{
  "id": 18579269,
  "title": "I’ve received no Nollywood royalties in 30 years — Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/ive-received-no-nollywood-royalties-in-30-years-omotola-jalade-ekeinde",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T22:26:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/ive-received-no-nollywood-royalties-in-30-years-omotola-jalade-ekeinde/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Veteran Nigerian actress and filmmaker Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, known as Omo Sexy, has criticized the lack of royalties in Nollywood, contrasting her experience working in Hollywood. Speaking on the Afropolitan podcast, she revealed that despite 30 years of work in Nigeria, she has never received royalties while receiving residual payments for her Hollywood projects. During her return to Nigerian cinema with the directorial debut \"Mother's Love,\" Omotola highlighted the need for Nollywood to improve production standards, financial accountability, and pre-production planning, borrowing lessons from Hollywood's strict working-hour rules and production procedures. She also criticized the inadequate financial controls in locally funded film projects, urging international funding organizations to ensure local productions follow established standards. Omotola reflected on her decision to move to the United States, attributing a sense of calm and reassessment of social pressures to her relocation, which she believes improved her mental well-being.",
  "summary": "Veteran actress and filmmaker, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, popularly known as Omo Sexy, has lamented that she has never received royalties for her 30 years of work in Nollywood, contrasting her… Read More: https://punchng.com/ive-received-no-nollywood-royalties-in-30-years-omotola-jalade-ekeinde/",
  "key_points": [
    "She contrasts her experience in Hollywood, where she receives residual payments.",
    "Omotola advocates for improved Nollywood production standards and financial accountability."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}