Fathia Balogun gets big million naira endorsement

Yoruba actress Fathia Balogun, has gotten a deal worth millions of naira from the Suru group.

Fathia will be unveilled as the group’s ambassador and will be representing them in various functions.

The delta born actress played her first role as a Secretary in a Movie titled “Ta lo pa Chief”.

She has produced and appeared in over five films including Omolara

Who wins the battle? Yoruba Movie Academy Awards

Nollywood actresses Funke Akindele, Fathia Balogun and Bimbo Akintola will be battling for the Best Actress award at this year’s Yoruba Movie Academy Awards.

This event will be held at the Cultural Center Kuto- Abeokuta the state capital of Ogun State South West Nigeria.

The award has been carved out as part of the event lined up to mark Gov. Ibikunle Amosun’s first year in office.

According to the commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Chief Olu Odeyemi ‘It is worthy to note that Abeokuta is fast becoming the movie capital of the Southwest as plans are also underway to build a world class movie village towards the attainment of this historic objective’

This is the inaugural edition of the Yoruba Movie Academy Awards.

Fathia Balogun drags Oge Okoye to the street

Award winning Yoruba actress, Faithia Balogun, is back again with a new flick Street Girls, after her last movie “Sunmisola Otelemuye” which sold close to a million copies, to emerge one of the highest selling DVDs in  2011.

Street Girls was shot late last year in Ilorin where she assembled the best of stars including top actress Oge Okoye to her set. The movie also has Femi Adebayo, Aishat Abimbola, Mercy Aigbe, Seun Akindele amongst others and it was directed by Abbey Lanre and Tope Adebayo.

Commenting on the movie,Oge confessed that her impression of her colleagues in the Yoruba sector changed completely after the production as they are so professional and committed to their works. The movie which is in the pre-production stage at the moment will hit the cinemas this summer before it will be released on DVD later in the year.