The Actors Guild of Nigeria (NAN), the umbrella body of Nollywood actors, has announced the appointment of business mogul Kenneth Ifekudu as its National Patron. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Emeka Rollas, the national president of AGN, announced the news in a statement on Friday. According to him, Ifekudu’s appointment was in … Read more
Zulu Adigwe, one of Nollywood’s finest actors, is dead. AGN National Secretary Abubakar Yakubu confirmed the death of Adigwe in a telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Wednesday. He, however, said the Guild awaits more details about his death and burial arrangements. Adigwe, a first-class graduate in Theatre Arts at the University of Ibadan, became … 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
The National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Emeka Rollas, has confirmed the death of Nollywood actor, John Paul Odonwodo, popularly known as Junior Pope. Mr Rollas said it was initially believed Junior Pope survived the accident when slight movements of his fingers were noticed on Wednesday. The late actor and three of … Read more
The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has declared Thursday as ‘No Shoot Day’ for all Nollywood filmmakers, following the death of actor Junior Pope and three other crew members who died in a boat accident on Anam River in Anambra State on Wednesday. Emeka Rollas, National President of AGN, in a statement on Thursday said … Read more
The National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Emeka Rollas, has confirmed that Jnr Pope Odonwodo, who was reportedly involved in a boat mishap, has been resuscitated. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Jnr Pope and four other actors reportedly drowned after their boat capsized in the Anam River while returning from a movie shoot. Filmmaker … Read more
President of the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Emeka Rollas, has appreciated President Bola Tinubu for his intervention in the health care of veteran actor Zack Orji. Mr Orji left Nigeria for a post-surgery assessment in the United Kingdom (UK) on Friday. AGN President confirmed the actor’s departure in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES … Read more
After veteran actor Amaechi Muonagor’s death, misinformation swept through social media that Zack Orji had passed on, a false narrative the President of the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollas, debunked. Mr Orji was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the National Hospital in Abuja on New Year’s Eve after he collapsed in his … Read more
Veteran Nollywood actor and comedian, John Okafor, better known as Mr Ibu, has undergone another leg surgery. The National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollas, told Vanguard newspaper that the actor underwent another surgery, involving the amputation of part of the same leg amputated last month. Mr Rollas mentioned that the actor … Read more
