Nollywood Movie Director, Moses Eskor's Strange Encounter While On Set In Akwa Ibom Village

By Nse Peter

Ace Nollywood movie producer from Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Moses Eskor said he and his crew incurred the wrath of elders and youths in a remote village in Akwa Ibom State for breaking an age-long tradition in the village.

The incident occurred in Ikot Abia village, Mkpat Enin Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State.

 “A cast on my set mistakenly struck the royal gong of Ikot Abia village, (a village location we are filming),” Eskor wrote on Facebok. “This brought conflict between the production management and the village council”

Eskor said he begged the village youths who successfully intervened on their behalf, after which he sought to know more about the tradition which they broke.

“I was told that we cannot use an artist (a stranger) to act the role of playing the village gong as the original village gong cannot be stuck by a visitor

 “I was also warned that the village is not a careless community, before the gong sounds there are some materials that must be given, which includes two bottles of native schnapps, a native fowl, kola nut and a jar of palm wine.”

Eskor continued: “The materials were given, but the village council still insisted that the original village gong player must be the one to play the gong in the production. I had no choice but to accept the condition.

“I spent time to give the old man some acting orientation. We finished the scene successfully. But the wahala did not end there; the old village gong player now said he enjoys acting. He now needs more movie roles. In fact, he wants to be a star.”

Why my marriage crashed – Ini Edo, actress

By Joy Umukoro

Popular Nollywood actress, Ini Edo, has revealed that distance, ir­reconcilable differences, and incompatibility are the factors that largely contributed to her failed marriage.

She made this known while speaking on Rubbing Minds, a show hosted by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu on Channels Televi­sion last week.
According to Edo, distance plays a very important role in a relationship. “No mat­ter the indifference or incompatibility, if you’re together in love, a lot of things can actually work out. Howbeit, you don’t get to work things out when there is no contact. When you are with someone, and you can’t agree on certain things or find a common ground, I think being together could have actually helped us to understand each other better,” she reiterated.
The actress explained further that acting makes actors and actresses vulnerable. Her words: “Most of the time, we attract wrong people, sometimes for the wrong reasons. Because when people come to you because of what they see on TV, it’s hard for them to accept you considering the fact that you are just acting because that is your job. When they find out that it’s not the real you, it becomes a problem.
“Marriage is an experi­ence which I don’t regret. My husband met me an actress. My job takes my time, because naturally there are certain roles you are not allowed to play once you are married. Even if your husband understands, his relatives might not understand. My husband is the last child, so family interference in the marriage was normal.
“Marriage has taught me a lot of lessons, it made me wiser and stronger. I think it actually made me more matured. I don’t think I married too early, maybe I was a little bit in a hurry.”
On dating Mike Godson, Edo said: “Mike is just a friend, and we get to work often. He is a friend to my siblings so we are just good friends. I have known him for a long time just like I have other friends in the industry. I could date an actor. I try not to put limits to what hasn’t happened yet. I happen to believe that anything is possible.”

Culled from The Sun newspaper