From grand Lagos weddings to quiet village desires, Nigerian filmmakers have given us romance in every angle possible. Some stories are tender and poetic. Others are dramatic and chaotic. In the ...

The Founder of Doodle-Film Hub, Yinka Ade-Aluko, has called for the decentralisation of cinema infrastructure and reduction in ticket prices to unlock meaningful economic growth in Nigeria’s film ...

Nollywood actress Chioma Ivoke has called on parents and the film industry to take responsibility for shaping how young people understand intimacy and personal values. In an interview with Potpourri, ...

Nollywood actress Ajara Lasisi, popularly known as Aunty Ajara, is dead. Her death was announced on Thursday by Nollywood director, Tobi Oladele Teemony, also known as Tee Mony, in a statement shared ...

Nigerian award-winning singer David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has shared the words of encouragement his wife, Chioma Adeleke, offered him after he lost at the Grammy Awards for the second ...

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 ...

2025 was a year that posed a lot of questions for movie lovers: Did the success of Sinners prove that there was still a mass audience hungry for original (read: non-IP) stories on a blockbuster level?

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Bringing together over 250 creative works by more than 50 influential artists, 'Nigerian Modernism' at the Tate Modern in London takes us through recent Nigerian history and the burgeoning of its ...

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Veteran Nollywood actress, Patience Umeh, has claimed that her colleague, Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha, does not accept kissing or romantic roles in movies. Naija News reports that the film star made this ...

Veteran Nollywood actress Patience Umeh has alleged that her colleague, Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha, refrained from accepting kissing or romantic roles in films because of her Catholic upbringing.