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In May 2025, in the gentle hills of Jos, Plateau State, I had the rare privilege of sitting with a living psalmist—Dr. Panam Percy Paul, born Bakulipanam Percy Paul Mokungah. To meet him is to encounter a quiet storm of grace: a maestro whose melodies have travelled farther than roads, and whose songs have become…
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Professor Hyginus Ekwuazi belongs to that rare pioneering generation whose work did not merely interpret Nigerian cinema but brought its critical language into being. Scholar, filmmaker, poet, and institution-builder, Ekwuazi provided some of the earliest rigorous frameworks for understanding film production in Nigeria—historically, aesthetically, and politically. His seminal Film in Nigeria remains a touchstone text,…
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Professor Hyginus Ekwuazi belongs to that rare pioneering generation whose work did not merely interpret Nigerian cinema but brought its critical language into being. Scholar, filmmaker, poet, and institution-builder, Ekwuazi provided some of the earliest rigorous frameworks for understanding film production in Nigeria—historically, aesthetically, and politically. His seminal Film in Nigeria remains a touchstone text,…
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Professor Hyginus Ekwuazi belongs to that rare pioneering generation whose work did not merely interpret Nigerian cinema but brought its critical language into being. Scholar, filmmaker, poet, and institution-builder, Ekwuazi provided some of the earliest rigorous frameworks for understanding film production in Nigeria—historically, aesthetically, and politically. His seminal Film in Nigeria remains a touchstone text,…
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Demilade Okechukwu (Bimbo Ademoye) is hauntingly beautiful, cheerful, and streetwise—a fashion-forward wife married to the doting but local-minded Ekene Okechukwu (Uzor Arukwe), the owner and CEO of Ekenex Solutions. Ekene loves his wife with “body and soul.” He believes, with disarming sincerity, in the oft-abused marital vow of “for better or for worse,” a principle…
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She is a prolific creative force and versatile artist who delights in crafting works that impart profound moral lessons. Deriving immense satisfaction from using her creativity to help shape a more humane and equitable society, Funmilayo Omikunle stands as a distinguished Nigerian Nollywood writer, actor, and film producer whose creative journey bridges education, tradition, and…
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He is a man whose name has, for more than three decades, echoed across Nigeria’s television screens, radio waves, film sets, and creative corridors — Sani Mu’azu, veteran actor, filmmaker, media consultant, and one of the enduring custodians of Northern Nigeria’s cinematic heritage. A graduate of Mass Communication from the University of Jos and the…
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He is a man whose name has, for more than three decades, echoed across Nigeria’s television screens, radio waves, film sets, and creative corridors — Sani Mu’azu, veteran actor, filmmaker, media consultant, and one of the enduring custodians of Northern Nigeria’s cinematic heritage. A graduate of Mass Communication from the University of Jos and the…
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Tosin Adeyemi is a thespian whose journey into performance began not with scripts, but with movement. Long before Nollywood called her name, she was a happy child who loved dancing at parties and in school, carrying joy in her body as naturally as breath. With the encouragement of her sister, Fate nudged her toward the…
Nollywood in Review 