My Current Relationship With Omowunmi Is Strictly Professional – Segun Ogungbe

Nollywood actor Segun Ogungbe has addressed rumours about reconciling with his ex-wife, Omowunmi Ajiboye. This comes after the former couple were spotted together frequently at events, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he had no choice but to work with Wunmi on their joint movie project because they co-produced it with equal financial contributions of over N300 million.

Ogungbe added that while he and Wunmi communicate, their current relationship is strictly professional.

His words, “It’s the nature of our work. We have to put our differences aside and work together, even if we’re not on good terms. I had no choice but to collaborate with her on set. She was aware of my movie before our separation and even contributed financially to it. We co-produced the movie, Irete, and we spent the same amount of money on the movie. It’s a 50/50 contribution.”

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Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.

The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.

Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.

Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.