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MKO documentary premieres in Lagos with Tinubu, cinemas Friday

Ose Oyamendan's film on Moshood Abiola and the annulled June 12 election got its Independence Day premiere with the president, the Senate President and three governors watching. It opens in cinemas nationwide on Friday.

Updated 10:35am WAT, Friday, 2 October 2026: MKO is now in Nigerian cinemas, and director Ose Oyamendan says the producers had to mortgage the film to finish it. Updated 10:30pm WAT, Thursday, 1 October 2026: President Tinubu and the First Lady attended the premiere on Thursday evening; guest list added. President Bola Tinubu and First Lady Oluremi Tinubu attended the…

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  1. Nollywood actor Cjay, born Chijioke Temidayo Nwokafor, died on Wednesday, 30 September 2026, actress Nkechi Blessing Sunday announced on Instagram.
  2. Nkechi Blessing cancelled the 30 September release of her movie Egusi Ogbono, in which Cjay starred, after his death.
  3. As of 10:30pm WAT on 30 September 2026, no cause of death or statement from Cjay's family had been made public.
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Nollywood · 4 min read

Nollywood actor Cjay dies as Nkechi Blessing shelves Egusi Ogbono

Nkechi Blessing, who says she spoke to the Anambra-born actor at 8am on Wednesday, pulled her new movie hours before release. No cause of death or family statement had been given as of 10:30pm WAT.

Nollywood actor Cjay, born Chijioke Temidayo Nwokafor, has died. Actress Nkechi Blessing Sunday broke the news in an Instagram video on Wednesday, 30 September 2026, and Premium Times reported his death at about 9:56pm WAT the same day. The loss landed on what was meant to be a launch day. Cjay starred in Nkechi Blessing's new movie, Egusi Ogbono, which…

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  1. Nollywood actress Destiny Etiko greeted Ghana on Instagram on Wednesday, 30 September 2026, writing "Let's make a good movie" as Nigerian stars arrived to shoot Lil Win's A Journey to Africa.
  2. Ghana's GBC reported that Kanayo O. Kanayo, Patience Ozokwor, Mike Ezuruonye, Zubby Michael and Destiny Etiko landed in Accra on Wednesday, 30 September 2026.
  3. A Journey to Africa is set in Nzulezu, a stilt village on Lake Tadane in western Ghana; no release date or Nigerian platform had been announced as of 4:27pm WAT on 30 September 2026.
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Nollywood · 4 min read

A Journey to Africa: Destiny Etiko, Nollywood stars land in Ghana

Kanayo O. Kanayo, Patience Ozokwor, Mike Ezuruonye and Zubby Michael are also in Accra for Lil Win's Ghana-Nigeria movie, set in a village built on stilts over a lake. Etiko's own post says what they came to do.

Five Nollywood stars, one airport and a Ghanaian director with big plans. Destiny Etiko, Patience Ozokwor and three other Nigerian actors landed in Accra on Wednesday, 30 September, to shoot A Journey to Africa, the new movie from Ghanaian actor and filmmaker Kwadwo Nkansah, known as Lil Win, Ghana's state broadcaster GBC reported. GBC named the arrivals as Kanayo O.…

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  1. Funke Akindele and skit maker Kamo State posted a joint Instagram skit promoting Starlomo at about 9:40am WAT on Wednesday, 30 September 2026.
  2. The reel passed 101,000 likes by about 3:30pm WAT on 30 September 2026, days after fans questioned Funke Akindele's absence from the 20 September premiere.
  3. Starlomo, directed by Kayode Kasum and distributed by FilmOne, has been showing in Nigerian cinemas nationwide since Friday, 25 September 2026.
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Funke Akindele and Kamo State’s Starlomo skit tops 100,000 likes

The pair posted a joint Instagram reel on Wednesday morning, 30 September, five days into Starlomo's cinema run and ten days after fans asked why the Nollywood box-office queen skipped Kamo State's premiere.

Ten days ago, people were asking where Funke Akindele was. On Wednesday, 30 September, she turned up in a skit with Kamo State, and the Instagram reel had passed 100,000 likes within six hours. The joint post, shared at about 9:40am WAT on the verified accounts of skit maker Akinyoola Ayoola, known as Kamo State, and actress-filmmaker Funke Akindele, promotes…

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  1. Nollywood actress Joke Silva turned 65 on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, and Richard Mofe-Damijo (RMD) marked the day with an Instagram tribute.
  2. RMD's message noted that Joke Silva is mourning her husband, veteran actor Olu Jacobs, who died aged 84 on Wednesday, 16 September 2026.
  3. Olu Jacobs' Night of Tributes held on Wednesday, 30 September 2026, at Glover Memorial Hall, Lagos, and his funeral service is at 10am on Friday, 2 October.
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Nollywood · 4 min read

Joke Silva turns 65 a day before Olu Jacobs’ Night of Tributes

Richard Mofe-Damijo marked the veteran actress's birthday on Instagram with a tribute to four decades of friendship, 13 days after the death of her husband, Olu Jacobs, whose Lagos tributes night holds on Wednesday.

Updated 12:50pm WAT, Thursday, 1 October 2026: speeches and guests from the Night of Tributes added, including Joke Silva, her sons Gbenga and Soji, and arts minister Hannatu Musawa. Updated 7:50pm WAT, Wednesday, 30 September 2026: Olu Jacobs' Night of Tributes held on Wednesday evening at Glover Memorial Hall, Lagos; details added. Joke Silva turned 65 on Tuesday, 29 September,…

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  1. President Tinubu congratulated Damilola Osikoya and Nora Awolowo in a statement signed by his adviser Bayo Onanuga on Monday 28 September.
  2. Guinness World Records counted 51,000 viewers at Lagos's Tafawa Balewa Square, beating the 43,624 mark set in the Philippines in 2015.
  3. Directed by Fatimah Binta Gimsay, Black Market is due in cinemas in October, according to What Kept Me Up.
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Tinubu hails Black Market filmmakers over 51,000-viewer Guinness record

A State House statement credits filmmakers Damilola Osikoya and Nora Awolowo for the Tafawa Balewa Square screening, lifting a Nollywood milestone into national conversation as the film heads for cinemas.

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the producers behind the Black Market Guinness record, hailing Saturday's 51,000-viewer screening in Lagos as a showcase of Nigerian talent and business muscle in a statement on Monday. The message turns a weekend Nollywood milestone into a national talking point. It also puts two filmmakers, rather than the film's star-studded cast, at the centre of…

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  1. Guinness counted 51,000 viewers at the Tafawa Balewa Square screening
  2. The old record of 43,624 was set at a 2015 screening in the Philippines
  3. The screening fell on Nigeria Cinema Day, when tickets were ₦3,000 nationwide
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Nollywood · 2 min read

Black Market sets Guinness World Record with 51,000 viewers in Lagos

Nollywood crime thriller Black Market drew a verified 51,000 people to Tafawa Balewa Square, beating a record that had stood since 2015.

Nollywood has a new world record. Black Market, the crime thriller directed by Fatimah Binta Gimsay, drew 51,000 viewers to a single screening at Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos on Saturday, 26 September, setting the Guinness World Record for the largest audience at a film screening in one location. That 51,000 is the figure Guinness World Records verified, and it…

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