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Top 10 Most Successful Actresses in Nigeria Today (2020)

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Over the years, top actors and actresses acting movies in Nigeria have made giant strides in the entertainment industry. These 10 ⭐️Nigerian actresses⭐️ who have gained global recognition just like in any industry have become known celebrities, winning several awards and nominations, gracing red carpets and entering the legendary hall of fame in Nollywood and even Hollywood this 2020.

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Although there are other Nollywood female stars who have made a lot of money who are not on this list, these actresses have written their name in gold in the Nollywood industry and are considered the best at what they do.

Below is a List of 10 Actress in Nollywood that are popular, have a successful career and their net worth in 2020

1. Genevieve Nnaji with a net worth of 3.8 billion

Genevieve Nnaji is the most successful actress in Nollywood today and the top Nigerian celebrity with the highest endorsement deals. Genevieve Nnaji is a beautiful actress, producer, director and a former model. Over the years, she has attained a status that most upcoming actors look to reach in their career. She was recognised with the honour of a Member of the Order of the Federal Republic by the Nigerian government for her contribution to Nollywood in 2011. Genevieve Nnaji is Nollywood’s first billionaire and the richest Nollywood actress in Nigeria with an estimated net worth of $10.5 million (3,816,750,000) after her movie ‘Lion Heart’ was purchased by Netflix for $3.8 million (1,385,100,000) in 2019.

Genevieve Nnaji hails from Mbaise in Imo state like Rita Dominic but she studied at the University of Lagos. Her career in acting began from 1987 till date, where she has gone to star in over 90 films. Nnaji’s directed the movie “Lionheart” in 2018. This film was acquired by NETFLIX and has seen her win series of awards and recommendations. It was also the first film ever submitted to the Oscars by Nigeria. Some of the movies she has featured in include:

  • Tango with Me
  • Lionheart
  • Road to Yesterday
  • Half of a Yellow Sun
  • Silent Scandals

2. Rita Dominic with a net worth of ₦950 million

Rita Dominic is a veteran actress in Nollywood. She is a member of the Royal Nwaturuocha family of Aboh Mbaise in Imo state. She studied Theatre Arts at the prestigious University of Port Harcourt where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1999.

Born July 12, 1975, Rita Dominic is the youngest of her late parents four children. Her career as an actress is a success. starting from 1998 till date, Rita Dominic has featured in over 100 Nollywood Production which include:

  • Children of Terror
  • Prisoner of Love
  • Legal War
  • Aba Riot
  • Yankee Girls, etc.

3. Mercy Johnson with a net worth of 600 million

Mercy Johnson Okojie born on 28th August 1984 in Lagos state and has been acting since 2004 till date. Her popularity began when she acted the role of a possessed maid in the movie “The Maid”. One thing that differentiates Mercy Johnson from other actresses is that she is natural in terms of acting.

Mercy Johnson is also a very popular actress in Nigeria that has won many awards. In 2009, she won an award for best supporting actress at the African Movie Award ceremony. Some of the popular movies Mercy Johnson acted in include:

  • The Maid
  • Dumebi
  • My World
  • Baby Oku in America
  • Thy Will Be Done, etc.

4. Omotola Jolade Ekeinde with a net worth of 550 million

Ranked as one of Nigeria’s most successful actresses, Omotola Jalade is a celebrity who has had a star-studded career since her debut in 1995. She has featured in over 300 films which have sold millions of copies nationwide. Omotola also has more than 3 million followers on her Facebook page, making her one of Nigerian celebrities with the highest followers on social media. She is happily married to Captain Mathew Ekeinde and is blessed with four children.

Since Omotola Jolade Ekeinde Nollywood film debut in 1995, the leading actress has appeared in 300 films, selling millions of video copies. Her first acting role was in the 1995 movie Venom of Justice. Some of the popular movies Omotola Jolade acted in include:

  • When Love Dies
  • Blood Sisters
  • Ije: The Journey
  • Alter Ego
  • The Island, etc.

