Twin brothers Chuko Esiri and Arie Esiri grew up in Nigeria but left the country for their education, and until recently, both seemed heade...

  Nigerian film star Alexx Ekubo has died, reportedly after a long battle with cancer. The award-winning actor was in a hospital in Lagos wh...

Nigerian producer and director Kunle Afolayan is optimistic. He believes new technologies and platforms can open a wealth of opportunities f...

CANNES, France, May 19 (Reuters) - With "My Father's Shadow," Nigeria's first film in the  Cannes Film Festival 's off...

For an entire weekend this March, romcom fever gripped Nigerian social media. Thousands of Nigerians, even in the diaspora, debated ferventl...

Nigeria is going to Cannes. In what is understood to be a first in the film festival’s near-80 year history, a movie from Africa’s most pop...

Netflix has denied reports it is pulling out of Nigeria but local film producers and industry insiders told Semafor Africa the streaming gia...

Nigerian comedian-cum-filmmaker Bright Okpocha , popularly known as Basketmouth, has sparked controversy by alleging that Nollywood producer...

On 25 October 1993, four teenage boys boarded a Nigeria Airways flight from Lagos to Abuja with a clear agenda: hijack the aircraft, take ...

The last video that Nigerian actor Junior Pope made for his more than two million Instagram followers eerily foreshadowed his death. “You se...

Nigeria's movie industry continues to captivate audiences and attract significant foreign investment. With vibrant storytelling and imp...

The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) Tuesday announced that it would henceforth restrict the depiction of smoking, ritual killi...

One of Nigeria's most popular actresses has been arrested for allegedly trying to bribe a police officer in Kano state. Police say Amal ...

The words and emotions of students at the University of Ibadan in southwestern Nigeria, presenting spirited debates over power imbalances ...

Filmmakers in northern Nigeria's Kannywood movie industry have been told they risk a jail term if they portray violence in their work or...

Golden Globe winner Idris Elba has announced that he will be writing and directing an upcoming short film in an ongoing commitment to empowe...

Nigerians are mourning popular Nollywood actor John Okafor, better known as Mr Ibu, who has died at the age of 62. "I announce with [a]...

Nigeria's cinemas have announced cumulative revenue of 21.5 million dollars over the past three years. Analysts attribute the strong p...

For the past five years, Nigerian actor, producer, and director Ibrahim Yekini has released most of his movies exclusively on YouTube. In No...

Rain Pryor, the daughter of American comedian and actor, Richard Pryor, has commenced shooting of her Nollywood-Hollywood film project in N...