This story is featured in the March/April 2025 issue of ESSENCE. In 2017, sisters Tochi and Ebele ­Anueyiagu shared a single image on their new Instagram account: a still of Nigerian film and beauty ...

THE elating news from Nollywood shows that one of its top figures, Funke Akindele, has scored in the billions for the third time in a row with a blockbuster movie. In a back-to-back sequence, her ...

Nollywood icon, Bimbo Akintola, has never been one to shy away from controversial topics. In a recent interview on In Conversation With Chude, she has once again placed herself in the spotlight. The ...

The authors of the forthcoming book, “Convent Wisdom” weigh in on the evergreen wisdom of nuns, the lure of convent life, and the social media buzz around cloistered living. Before we had hot girl ...

Three Austrian nuns aged 82 to 88 escaped from a care home to return to their convent They had been forced out of the convent in December 2023 after teaching there for 60 years The Archdiocese of ...

Veteran Nollywood actor, Kanayo O. Kanayo, has voiced strong concerns about what he described as a disturbing trend in Nigeria’s film industry, especially on YouTube where casting is now driven more ...

Nollywood actress, Bimbo Akintola, has opened up about her personal life, revealing that she is childless and currently single at the age of 52. In an interview with Pulse Nigeria, the award-winning ...

EXCLUSIVE: In a landmark move, Nollywood heavyweights Inkblot Studios and Filmhouse Group have joined forces to create Kava, a new global streaming platform dedicated solely to Nollywood and African ...

Once dismissed as a playground for skits, pranks, and makeup tutorials, YouTube has quietly evolved into Nollywood’s new goldmine—and some of its biggest stars are striking digital oil. What started ...

TUCKED away in York is the oldest convent in the UK – and you can spend the night. The Bar Convent has been used as a place of worship, a school for girls, and has since turned into a heritage site, ...

The Holy Angels Convent with its beautiful Roman architecture built in 1936 and accommodating the Provincial House of Sisters of Charity of Saints Bartolommeo, Mangaluru Division located at Naguri in ...