{"id":17393,"date":"2024-01-06T06:37:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T06:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=17393"},"modified":"2024-01-06T06:37:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T06:37:49","slug":"a-tribe-called-judah-tinubu-hails-funke-akindeles-box-office-feat-contribution-to-nollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=17393","title":{"rendered":"A Tribe Called Judah: Tinubu Hails Funke Akindele\u2019s Box Office Feat, Contribution To Nollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">President <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestyle.thecable.ng\/tag\/bola-tinubu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bola Tinubu<\/a> has congratulated <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestyle.thecable.ng\/tag\/funke-akindele\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Funke Akindele<\/a>, the Nollywood filmmaker, over her recent record-breaking box office achievement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On Thursday, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Tribe_Called_Judah\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A Tribe Called Judah<\/a>\u2018, a family comedy-drama produced by Akindele, <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestyle.thecable.ng\/funke-akindeles-a-tribe-called-judah-makes-history-hits-n1bn-at-box-office\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">became<\/a> the first Nollywood movie to hit N1 billion at the Nigerian box office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The movie earned the N1 billion in just 3 weeks, making it the fastest Nigerian film to achieve the feat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It also became the highest-grossing Nollywood movie of all time, with earnings still counting. The film made Akindele the highest-grossing Nollywood director of all time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, the presidential spokesperson, on Friday, Tinubu applauded the creativity and talents that are promoting the Nigerian entertainment industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The president also described the industry as \u201ca source of enormous soft power and viable export\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tinubu commended Akindele for her new box office record and \u201cher contributions to the growth of the industry\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cPresident Bola Tinubu celebrates the ingenuity, creativity, and immense artistic talents of Nigeria\u2019s thriving entertainment industry,\u201d the statement reads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cPresident Tinubu congratulates Ms. Funke Akindele on her record-setting film and commends the ace thespian for her contributions to the growth of the industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe President extols the excellence of the Nigerian creative industry, acknowledging its pivotal place as a medium not only for artistic expression but also a source of enormous soft power and viable export.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe creative industry is one of the high-employment sectors, providing jobs for our able and talented youths. It is an industry that is crucial to my administration.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tinubu also said he will provide an enabling environment for the industry to thrive better.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Funke Akindele, the Nollywood filmmaker, over her recent record-breaking box office achievement. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17300,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[8297,8325,4093,211],"class_list":["post-17393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-a-tribe-called-judah","tag-box-office","tag-funke-akindele","tag-nollywood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17394,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17393\/revisions\/17394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}