Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar who is reportedly down with a yet-to-be-disclosed ailment, has quit acting.

Her management team recently revealed this via a press statement, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to the release, Halima is grateful to everyone who has supported her and her talent over the years, but it is time to wave that chapter of her life goodbye.

It added that Halima definitely loved acting while she was active, and she is currently downcast to be quitting the profession.

It read, “HALIMA ABUBAKAR QUIT ACTING
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL

WE LOVE YOU ALL
THANK YOU ,FOR THE SUPPORT

SHE IS SO DOWNCAST”
SHE REALLY DID LOVE ACTING
THANK YOU

Rest and continue healing
We all love you.my sweet sis
We are waiting for you diva

MANAGEMENT.”

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.