{
  "id": 692332,
  "title": "Speak out on personal struggles, Nollywood actress Daramola urges colleagues",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/speak-out-on-personal-struggles-nollywood-actress-daramola-urges",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-12T19:32:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/speak-out-on-personal-struggles-nollywood-actress-daramola-urges-colleagues/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nollywood actress Foluke Daramola has urged her colleagues to speak out about their personal struggles, warning that silence can lead to suffering. Her comments come amid reports of financial hardship and lack of support within the industry.\n\nSome practitioners have spoken out about their struggles, including Sunday Afolabi, who revealed that he faces severe financial hardship and has had to take on menial jobs due to a shortage of acting jobs. He recounted his experiences on Biola Adebayo's talk show, stating that he and his family have been going through a hard time.\n\nThe issue of support within the industry was also raised by Toyosi Adesanya, who alleged that some colleagues declined to support the burial of late actress Temitope Osoba because they claimed she was not a member of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria, according to Punch Nigeria.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Some Nollywood stars refused to support Temitope Osoba’s burial — Actress",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/some-nollywood-stars-refused-to-support-temitope-osobas-burial-actress",
        "published": "2026-08-12T15:30:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}