Nollywood has produced lots of comedy movies that helps one relax after a stressful week Jenifa is a popular Yoruba movie – a story of a village local champion, Suliat, who was admitted into a city ...

Nollywood star and comedy legend Amaechi Muonagor has died aged 61, a relative told the BBC. He died on Sunday after suffering kidney failure and was on dialysis, local media reported. The actor's ...

Whose fault is it that Nollywood comedy movies miss way more than they hit? The writers? Actors? Producers? Viewer's sense of humour? These days, most comedy movies are more about trying too hard to ...

Cast: Timilehin Ojeola, Mofe Okorodudu, Moet Abebe, The Korexx, Isbae U, Debo “Mr. Macaroni” Adedayo, Blessing Nze, Taye Arimoro, Greg Ojefua, Lizzy Jay, and Lasisi Elenu. Lately, Nigerian filmmakers ...

Based on the Nollywood films released in 2024, it’s appropriate to ponder an early question: “Is storytelling in Nigerian films regressing or progressing?” Using “Blacksmith (Alagbede),” a film ...

Jocelyn Bioh’s new comedy about making movies in Nigeria throws some side-eye on Hollywood as well. By Jesse Green Producing more than 1,000 movies a year each, Bollywood, India’s Hindi film industry, ...

Director Kunle Afolayan and actress Genevieve Nnaji discuss the international rise of Nollywood at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. Tara Ziemba/Getty Images The Nigerian film industry, ...