A recent New York Times survey showed that 43% of Americans think President Obama is Muslim. Some people just can’t be helped. Some people, for all intents and purposes, will remain ignorant and perhaps that’s just the way of the world. Some people will continue to judge others based on gender or ethnicity. Some people will think political appointments “maketh” the man or that having someone from your village at the helm of affairs will necessarily translate to your betterment (although it’s yet to truly happen).

“Benson, I will say, is one of the few people in Nollywood that likes me for who I am. He’s real and because he is a guy, it works for me. The girls, girls thing doesn’t cut with me. Most of the girls are fake. It is not like I have issues with anyone. I just found out very few of them like me”.

Nollywood isn’t exactly a haven populated by married women even though most of the women are the most beautiful that can be found anywhere in the country. Most of the women are either single or divorced and plenty more still searching.

Recently stakeholders in the Nigerian motion picture industry converged in Lagos, to discuss strategies on how to reposition the industry and make it more attractive for the international market come 2014.

A Nollywood film maker, Mr Fred Amata, has advised talented youths in Delta to be hard working, so as to reap the benefits of their talents.

R ose Amrayebure found her way into Nollywood, because acting is all she has ever wanted to do but the passion to pursue her dream was soon met with disenchantment and disappointment when she learned she would need more than talent to see her dream through.
According to her, not being an Igbo has been the biggest challenge of her career and she bares it all in this interview with Weekend Groove.

It is amazing how many Nollywood productions disappear into the annals of oblivion simply because (aside from quality issues) their owners fail to invest the same financial and creative commitment in marketing as they did in production (unlike Hollywood where marketing budgets frequently outstrip the cost of producing the movies themselves).

Production Quality: Contemporary Afro Pop music videos are among the most edgy visual content you could hope to see. From their flamboyant costumes and dance steps, to the props, set design and special effects, the creative effort that has been invested to achieve a product of international calibre can be clearly seen.

A few days ago, I made my way to the salon for my quarterly … ehm … toenail management (three months of hard grinding on the fitness trail had rendered them somewhat unpresentable). I reclined as the thickset attendant went to work. Gazed up idly at the TV as dazzling Afro Pop music video images of the latest sensation I had never heard of flashed by.

The Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Victor Ndoma  says the National Assembly will give the Nigerian film industry,  `Nollywood’, all the legislative assistance it needs to thrive.