The Yoruba movie industry has been thrown into mourning following the tragic death of one of its comic actors and content creators, Bamidele Oluwatope Saint, popularly known as Okemesi.

Bamidele Tope Saint, widely known as Okemesi, is in a coma following complications from medication administered at a hospital.

The Nation also reports that the film is slated for a global release on Debbie Sokoya TV in March 2026, framing the Arlington screening as a strategic effort to push culturally rooted Yoruba ...

A YORUBA-LANGUAGE relatable comedy film, OKUN EBI, has set a historic record with its premiere at LOOK Dine-In Cinemas, Arlington, Texas, United States of America. The event stands as the first Yoruba ...

Ghanaian actress, Fella Makafui, has opened up about the challenges of speaking Yoruba for her role in the movie series, Aníkúlápó: The Ghoul Awakens.Makafui, who played the role of Abena, told Sunday ...

The National Film and Video Censors Board has approved 102 films for distribution and exhibition in January 2026, marking a 161.5 per cent increase from the 39 films classified in December ...

Bigger Than Africa' shows how Yoruba culture survived the slave trade to shape music, faith and identity across the Americas, ...

The film follows two Nigerian boys, Remi and Akin — played by real-life brothers Chibuike Marvellous Egbo and Godwin Chiemerie Egbo — who spend a day running errands with their somewhat distant father ...

Director Akinola Davies Jr co-wrote the script with his brother, Wale Davies, said Thomas Page on CNN. Their father died young, and so they were never able to spend the day scampering around after him ...

Nigeria’s movie gatekeepers have kicked off the year with a bang, stamping approval on no fewer than 102 films in January ...

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‘Alive Till Dawn’, opened in Nigerian cinemas on January 30, 2026, and has grossed over N40 million in its second week, breaking new ground for Nollywood as the industry’s first theatrical zombie ...