Nollywood feeds Nigerians with trash in the name of movies – Director, Mildred Okwo

Movie director and producer, Mildred Okwo, has condemned the Nigeria movie industry , saying they keep feeding Nigerians with trash.

She called out stakeholders of the industry over their penchant for mediocre productions even as she says they are to be held responsible for such ‘trash.’

The movie icon wondered why Nollywood depicts native doctors as evil and how unprofessional they cast romantic scenes.

On her Twitter handle SunCountry ‏@MealdredO, she wrote: “Nollywood keeps feeding us this trash!

“[We are] using our own hand to perpetuate long held stereotypes. Think about it.

“Why is every native doctor made out to be bad? There must be some that heal and adcvicse. Our ancestors went to them for guidance before British entered.

“I do not ascribe to d theory that all African trad beliefs are bad simply cause a group of British people brainwashed some people years ago.

“There must be some that heal and advise. Our ancestors went to them for guidance before the British entered.

“For goodness sake, leave your shots sometimes and watch your actors. Watch for certain muscles running down the body of an actress during a kissy kissy scene; that usually indicates they are uncomfortable.

“If the actress is uncomfortable during a love scene and we see it, director did not do their job.

“If you are going to shoot a series, please do so and stop forcing us to go and watch it as film in cinema,” Mildred tweeted.

Nollywood actor, Segun Arinze counsels children to respect parents

Abuja – A popular Nollywood actor, Mr Segun Arinze, urged children to respect their parents and encouraged them to always be the best they could be. Arinze gave the counsel in an interview *Segun Arinze on Tuesday in Abuja. “Children should listen to their parents and grow up in the right way to become better human beings in the future. “They should strive to be good men and women that will help develop Nigeria and the world in general by contributing their own quota to global development. “Children should also remember that the world is just a passing phase and should make the best out of every minute,’’ the veteran actor said. He called on parents to focus on giving their children the best they could afford, saying that parenting should not be about work alone and forgetting the children. According to Arinze, children need the attention of their parents. “If you take your eyes off the ball and there is no guardian, that is when you find your children getting into bad company. “And before you know it, parents start losing their grip on them; so it is best we focus our attention on our children. “When the children are complaining; the little that they complain about, notice it and nip it in the bud as fast as you can,’’ he counseled parents. The Nollywood actor said that the world was living in a jet age, adding that everything was going at speedy rate, especially the social media. He stressed that in as much as parents wanted to give their children the best, they should control what the children watched on television and other medium. “Let the children listen to positive things, not negative things; negative things will certainly come. “But when those negative things will come, they will know how to handle them, because you would have prepared them in such a positive way,’’ Arinze added.

Nollywood actor Kenneth Okonkwo & wife welcome first child

Nollywood actor Kenneth Okonkwo and his wife Ifeoma welcomed a baby boy on Saturday, May 6 at St. Joseph Medical Centre, Baltimore, USA. The couple who have been married for 9 years, named their bundle of joy after the actor, Ken.

“God has been faithful. To him be the glory for giving us another Ken” he wrote on Instagram as he shared the photos.