Entertainment
Some Nollywood Actresses Charge Up To N5m For Movie- Toyin Abraham
Nollywood actress and producer, Toyin Abraham, has reacted to Ruggedman’s recent tweet suggesting why Nollywood actresses make more money than their male counterparts in Nollywood.
Abraham took to her Instagram page on Monday, February 8, 2021 with a valid explanation as to the seeming financial gap between actors and actresses in Nollywood. According to her, while they all make money from Nollywood, some actresses may be prone to show off their wealth. She further revealed that she knows actresses who charge up to N5 million to feature in Nollywood movies.
“It is important that I put this out there that many women make money and make good money legitimately. I know actresses who charge N2 million, N3 million and N5 million for a movie role in Nollywood. I get paid in millions of naira for gigs”, Abraham wrote.
“I know a lot of men in Nollywood who are doing extra ordinarily well and paid in millions. The fact that most of these men choose not to make noise on social media does not in any way mean that they are second class citizens in this industry.
“We need to stop attributing every woman’s success to their sexual prowess with men, women deserve the success they have as much as men without attributing it to their sexuality. Nollywood women like Bimbo Ademoye, Nancy Isime, Kehinde Bankole, Inidima Okojie, Sharon Ooja, Bisola Aiyeola are getting paid in millions,” she wrote.
Ruggedman’s February 5, 2021 tweet has sparked quite the controversy leaving room for mixed reactions. The rapper tweeted “my male actors in Nollywood, what’s going on? It’s just the females that are buying cars and building houses left and right, I wanted to come into Nollywood, but at this rate, I am not coming again”.
The tweet resurrected the decade long argument that Nollywood is more profitable to actresses than their male counterparts.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
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