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A 2023 REVIEW AND A PEEK INTO 2025

If a year has been both a boring and an exhilarating ride at the same time for the Nollywood industry, it’d be 2023....

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KANNYWOOD TRAJECTORIES- THE FOUNTAIN HEADS- HAMISU GURGU AND THE GYARANYA DRAMA CLUB

If Sani Lamma was the pioneer Kannywood cinematographer, then his friend, Hamisu Gurgu, was the pioneer Kannywood ‘Movie Executive’. Abrasive, self-assured (in spite...

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KANNYWOOD TRAJECTORIES- THE FOUNTAINHEADS- SIDI MUSA: THE INDIAN CONNECTION

When Hamisu Gurgu closed down GDC in 1983, its mantle was taken over by Late Sidi Musa, a half-Tripolitanian Arab based in Sanka...

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INSIDE NOLLYWOOD’S TOP NOLLYWOOD LEADERS 2023

The Nigeria’s film and TV industry have gone extra mile this year and celebrating the leaders who have make it happened is one...

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WRITERS LIKE COLLINS OKOH DO NOT GET ENOUGH CREDIT

In November, I was sent to Lagos by Inside Nollywood, where I am senior writer, events, lifestyle and culture, for the prestigious African...

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KANNYWOOD TRAJECTORIES- SANI LAMMA UPDATE

The posting on Alhaji Sani Lamma as a Kannywood Fountainhead on 12th December 2023 has elicited quite a few sympathetic responses. Some respondents...

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KANNYWOOD TRAJECTORIES: THE FOUNTAINHEADS- SANI LAMMA WITH BASHIR MUDI YAKASAI

In whatever aspects of human living, there is always a fountainhead. I freely borrow the expression from the title of Ayn Rand’s 1943...

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CHRISTMAS MOVIE FROM NOLLYWOOD TOP PRODUCERS

Nigerians aren’t exactly known to be huge fans of Christmas the conventional way, we instead celebrate the Nigerian way, bangers and hangouts. For...

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EFFECTS OF FINANCING IN NOLLYWOOD

In recent times, Nollywood has begun to recieve its deserved accolades. This is because many people have begun to understand that it serves...

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INVESTING IN DREAMS: THE IMPERATIVE ROLE OF FUNDING IN NURTURING NOLLYWOOD TALENTS

Nollywood produces more than 200 films a month, so says industry sources. These releases are literally exhibitions of a wide range of up-and-coming...