I Was Scared Of Dogs Growing Up – Ireti Doyle

Nollywood actress Ireti Doyle has spoken out about her fear of dogs. She recently shared photos of herself with her dogs, and fans have been reacting.

According to her, she was actually very scared of dogs growing up, and it took ten years of begging and negotiations for her daughter to get a puppy.

Ireti added that many years later, she is now a bona fide dog lover who is very good friends with her Cane Corso and German Shepherd.

Her words, “Growing up I was scared witless of dogs. Big, small, it didn’t matter. I would gladly take a long & convoluted path just to avoid a dog.
It took ten years of begging and negotiations for my daughter to get a puppy… within the same year, we got another – at my instance.

Today, not only am I a bona fide dog lover/owner… I’m really good friends with a Cane Corso & a German Shepherd…
Who says change is impossible?
Happy New Year, happy new month and everything in between…
I hope 2026 is being kind to you and you’re being kind to others.
May we all continue to land.
Softly.”

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.