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Alex Ekubo
Nollywood actor Yul Edochie has mourned the death of his friend, Alex Ekubo. He recently opened up about the unbearable pain of his Ekubo’s demise, and fans have been reacting.
Describing the deceased as a good friend and brother, Yul shared that the late actor should have informed some of his good friends that he was sick, and they would put away their phones to spend time with him.
Edochie concluded by adding that blanking everyone till his death was not good on Alex’s part.
His words, “I’ve been cold since the news of Alex Ekubo’s passing broke. Ikuku you no do us well oo, you no do us well at all. You should have privately informed some of your good friends that you were sick. We for come dey with you, everybody go off phone come.
To spend time with you and give you strength. You never know, help could come from where you least expected. This style of blanking everyone till death, e no good oo Chief Ikuku. The pain you inflicted on us is terrible.”
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.
