Hungry Bloggers Should Stop Spreading Fake Death Rumors About Celebrities – Rita Edochie

Nollywood actress, Rita Edochie has come out to blast fake death news circulating about her colleague, Osita Iheme a.k.a Paw-Paw.

She recently had her say via her social media page, and fans have been reacting.

According to her, the fake death rumours about celebrities is gradually going beyond control, and it is slowly becoming a recurring media practice by hungry social media content creators that must be addressed.

Rita added that until one of one of these so-called bloggers and content creators is mercilessly dealt with, the rest won’t learn.

Her words, “If one blogger and one hungry social media content creator hasn’t been mercilessly dealt with, the rest won’t learn.

This rumor has come up before. a couple of days ago, it came up the second time. pictures of my great son and veteran colleague osita iheme, popularly known as paw-paw, trended everywhere on social media with captions that they are dead—not him. crazy netizens believed the fake gist and began commenting “rip” on themselves.

I, as a person, think this is gradually going beyond control. this is not the first, neither the second nor the third time. it has become a recurring media practice by so-called bloggers and content creators. my question is this: why, in the name of god, would you wish untimely death on someone, especially nigerian celebrities, simply because you feel we are famous and can fetch you the traffic, engagements, and funds that you don’t deserve?

This is madness, and it must stop.you don’t have to grow your pages through death wishes on innocent heads. if we all die today as celebrities, na who una go come dey watch? gbonu ndi ala ndi ala?”

WOW.

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.

The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.

Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.

Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.