It’s been four months since Nollywood star Junior Pope died in a boat mishap while shooting ‘The Other Side of Life,’ the ill-fated movie by burgeoning filmmaker Adanma Luke. Expectedly, Ms Luke has experienced a series of life-altering incidents since the unfortunate incident, which claimed the lives of five persons on her movie set. First, … Read more
Actor Hanks Anuku has revealed how viral footage falsely depicting him as mentally unstable derailed his acting career and traumatised him. In 2022, footage surfaced on social media showing the actor in a seemingly unstable state. His associate and friend, Nonso Ofole, debunked the mental illness claim, stating that Mr Anuku was ‘not insane’ as … Read more
The police in Imo State, South-east Nigeria, have sanctioned an officer seen in a viral video clip extorting motorists in Owerri, the state capital. The police spokesperson in the state, Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. The extortion Mr Okoye, an assistant superintendent of police, identified the officer as Isong Osudueh, an … Read more
Famous Nigerian televangelist, Jerry Eze, will lead a four-day fasting and praying session against deaths in Nollywood. The Actors Guild President, Emeka Rollas, revealed this in a statement on Tuesday. As is widely known, Mr Eze founded Streams of Joy International and convened the New Season Prophetic Prayers and Declaration (NSPPD), an online digital prayer … Read more
Nigerians are yet to come to terms with the unfortunate boat mishap that claimed the life of star actor John Pope Odonwodo and his colleagues. Jnr Pope and four others (cast and crew) had just finished shooting a scene from “Another Side of Life”, a film by Adanma Luke in Asaba, Delta State and were … Read more
Nigerian filmmaker and former Vice President of the Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN), Frank Vaughan, is dead. The filmmaker, behind the 2004 classic ‘Unbreakable’ starring Genevieve Nnaji and Ramsey Nouah, died in Warri on Tuesday after a protracted illness. His younger brother, Philip Okpokoro, a cinematographer and series director of Nigerian Idols reality TV show, … Read more
