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 ...

THE elating news from Nollywood shows that one of its top figures, Funke Akindele, has scored in the billions for the third time in a row with a blockbuster movie. In a back-to-back sequence, her ...

Popular Nollywood actress, producer, and filmmaker, Allwell Ademola, has died on Saturday, at the age of 43. The Yoruba actress was pronounced dead at Ancilla Hospital, Agege, Lagos, on Saturday ...

Nollywood actress and producer Allwell Ademola has reportedly passed away. Ademola is said to have died on Saturday, December 27, 2025, at the age of 43. According to unconfirmed reports circulating ...

As the year comes to an end, Nollywood is set to grip audiences with the most anticipated films that assure entertainment, everyday life events and laughter. December 2025 is shaping up to be a ...

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The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) says it will honour 22 Nollywood stars and legends who have reached the milestone ages of 50 and 60 during the 2025 Peace Anyiam-Osigwe Nigeria ...

Veteran Nollywood actor, Duro Michael, has passed away at age 67, triggering another round of mourning in the industry. Nollywood producer, Stanley Ontop, announced the actor's passing in an Instagram ...

Veteran Nollywood actor Kanayo O. Kanayo has reflected on the struggles of early Nigerian filmmakers, stating that the industry was built through the ‘tears, sweat, and blood’ of its pioneers. In an ...

Fabian Adibe, a Nollywood veteran, has died at the age of 82. CEO of Best Nollywood, BON, Seun Oloketuyi confirmed the actor’s death early on Wednesday. “Things Fall Apart actor, Fabian Adibie, is ...

Veteran Nollywood actor Olusegun Akinremi, widely known as Chief Kanran, has passed away at 70. Seun Oloketuyi, a movie executive and producer, revealed on Instagram Friday that the veteran actor had ...

Veteran actor Olusegun Akinremi, popularly known as Chief Kanran, has passed away at the age of 70. The news was confirmed by movie executive and producer Seun Oloketuyi in an Instagram post, where he ...