Whatever You Will Get Now As The Cause Of Junior Pope’s Death May Not Be Accurate – NIWA

The National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA has come out to react to the boat accident that claimed the lives of Nollywood actor, Junior Pope and four others in Anam river in Anambra State.

NIWA Area manager, Suleiman Nicholas recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, they were twelve people in the ill fated boat, seven of the victims were rescued alive, two were recovered dead, while three are still missing in the water waiting for their bodies to be discovered.

He added that whatever news Nigerians get now as the cause of the incident may not be accurate, so everyone will have to wait for legit update.

His words, “Whatever you will get now as the cause of the incident may not be accurate, we are waiting for the report from my men who are at the scene of the incident, my men are on the water now to recover the remaining three missing victims.”

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.