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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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  1. States and FCT raised N5.15trn in 2025, up 40.93% from N3.65trn in 2024
  2. Lagos led with N1.77trn, followed by Rivers (N428.42bn) and Enugu (N406.77bn)
  3. PAYE taxes on salaries made up 69.51% of all state tax revenue
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Nigeria · 2 min read

Lagos, Rivers and Enugu lead as states’ own revenue hits N5.15trn

NBS data shows the 36 states and the FCT raised N5.15 trillion themselves in 2025, up 40.93%, with Lagos alone collecting N1.77 trillion.

Before the monthly allocation from Abuja lands, how much do Nigeria's states actually raise for themselves? New figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) give the answer: a lot more than they used to. According to the NBS report on internally generated revenue (IGR), published on 24 September, the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory collected N5.15 trillion…

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