5. Funke Akindele with a net worth of 500 million

Funke Akindele is the best Yoruba female actress in Nigeria currently who has won numerous awards. She became popular after starring in the TV series “I Need To Know” sponsored by the United Nations. She has also won the award for the Best Actress in a Leading Role (AMAA). Funke gave birth to twin boys in December 2018 and has several step-children with her husband Abdul Rasheed Bello also known as JJC Skillz.

Funke Akindele was born on August 24, 1977, in Ikorodu, Lagos state. She studied Law at the University of Lagos and also has an OND in Mass Communication from the former Ogun State Polytechnic. With over 100 films to her credit, Funke’s acting career made her got lots of endorsement deals to her name. Some of the movies she has featured in include:

  • Jenifa
  • Jenifa’s Diary
  • Chief Daddy
  • Married but Living Single
  • Anointed Liars, etc.

6. Ini Edo worth with a net worth of ₦450 million

Ini Edo is also a veteran Nigerian actress that has starred in more than 100 movies since her career in acting began in 2003. Born in Akwa Ibom on 23rd August 1982, she studied English at the University of Calabar and also had a diploma in Theatre Arts from the University of Uyo.

Some of Ini Edo endorsement deals include GLO brand ambassador for 10 years, Slim Tea brand ambassador and Noble Hair brand ambassador. Ini Edo has won numerous Nollywood awards also to her credit. Some of the movies she acted in include:

  • Thick Madam
  • Most Wanted Bachelor
  • The Patient
  • Chief Daddy
  • Girls Cot, etc.

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7. Clarion Chukwura with a net worth of ₦450 million

Although you might not see Clarion Chukwura on set, she is one of the few celebrities who has had a successful career till date. She studied Acting and Speech at the Department of Dramatic Arts of Obafemi Awolowo University Some of the films she acted include:

  • Fiery Force
  • Farewell to Babylon
  • Money Power
  • Egg of Life
  • Caught in the Act
  • Forbidden Choice, etc.

8. Daniella Okeke net worth is estimated to be 390 million

Daniella Okeke is also a beautiful Nollywood actress that has had a successful career. She has won numerous awards and she is still young. She was born on March 26 and comes from Imo state. In 2013, she starred as “Joke” in Lagos Cougars, a role that earned her the Best Actress in a Leading Role nomination at both the 10th Africa Movie Academy Awards and 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards. Some of the movies she has featured in include:

  • Sleek Ladies (2007)
  • Stronger than Pain (2007)
  • Lagos Cougars (2013), etc.

9. Patience Ozokwor net worth estimated to be 390 million

She is one of the oldest actresses in Nollywood. Aside from acting, she is a musician, fashion designer, and a businesswoman. She has featured in over 100 movies. Patience is also known as Mama G and hails from Enugu state. She was among 100 Nigerians honoured by the government to celebrate the amalgamation of the northern and southern protectorates in 2014. Some of the movies she has featured in include:

  • Old School      
  • Battle Of Religion
  • Heart Of A Slave
  • Female Lion  
  • War And Romance, etc.

10. Bukky Wright estimated worth is 380 million

Bukky Wright is a businesswoman and a successful Nigerian actress who ventured into politics in 2014 and contested for the post of an Honourable in Ogun State House of Assembly under the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). She began her acting career in 1996 and is known for her role in the television series ‘Super story’. She attended the University of Lagos, earning a bachelor’s degree in Economics. Bukky was born on the 31st of March 1967 to a Christian father and a Muslim mother in Abeokuta. She won the best Nollywood Actress of the year in 2011. Some of the movies she acted in include:

  • Saworo ide
  • Omotara Johnson
  • Above Love
  • Habitat
  • Special Jollof, etc.

 

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[Video] Tompolo makes first public appearance after six years

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Who is Tompolo?

Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo was a commander in various guerrilla groups in the Niger Delta which were all agitating against the insensitivity of the Federal Government and the international oil companies towards to exploitation and degradation of the Niger Delta. Ekpemupolo’s wealth, derived mainly from oil bunkering, played a major role in founding both MEND and also his own fighters (Wikipedia).

