Jide Okonjo
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🇳🇬 Nigerian news stories for my dedicated Nigerian readers.
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Funke Akindele Sounds Warning Ahead of Movie Release (VIDEO)
Nollywood actress Funke Akindele is hard at work promoting her newest movie, Everybody Loves Jenifa, that will be out in cinemas starting from this Friday. But ahead of the movie's release, one thing still plagues Funke Akindele's mind, and that is the reality of piracy. As we can recall, last year, her movie A Tribe Called Judah was illegally recorded and uploaded to a number of Telegram channels, and people illegally distributed and watched that movie. Now, ahead of Everybody Loves Jenifa's release, Funke Akindele is sounding an alarm, and warning everybody ahead of the movie. Here's what she said in a new social media post she made today.
By Jide Okonjoabout a year ago in Humans
Truth about Why Ladies Carry Those Small Portable Fans - N6
Nigerian rapper and broadcaster Nnamdi Nwabasili, popularly known as N6 is speaking out on social media about what he calls the new 'update' that he has learned after a female friend gave him a small hand fan to hold when he was out. According to N6, after holding the fan, he now knows why women carry that small hand fan around, and he's cluing everybody into his new discovery. Here's what N6 discovered, and what he had to say.
By Jide Okonjoabout a year ago in Humans
Why I So Much Love Ruth Kadiri - Chidi Dike
Nollywood actor Chidi Dike is a rising star most notable for his myriad of movies on popular video sharing website, Youtube. In fact, his face and a number of his counterparts have become huge draws on Youtube with movies that have his face on the thumbnail amassing a whole lot of views over short periods of time. He is a Youtube star, and one person that he has a lot to thank for that is Nollywood actress, Ruth Kadiri.
By Jide Okonjoabout a year ago in Humans
Why I’m Very Self-Conscious About My Accent – Osas Ighodaro
Nollywood actress Osas Ighodaro is speaking about her experience moving back from America to begin living and pursuing a career in Nigeria, and opening up about the differences she saw in the way that she perceived Nigeria before coming, and how she saw it after. She also opened up about her accent and explained why she's very self-concious about it even till now. Here's what Osas Ighodaro had to say.
By Jide Okonjoabout a year ago in Humans
Blaqbonez Fires Back at Don Jazzy’s Streaming Farm Denial
Nigerian musician Blaqbonez is one artiste that has been talking about the existence of streaming farms in the Nigerian music industry, and how people manufacture streams artificially to inflate their numbers and climb high on charts while not actually having organic success. During one interview when one of Nigeria's most successful producers Don Jazzy was asked about the existence of streaming farms, the MAVIN CEO said that there are no streaming farms, and now, Blaqbonez is reacting to Don Jazzy's rebuttal to his streaming farm claim. Here is what Blaq Bonez had to say.
By Jide Okonjoabout a year ago in Humans
Major Challenge I'm Facing With My Skincare Business - Bisola
Nollywood actress and media personality Bisola Aiyeola is getting very real on a new episode of Keep It Moving and opening up about the major business challenges she's facing with her recently launched skincare business, Brown Girls Magic. During the show, Bisola opened up about the troubles she's facing with the business, and opened up about why she's seriously thinking about giving up. Here's what Bisola had to say.
By Jide Okonjoabout a year ago in Humans
My Experience Working With Funke Akindele - Omowumi Dada Shares Her Account
A lot has been said about what it's like to work with Nollywood's box office queen, Funke Akindele. There have been accusations that she is too bossy, and that working with her is like hell. But there are also accounts that she is a total sweetheart and professional. Now, Omowunmi Dada who worked in Funke's latest movie Everybody Loves Jenifa is speaking about her own personal experience working with Funke. Here's what Omowunmi had to say.
By Jide Okonjoabout a year ago in Humans
My Bitter Experience As A Female Boxer - Omowunmi Dada Opens Up
Nollywood actress Omowunmi Dada is a very versatile actress. And although these days, she's more popularly known for playing sweeter, more innocent roles, Omowunmi in the course of her career has actually played a diverse number of roles including playing the role of a female boxer in the movie Moremi.
By Jide Okonjoabout a year ago in Humans
Why I See No Problem With Priscilla Being Engaged at 23 - Iyabo Ojo
Nigerian actress, business woman, and influencer Priscilla Ojo surprised the world when she announced that she is not only in love, but also engaged to her current boyfriend and fiance Juma Jux. The revelation caused a lot of mixed feelings as on the one hand, people celebrated Priscilla for finding love, especially in a season where people are struggling to find it. But on the other hand, some people were also worried about the announcement because of Priscilla's rather young age of 23.
By Jide Okonjoabout a year ago in Humans
Truth about N1 Billion From Cinema, How Much We REALLY Take Home - AY
The talk about Netflix leaving Nigeria has been the talk of the week, and earlier today, I shared with you the clarification that movie producer, Kunle Afolayan who kinda started this whole discourse, made about the statements he made.
By Jide Okonjoabout a year ago in Humans
Kunle Afolayan Clears the Air: Netflix Isn't Leaving Nigeria, Here's the Truth!
Popular Nollywood filmmaker Kunle Afolayan was speaking at the Zuma International Film Festival where the deduction from what was said was that streaming giant Netflix was leaving Nigeria. As you can imagine, this knd of talk caused panic and a lot of opinions went flying from one end of the nation to the other. But now, in a new interview with Channels Television, Kunle Afolayan is clarifying his words, and clearing the air on what he said especially after Netflix came out to say they are going nowhere. Here's what Kunle Afolayan is saying now.
By Jide Okonjoabout a year ago in Humans
How It Felt Acting With My Real-Life Mother In New Film - Real Warri Pikin
Nollywood actor, comedian, and producer Ayo Makun popularly known as AY is hard at work promoting his new movie which will begin showing in cinemas later this month titled The Waiter. In the movie which has a star studded cast, popular Nigerian comedian and actress Real Warri Pikin is also a cast member, and what is more interesting? She will be acting alongside her real life mother in the movie.
By Jide Okonjoabout a year ago in Humans
