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Actress Wunmi Toriola Set To Release Her First Cinema Film Titled ‘Queen Lateefah’
Pretty Nollywood actress and movie producer, Wumi Toriola, has announced that shew is set to release her first cinema film titled ‘Queen Lateefah’, which would be featuring ‘two-time’ African Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards (AMVCA) winner, Broda Shaggi.
Wunmi Toriola, in the capacity of executive producer of the new cinema film, via her Instagram page, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, made the announcement on the project, where she also wrote: “Unveiling the brilliant minds and hearts that breathe life into #QUEENLATEEFAH. Together we embark on a collective journey of artistry and emotion, getting set to ignite the big screen with our shared emotion and creativity.”
“Anticipate #QUEENLATEEFAH the movie of the year.”
The soon-to-be-launched cinema film, ‘Queen Lateefah’, is directed by Adeoluwa Owu, popularly known as ‘Captain Degzy’, who was the director of the highest-grossing Nollywood film (A Tribe Called Judah) of all times, produced in 2023; and grossed a total of ₦1.4 billion.
The new cinema film stars are Kunle Remi, Femi Adebayo, Nancy Isime, Bimbo Manuel, Elvina Ibru, Enioluwa, and Gbugbemi Ejeye.
The film would be co-produced by ‘Wumi Toriola Productions’ and ‘Captain of the Sea Productions’. However, details about the film’s plot and release date remain unknown.
More so, on the new cinema film, Wunmi Toriola shares executive producer status with Ope Ajayi – and Judith Audu-Foght as a producer.
Historically, Wunm Toriola got her first acting role in 2009 in the film titled Odunfa Caucus. She produced her first movie titled ‘Ajewunmi’, in 2015. She won the ‘Fastest Rising Actress (Yoruba)’ Award at the City People Entertainment Awards, in 2018.
She has featured in popular movies such as ‘Battle on Buka Street’, ‘Alakada Reloaded’, ‘Aburo’, and ‘Ada Omo Daddy’ – and she will also feature in the new cinema film ‘Queen Lateefah’.
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Nigerian Afrobeats singer, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, aka Wizkid, has announced that his sixth studio album would be dedicated to his late mum, Jane Morayo Balogun.
The ‘Ojuelegba’ hitmaker made the announcement in a video message shared via his social media platform on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
He also disclosed that the album, which is titled ‘Morayo’ and in honour of his late mum, would be released ‘very soon’.
Wizkid’s words: “My album ‘Morayo’, dedicated to my mum, the love of my life, drops very soon. Don’t dull. Don’t sleep.”
It could be recaled that Wizkid’s mother, Jane Dolapo Balogun, died on August 18, 2023, in London.
The singer said the pain of losing his mum ‘hurts deeply’.
In his words: “The pain is profound.”
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Actress Patience Ozukor: I Rejected The Name-Tag ‘Liz Benson of Enugu’ On Me, To Have My Own Name-Tag ‘Patience Ozukor’
Nollywood veteran actress, Patience Ozokwor, has disclosed and talked about how people tried to impose titles and name-tags on her at the beginning of her career and how she handled it.
The veteran actress said when she began her acting career, people tried to compare her with legendary actress, Liz Benson, by tagging her as ‘Liz Benson of Enugu’ but she rejected the tag because she believes they are both unique.
She disclosed that she also rejected suggestions to answer her husband’s first name as her surname and instead chose to bear his family name.
She actually disclosed this in an interview session via a media platform.
Her words: “I don’t know how it started, all I know was that when I started my acting career and people started recognizing this woman from Enugu.”
“So, there was a time I came to Lagos for a shoot and people started saying, ‘That’s her, this woman from Enugu.’ They said, “You’re the ‘Liz Benson of Enugu.”
“I said, ‘No, with all due respect, I don’t want to be like Liz Benson, I want to be myself. I am ‘Patience Ozokwor of Enugu’.”
“And some people came and said, ‘You don’t even need to answer Patience Ozokwor again. Answer your husband’s first name Edmund; Patience Edmund.’
“I said, ‘No, because in Igbo land, you’re not just married by one man, you’re married by a family. I don’t know about other tribes.”
“So, my husband’s people, their name is Ozokwor. When you mention Ozokwor in any part of this world, people who know the Ozokwors would say ‘I know where she comes from’,” she concluded.
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