This was the year Nollywood made Netflix history. The film stars Nigerian film legend Richard Mofe-Damijo as Paul Edima, a deacon whose dark past returns after his son (Olumide Oworu) is framed for ...

Under academy rules, international entries must predominantly be in a non-English language. It’s not the first movie to be disqualified for this reason. By Cara Buckley Nigeria’s first submission for ...

The Black Book, a Nigerian revenge action thriller about corruption, police brutality and abuse of power in Africa’s most populous country, has steadily pulled record global viewership numbers on ...

Genevieve Nnaji's 'Lionheart,' Nigeria's first-ever Oscar entry, has been disqualified after not meeting the Academy's rules for English dialogue in international feature film submissions. By Piya ...

The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) says it received and classified 274 movies produced by the Nigerian film industry in the first quarter of the year. Dr Shaibu Husseini, Executive ...

Nigeria’s first-ever submission for best international feature Oscar consideration, the comedy “Lionheart,” has been disqualified by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for having too much ...