It is no news that the Nollywood industry has slowly become a multi-billion industry, making waves and being a major source of employment for thousands of Nigerians. From block busters to YouTube ...

The Nigerian film industry, Nollywood, continued its rise in 2025 with a mix of record-smashing box-office hits, culturally resonant epics, and boundary-pushing cinema that expanded both local and ...

Fewchore Studios denies copyright infringement claims by veteran actor Lere Paimo over the Ogbori Elemoso remake, stating ...

Funke Akindele's new movie, 'Behind The Scenes', makes history, grossing over ₦200 million in its opening weekend and setting ...

Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon star in one of Martin Scorsese's best crime films, The Departed, and it is now streaming for ...

A relatively new ad-supported streaming service in South Africa says it is adding registered users at an impressive rate.

His passing has sparked confusion, grief and unanswered questions across social media and within the film community. Tributes have continued to pour in following the reported death of young Nollywood ...

Nigerian actor, content creator and influencer Odira Nwobu has died in South Africa aged 43, a lawyer and the Actors' Guild of Nigeria have told the BBC. News of his death has shocked many at home in ...

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Elizabeth Olayiwola does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

Solomon Waliaula received funding from the International European Research Council as a contributor to the book Contemporary African Screen Worlds: Decolonizing Film and Screen Studies (2019-2025).

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 ...