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Revealed! Nollywood Stars With Large Wallets
Below are the list of top Nollywood stars, they have undoubted talents, they are the stars with the highest pay in Nigeria’s make believe industry called Nollywood. They include the following
Chioma Chukwuka
Her estimated total income in the year might be more than 46 million naira. She is one of the top Nollywood actresses. She had an impressive filmography and was featured in more than 80 movies. Her reported estimated price for one movie in 2007 was seven million naira.
Ini Edo
She has a long history with Nigeria movie makers and reportedly shot in 200 movies. According to her colleagues in the industry, Ini Edo had about sixteen million naira for one movie in 2007. She owns about six houses across Nigeria.
Genevieve Nnaji
She is proclaimed as a queen of Nollywood with over 80 movies in her filmography. Her estimated price for one film today is no less than fifteen million naira. She was also a face of Lux, British Cosmetic company, who signed the contract with her for two years.
Kate Henshaw
She is a winner of Africa Movie Awards (AMAA) and can show off with highest paid Nollywood actress salary. There are fewer movies in her filmography than the previous contestant, Nevertheless, it seems that her every movie is a hit as she can agree no less than twenty million naira for getting involved in she presently 45 years old.
Ramsey Nouah
Every woman in Nigeria can feel his romantic skills. He is self proclaimed Nollywood lover boy. Nevertheless, it seems that he earned this title fairly with his filming history which started in 1993. According to sources, his estimated capital is not less than four and a half million dollars.
Segun Arinze
This is a man of every talent. For his years of performing, he tried many professions, like a producer, script writer, singer, actor and director. His business network is estimated at five million dollars. He does not desire to stop and create new projects.
Chidi Mokeme
He is a Nigerian model, actor, and TV host. The dawn of his acting career began in 1995. Since then he became a successful business person in every aspect by producing and taking part in numerous reality shows. His estimated worth is about seven million dollars.
Jim Iyke
It seems that Nollywood stars salary does not satisfy Nigerian actors. Therefore, more and more of them find themselves in business. Jim Iyke is a holder of a bottle water company, clothing line, and charity organisation.
Desmond Elliot
He is a top actor and director in Nollywood with the total net worth of ten million dollars. Nevertheless, like many other players in Nollywood, he prefers to make money not only on movies but also other sources of business and politics.
Richard Mofe Damijo
He is the number one Nollywood high paid salary actor. His total net worth is abo ut fifteen million dollars. He is considered to be a veteran in the movie making industry.
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.