Nollywood has officially entered its YouTube streaming era, and the industry is better for it. Filmmakers are cashing in significantly as Nigerian cinema becomes more accessible to a global, diverse ...

The 27-year-old rapper continued showing off her budding belly in her latest music video for her new single, “Business & ...

Veteran Nollywood actress, Shaffy Bello, has shared details about a major personal decision she made many years ago regarding childbirth. Naija News ...

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 ...

Five months pregnant during ‘Wonder Woman’ reshoots, she wore a green-screen modified costume to erase her bump, performed demanding stunts and wire work, helping complete the blockbuster on schedule.

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 ...

Actress Mama No Network has appealed for support for Aunty Ajara, a small-screen actress battling liver disease, saying despite money contributed so far, her condition is deteriorating. Ajara, who is ...

'This Is Not a Nollywood Movie' takes a playful but direct look at the industry, blending action and comedy in a way that sets it apart from the typical December releases. The film looks at Okechukwu, ...

As 2025 comes to a close, the biggest movies of the year are now available to stream from home — quite literally. Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” is available on Disney+ after earning more than $1 billion at ...

You wouldn’t call 2025 an “off” year for horror — more like an odd one. Both A24 and Neon continued to back several scary-movie auteurs (the prolific Osgood Perkins, the brothers Danny and Michael ...

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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).