Nollywood actress, Yetunde Barnabas and her husband, Super Eagles striker, Olayinka Peter have welcomed their first child, a boy.

The proud mother recently took to her Instagram page to announce the arrival of their son, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to her, her family has seen the glory of God in their home, and she is grateful to the Almighty for making her and Olayinka a parent.

She added that their son is their new bundle of happiness and they’ll love him forever.

Her words, “We have seen the Glory of GOD in our lives and We are saying thank You to the Most High for making us a parent to the most beautiful one. GEMMA OLAYINKA 26/07/22 our bundle of happiness is here.”

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.