Tompolo, who led the disbanded Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), was nowhere to be found immediately after President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn-in in 2015 as the Federal Government sent troops to get him apprehended.

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The government as published by the Nation Newspaper also declared him wanted through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for ignoring two bench warrants issued against him by the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos following an alleged N45.5bn fraud case.

But the court on July 15, 2019, dismissed all the charges against Global West Vessel Specialist Limited, a company linked to the former Niger Delta militant leader.

Despite the judgment, Tompolo failed to appear in public until October 19, 2020, when sources said he made a sudden appearance at the Egbesu Shrine in his Oporoza country home in Gbaramatu, Delta State, the Nation Newspaper reported.

His First Public Appearance after six years

Picture and video of his appearance showed the former warlord and his friends dancing, worshipping, and offering Thanksgiving to Egbesu, Ijaw god.

An Egbesu disciple, Bodmas Kemepadei, who confirmed the development, said the appearance of Tompolo, who is the Egbesu Priest, would help to facilitate resolutions of knotty issues in the Niger Delta region.

He said: “As Tompolo disciples and proponents of the Ijaw cause, this celebration to our National God Egbesu, is not just about the vindication and freedom of Tompolo, it is about the military invasion and burning of our communities without any provocation.

“It is about the IOCs that have refused to relocate to the region even after a presidential directive, it is about our people having a fair share of our natural resources, it is about freedom from these Federal Government promoted ailments that our people suffer from.

“We celebrate Tompolo with confidence that these issues will be addressed, we celebrate with our spirits high knowing that the time for resource control is now, let this be a message to all our brothers in struggle, the days of arms are over, we have to engage the FG with intellectualism, we call on all to be part of the resource control agitations, the time is now” (The Nation).

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What is NIN number in Nigeria?

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According to Wikipedia, a national identification number, national identity number, or national insurance number is used by the governments of many countries as a means of tracking their citizens, permanent residents,  permanent residents, and temporary residents for the purposes of work, taxation, government benefits, health care, and other governmentally-related functions. The number appears on identity documents issued by several countries.

Below are 7 things you need to know about the NIN in Nigeria

  1. The NIN is your assured digital identity
  2. The NIN is a set of 11 numbers assigned to an individual at the completion of enrolment into the national identity database
  3. The NIN is cannot be transferred from one person to another
  4. The NIN is used to verify your identity as a citizen
  5. Your NIN is what identifies you and can suffice for ID purposes
  6. The NIN is for life, it does not expire
  7. The NIN is a must – have for all citizens

Visit http://nimc.gov.ng/ for more details

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Aisha Yesufu: Nigeria’s Statue of Liberty

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Aisha Yesufu

Aisha Yesufu is a Nigerian social and political activist who came to limelight for speaking up for the abducted Chibok schoolgirls in 2014. In 2020, she and thousands of Nigerians all over the world protested against police brutality. The almost 50 years old Aisha was also at the forefront of the #EndSARS protest and forced the Nigeria Police Force to listen to the voice of the people and dissolved SARS, a tactical unit of the police force on October 11, 2020.

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Aisha Yesufu⭐ was the co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) campaign that tirelessly held protests demanding for the rescue of the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Chibok, Borno state. The Chibok schoolgirls were between the ages of 15-18 years as at the time of their abduction in 2014. She was part of Nigerian women that protested at Nigeria’s National Assembly, in Abuja, on 30 April 2014.

At the age of 10, the Nigerian female social and political activist concluded that the worst thing any human can do to her was to kill her. She realised that no matter what she and everyone else will still die and that death is inevitable and not the worst thing in life. Aisha Yusufu said she never feared anyone while growing up though she respects people. She only fears the Supreme Being. Aisha Yesufu in October 2020 said she would not leave the fight against End SARS protest in Nigeria for her children.

Biography of Aisha Yesufu

Aisha Yesufu was born in Kano state in December 1974, she is from Agbede in Edo state. She is from the tribe of Etsako and she is 5 feet 10 inches tall. Aisha described the place where she grew up in Kano as a ghetto. By the time she was 11 years, she did not have any female friends as all her female friends had been married and did not complete their education because they were at their husband house.

