Patrick Doyle Loses Newborn Daughter With New Wife

Patrick Doyle and his wife

Veteran Nollywood actor Patrick Doyle has announced the heartbreaking loss of his newborn daughter, Omayinuwa Harriet. He recently had his say via his Facebook page, and Nigerians have been reacting.

Announcing that his baby passed away on Saturday at about 4:15 p.m., just a day after her birth, he noted that even though her stay was brief, it brought him and his wife great joy.

Patrick added that despite the heavy loss, his faith in the goodness of God remains unshaken.

His words, “Omayinuwa visited us briefly at about 10:40 am on Friday 10th April and returned to heaven on Saturday 11th of April at about 4:15 pm.

Her stay was short but it brought great joy with it. We would have wished for a longer stay, but alas, heaven thought otherwise.

This much we know though, God still rules in the affairs of men. Our faith in the goodness of God remains resolute regardless. Sibe’ sibe’ Oluwa n’be’. It is well with our soul.”

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.