Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has jumped on social media to ask for financial help on behalf of his colleague, Kingsley Orji.

Yul Edochie recently revealed that Kingsley Orji has been bedridden for a long time and he badly needs funds in order to undergo a surgery.

According to the movie star, Nigerians should come to his rescue so he can be flown abroad for the leg surgery needed for him that will aid him to walk again.

He added that God will surely bless members of the public as they assist a fellow citizen in need.

His words, “Please my people, let us assist our brother, Nollywood actor, Kingsley Orji (Egbe Igwe) He has been bedridden for long and requires some funds for surgery. May God bless us all as we help him.”

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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.