Nollywood actress Aisha Lawal has come out to react to reports saying she received a Toyota Venza from MC Oluomo. Recall that National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) leader, Istijabah, recently made the allegation in a viral clip, and fans have been reacting.
Istijabah said that MC Oluomo had been spending the union’s money on Nollywood actresses while loyal union members are struggling financially, and Aisha Lawal is currently in possession of a Toyota Venza allegedly purchased during one of his many extravagant spending sprees.
His words, “Aisha Lawal benefited from a Venza I worked hard to pay for, while MC Oluomo kept on pressuring us into debt to impress his Nollywood ladies.
If not that I’ve forgotten about it, I would have collected my car. The other day, I saw her posting that car smiling. I was like ah-ah, this life!” he said.
Reacting, Aisha Lawal vowed that she has never owned a Venza in her life, and her relationship with MC Oluomo is solid enough to make him buy her such a gift for her birthday.
Lawal added that she doesn’t even like Venza, and the automobile is small compared to what she currently drives.
Her words, “I’ve never owned a Venza in my life. I have never driven a Venza before. I studied Law for 7 years in a private university. Best believe I will definitely file a lawsuit against Istijabah.
Venza is even smaller to the present level of the kind of car I’m driving. I don’t even like Venza.
I don’t have a strong relationship with MC Oluomo for him to give me a Venza as birthday gift.”
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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