The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) says it received and classified 274 movies produced by the Nigerian film industry in the first quarter of the year. Dr Shaibu Husseini, Executive ...

After making history on the global stage, Nigerian-British director Akinola Davies Jr. is bringing his debut feature, My Father’s Shadow, to Nigerian cinemas. The film became the first Nigerian ...

Akinola Davies, the director of "My Father's Shadow", Nigeria's first film to win an award at the Cannes film festival, is savouring his return to Lagos, the country's cultural capital, where the ...

ATLANTA -- In the mid-1990s, the Nigerian prince scam eased its way into American culture. The ubiquitous advance-fee scams originating in Nigeria and sent to unsuspecting U.S. citizens via email have ...

Nigeria has submitted CJ Obasi’s Sundance title Mami Wata as its candidate for the Best International Feature Film in the 96th Academy Awards. Inspired by West African mermaid folklore and mythology, ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Not a day goes by without Lawan Zanna remembering his daughter Aisha in prayers. She was among the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped 10 years ago when Islamic extremists broke into their ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The film stars an Oscar nominee, is set in Nigeria during a civil war, is based on an award-winning novel and the head of Nigeria’s censorship board reportedly loved it. Yet a ...

Few Nigerian novels have been as popular or as beloved as I Do Not Come to You by Chance and it receives a stellar film treatment by Ishaya Bako. Published in 2009 to wide critical and commercial ...

The contentious discussion brought renewed attention to the category’s new title as it obscures one of its biggest qualifying requirements: language. When announced in April, the move away from Best ...

LAGOS (Reuters) - "Oya!" shouts the director in Nigerian Pidgin English. Actors take their marks. Lighting blinks on. The film crew snaps into action after the order to hurry up. It's another day in ...

Detroit filmmaker premieres Detroit We Dey short highlighting the city’s Nigerian communit Detroit filmmaker Ozi Uduma showcases the city’s Nigerian community in a short film “Detroit We Dey” for the ...