With Orisa setting this new record and becoming the first Nollywood title to earn the most in 2023, we take a look at the three highest-grossing Yoruba epic movies at the Nigerian box office, so far: ...

The Nigerian film industry has been thrown into deep mourning following the sudden death of Nollywood actress and producer, ...

The Nigerian film industry, Nollywood, continued its rise in 2025 with a mix of record-smashing box-office hits, culturally resonant epics, and boundary-pushing cinema that expanded both local and ...

These movie stars became household names in Nigeria before leaving the shores of their motherland for countries like The United States and The United Kingdom. While fame can be intoxicating, it can ...

The film is inspired by older historical Yoruba films that had embodied the symbolic spirit of Yoruba mythologies. But, unlike the old films that were tacky and excessive in technique and acting, this ...

For decades, Yoruba cinema has drawn from the mystical world of witches, warlords, and traditionalists. These characters, vividly portrayed, have defined a genre and blurred the line between ...

Netflix historical drama “Elesin Oba, The King’s Horseman,” will become only the the second Yoruba-language film to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, after Tunde Kelani’s “Abeni” ...