Tag: Funke Akindele

How Funke Akindele, Oluboyo Emerged 2024 Highest Grossing Nollywood Writers

Ganiyu Amodu

Nollywood Star, Funke Akindele, has emerged the second highest grossing Nollywood writer for the year 2024, along with Collins Okoh and Akinlabi Ishola. This is for the film “Everybody Loves Jennifer” which has generated N1,125 billion at the box office. The announcement was made by filmone on its instagram page @filmoneng on Friday. Stephen Oluboyo became the first highest grossing Nollywood writer with the films: “Everybody Loves Jennifer”, “Alakada Bad and Boujee” and “Aburo” which all raked in N1.38 billion. For the third highest grossing Nollywood writers, Anthony Joseph clinched…

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Platforms Africa’s Adeola Yusuf, 11 Others Bag Made In MAPOLY Entrepreneurs Awards

Gbenga Adeoti

Box Office Record Breaker, Funke Akindele; Mobile Classroom App Founder, Akeem Salami; Renowned Broadcasters, Ayinde Soaga, Doyin Kukoyi, Adeyinka Adegbite Omo Baba Tisa; Legal Luminary, Barr. Abdul-Hafeez Atanda-Shoremi; SSA to Ogun Gov, Olamide Lawal; Serial entrepreneur, Bola Solate-Ayedun; Realtor Olamide Quadri; successful make up/make over beautician, Igwe Sylvester Theresa; Taxation Expert/Consultant, Mr. Korede Lawal : Organisers share Profile of Awardees and reasons they were called to return to Alma mater many years after graduation   Team Lead of Platforms Africa, Adeola Yusuf; Box Office Record Breaker, Funke Akindele and 10…

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Funke Akindele Deletes PDP Posts From Instagram Page Hours After Elections

Abibat Babalola

The deputy governorship candidate of PDP in Lagos lost, alongside her principal – Jandour- to incumbent Babajide Sanwoolu         Checks by our correspondent on Monday showed that the posts visible on her page of 15.7 million followers were mainly that of her movie promotion and other personal posts. Akindele and her principal, Abdul-Azeez Adediran aka Jandor, were defeated by the incumbent governor and All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in Saturday’s election. READ ALSO: I’ve Never Been Happier All My Life’ — Patrick Doyle Gushes About…

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How PDP’ll defeat Sanwo-Olu With My 20m instagram Followers -Funke Akindele

Abibat Babalola

“Acting taken too far, a poorly plotted not funny comedy that may end in theatric tragedy,” reaction trails Lagos PDP deputy governorship candidate’s statement   Funke Akindele, an award-winning actress and deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos, has boasted that her followers on social media, numbering over 20 million, will come out en masse to vote for the party in 2023. Ms Akindele was convicted and sentenced in 2020 for violating Lagos COVID-19 protocols but was granted a pardon by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Her declaration to…

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