mercy Aigbe Adeoti found herself at the centre of a lively public ...

Nollywood movie director Kunle Afolayan has said he's willing to release his movies in cinemas only if he's guaranteed he won't have to dance to sell them.

In a room filled with laughter and the clinking of champagne glasses, a single sentence landed like a cold splash of water.

The Nigerian film industry, Nollywood, has continued to attract global attention, ranking as the second-largest in the world. Known for its rapid, independent, and often budget-friendly production ...

Mr. Dominic Nwuzor, Chief Executive Officer of Don Singles International (DSI), a leading showbiz and personality promotion firm in Nigeria, has announced plans to unveil DSI Movies, an initiative ...

Nollywood’s distribution landscape is evolving rapidly, and 2025 has made it clear that cinemas, Netflix, and Amazon are no longer the only avenues for revenue or audience reach. YouTube has emerged ...