Nollywood actress, Tricia Eseigbe has come out to say that Zaaki Azzay, once discouraged her from buying a Mercedes-Benz G Wagon.

She recently revealed this via Instagram, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to her, the singer warned her to not buy the expensive automobile because it could chase prospective suitors away.

Tricia added that she eventually took the advice and it worked because the vehicle has continued to be a burden to her friends who own one.

Her words, “I can also remember the brotherly advice he gave to me in 2007 when I wanted to buy a G Wagon Mercedes Jeep, He Blatantly said NO , Sis Shebi U Want Men To Begin Run from U, U wan Marry? This kind Car dey drive Men o Lol ,And Trust me I took to his Advise plus he did to me a great favour cos The Same G Wagon gave my Friends headache,ran their bank accounts low( very difficult And Expensive to maintain).”

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.