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Veteran Actress Liz Benson Makes A Significant Comeback To Nollywood Via A New Movie By Mercy Johnson
Benson disclosed that she preaches the gospel on a full-time basis as an ordained mi
Veteran actress, Liz Benson, has made a Nollywood comeback after numerous years of being off from the acting profession.
The seasoned and beautiful actress has launched a come-back to her first love and passion as she cast in a new film titled ‘A Mother’s Son’, produced by renowned actress, Mercy Johnson, and directed by Vincent De Anointed.
Mercy Johnson made this known via video she posted on her Instagram page, with the cast of the movie, whereby expressing excitement as they welcomed the veteran actress.
According to Mercy Johnson, the star-packaged movie features a seasoned cast, including Mike Godson, Mercy Johnson, Evia Simon, Ozioma Maurice, and George Inaibeh, among others.
Liz Benson, who was surprised at the warm welcome by her colleagues, said: “All the big people in Nollywood are here. You guys are doing exploits; God bless you. It’s nice to see all of you in real life.”
“I am meeting all of you for the first time. But I have come to see my daughter (Mercy Johnson).”
Liz Benson started her acting career as a child-actress in 1971 at age five but gained fame after she was cast as ‘Agnes Johnson’ in a television soap opera titled ‘Fortunes’ on NTA in 1993. Liz Benson elevated to stardom in the 1990s as she appeared in some classic movies, which effectually made her a household name in the early era of Nollywood.
Some of the well-known and evergreen-status movies she featured in, include ‘Glamour Girls’, ‘True Confession’, ‘Diamond Rings’, ‘Scores to Settle’, ‘Evil Men1 and 2’, ‘Conspiracy’, ‘Dead End’, among others.
Prior to this time of her come-back to Nollywood, Liz Benson had revealed that she is a ‘born-again Christian’ and she is now a full-time preacher of the gospel as an ordained minister of God.
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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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