Popular media personality Uti Nwachukwu has shared an emotional tribute exactly one week after Alex Ekubo’s death. He recently recalled the painful moment he received calls confirming the actor’s passing, and fans have been reacting.
Confessing that he was joking around when the first message about Alex’s death reached him, Uti revealed that he thought it was just another one of the numerous rumours about the actor.
The host added that Tuesdays might never feel the same for him because confirmation of the devastating news hit him very hard.
His words, “Today makes it a week 💔. Tuesdays might never be the same again. Goofing around when the first message came. I said, Una never taya for rumour? Abegi Then the phone call came. I answered in my playful tone, but my always happy Gee’s phone was so cold as he said, ‘I don’t have good news for you’. I will never forget the second confirmatory phone call as I raced to the hospital 💔.
The pain comes and goes in waves now, and I still can’t get myself to say goodbye 💔. I pray God consoles all your loved ones and gives us the fortitude we all need.”
WOW.
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.
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