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 ...

On Monday, Nov. 4, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced their devastating decision to disqualify Nigeria's entry in the best international film category, Genevieve Nnaji's ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — A Nigerian action thriller that tells a gripping story of corruption and police brutality in Africa’s most populous country has reached record viewership numbers on Netflix charts ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...