Education of Aisha Yesufu

Aisha Yusufu got her West African School Leaving Certificate from the Bayero University Staff Secondary School in 1991. According to an article on The Guardian, she wanted to enrol at the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) in 1991 but was rejected because she was a woman. Aisha Yesufu first gained admission to a tertiary institution at the Uthman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto in 1992. In 1993, she got her A-Levels IJMB from the Kano State College of Arts & Science.

She left Uthman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto after a crisis for Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where she got admitted to study Medicine. This female activist left Ahmadu Bello University when it was shut down because of the murder of a professor in 1994. She then got to study at the Department of Microbiology at Bayero University, Kano in 1996 and graduated with a second class upper Bachelor of Science Degree from the university in 1999 three years after.

In each of the 3 universities (Uthman Dan Fodio University, Ahmadu Bello University and Bayero University) where she made friends, her friends avoided moving with her at the administrative block for fear of getting rusticated. She got a masters degree in Pharmaceutical Microbiology in 2006 at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

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Aisha Yesufu Career

Aisha Yesufu, a graduate of Microbiology is a businesswoman. She did her NYSC year in Kano state from January 1999 to January 2000. She was posted to and served at Kano State School of Nursing where she lectured students on medical microbiology, development and spread of infectious diseases in patients.

Aisha went to business after schooling in the 2000s. She made business her main focus. She is the CEO of Aliyyah & Amir Ventures Limited and has been with the family business since January 2003. Aisha Yesufu manages the day to day activities of the company. The business is involved in trading and distribution of general merchandise and raw materials in Northern Nigeria.

The businesswoman also founded Citizens Hub in January 2017. Citizens Hub is a non-profit organization that seeks to build a solution-driven and dynamic approach to building a financially independent, active and responsible citizenry. Citizens Hub is based in Abuja, Nigeria capital.

Aisha Yesufu’s Marriage

Aisha Yesufu got married to her husband Aliu, an Auchi man in 1996 while at the university at the age of 24. She was the one who approached her husband. The marriage is blessed with two children a son and a daughter with the youngest child (her daughter) born in December 2001. Aisha Yesufu once revealed that she is not a big fan of house chores. She says her husband is her number one fan.

Aisha Yesufu’s Activism

Activism as always being part of Aisha Yesufu life. She as always stood up against injustice. Aisha Yesufu do tell tales of how she participated in several protests while studying at the 3 universities she attended. She has been actively involved in over 100 protest marches demanding social justice in Nigeria.

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Aisha was a columnist at Daily Times from September 2019 to March 2020 where she wrote about contemporary issues affecting Nigeria. The Bring Back Our Girls civil rights group where she was the co-convener persistence helped in the rescue of at least 100 Chibok girls from the Boko Haram terrorist group with more still missing. She was the Sit-Out Coordinator and then Chairperson of the Strategic Team of the #BringBackOurGirls campaign group. Since 30th of April 2014, the civil the group has staged a sit-in protest at the Unity Fountain to compel the government to bring back the remaining girls despite all forms of intimidation and harassment by security agents and the Nigerian government.

In 2019, Aisha volunteered as a member of the Oby Ezekwesili Presidential Campaign Organization during the 2019 elections in Nigeria. In 2020, she was very active in the #EndSars campaign. Aisha and several thousands of Nigeria protested against police brutality that eventually led to the dissolution of the SARS tactical unit on Sunday, October 11, 2020, by the Inspector General of Police.

Aisha Yusufu is very active on social media and is known to fight injustice both online and offline. She has been physically present in at least over 100 protests in Nigeria and is known to be one of the positive change voice in Nigeria. She is fluent in English, Hausa, and Etsako languages. Aisha won an Award for Humanitarian Service during her NYSC. She as also won the Social Person of the week on Kakaaki and was also given the Voice of Humanity award by the Guardian Newspaper. Aisha Yusufu is a practising Muslim.

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