Tag: Olu Jacobs
October 2 in Nollywood: How Ogogo’s 40 Day Fidau and Olu Jacobs’ Funeral Unfolded
October 2 became a remarkable date on the Nollywood calendar as different parts of the Nigerian film industry…
Joke Silva at 65: 5 things about the veteran actress you may have forgotten
For more than four decades, Joke Silva has remained one of the most recognisable faces in Nigeria’s entertainment…
Did Pete Edochie ever oppose Olu Jacobs playing an Igwe? Here is what he said in his tribute to late movie colleague
For years, a particular story about Pete Edochie and Olu Jacobs has remained one of those Nollywood stories…
17 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Olu Jacobs, Nollywood’s ‘Lion of Lufodo’
Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, a Nigerian actor and film executive, popularly known as Olu Jacobs, died at the age…
Olu Jacobs: The British TV Career, Hubert Ogunde connection and hidden chapters of a Nollywood Legend
For more than 50 years, the name Olu Jacobs carried a particular weight in Nigerian entertainment, the kind…
TRIBUTE: Olu Jacobs, the Egba-born actor and “godfather of Nollywood” who dazzled the British; entertained Nigerians
Nigerian veteran and widely respected actor, Olu Jacobs, has died. The prominent actor died on Wednesday at the…
The Olu Jacobs we knew: His roles, his voice and why Nollywood could never forget him
There was something about Olu Jacobs that made it difficult to ignore him on screen. Sometimes it was…
Veteran Nollywood actor Olu Jacobs dies at 84
Veteran Nollywood actor and film executive, Oludotun Baiyewun Jacobs, popularly known as Olu Jacobs, has died at the…
Why Patience Ozokwor is worried about Olu Jacobs and thinking about Pete Edochie, Sam Loco Efe and Mr Ibu
Some conversations stay with you long after they are over, especially when they come from people who have…
Ryan Taylor, DJ Cuppy’s alleged break-up, Portable’s third car accident, other top entertainment stories last week
A lot of newsworthy events shaped July 9 to July 15. Here is a list of some selected…
Olu Jacobs defies death rumours, clocks 78
Nollywood icon and Veteran actor, Olu Jacobs was a year older yesterday, July 11, and we can’t help…
Olu Jacobs, the big shot without any scandals
Talk about a scandal free Nigerian celebrity/Nollywood actor, Olu Jacobs tops the list. The veteran thespian who only…