Don’t Associate Me With My Daughter’s Business – Iretiola Doyle

Nollywood actress, Iretiola Doyle has come out to distance herself from her daughter’s business.

She recently had her say after her daughter was accused of scamming people online, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to her, she wants the general public to know that she is not in any way involved in her daughter’s business dealings and would prefer to not be associated with it.

Iretiola added that those affected should reach out directly to her daughter or the appropriate authorities equipped to deal with such issues.

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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.