Nollywood actresses Rita Edochie and Nneoma Ukpabi are still at loggerheads. A few hours after Nneoma cautioned Rita to stop mentioning her name online, the veteran actress responded by dragging Nneoma over alleged embezzlement.
According to her, Nneoma once begged her to cover up financial misconduct during her time as AGN Imo State Chairman, and after she refused and reported the matter to the committee, Nneoma still managed to bribe her way through a punishment.
Rita added that Nneoma’s viral outfit at Ruby Orjiakor’s wedding was irresponsible and indecent, and she deserved to be called out for being a bad influence.
Her words, “You kept calling and pleading with me to help cover you up… because you embezzled their millions. As the rogue you are, you paid your way through.
Your outfit to Ruby’s wedding was irresponsible and indecent. I am saying it again and again — you are a bad influence.
I cannot condescend as low as bantering words with you… there’s a long pace between my level and yours and you know it.”
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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