WHY MY WIFE STILL BEAR HER MAIDEN NAME- OLU JACOBS

Veteran and award winning actor Olu Jacobs and wife Joke Silva have been married for 27 years now.
While most men would insist their wives change their last names immediately, Mr Jacobs, in this new interview with TheNetng explained why he let his wife maintain her maiden name.

• Since you got married, your wife has maintained her maiden name. Why has she not adopted your own name?

She is her own individual. When I met her, she was an actress known as Joke Silva so why should marrying me now deny her and her audience her name. She is Miss Joke Silva who is Mrs. Joke Jacobs. It is as simple as that. People now begin to say what they like. They have even written that we are separated and all sort of stuffs. When she is working, she is Joke Silva but she is Mrs. Joke Jacobs at home.

MOST INFLUENCIAL AND POWERFUL NOLLYWOOD STARS

The movie industry in Nigeria aptly tagged; Nollywood is one of the top three leading motion picture industries in the world. Few weeks ago, Nollywood celebrated its 20 years of existence, though that is still being argued by some of its stakeholders who believe the industry is even older than Nigeria, which gained independence in 1960.

However, whether the industry is 20 or 60 years old, there are some major players in front of the camera who wield huge influences in the industry. These set of people shape and in some ways, dictate what goes on in this important sector of the entertainment industry in Nigeria.

Apart from being the popular faces most movie buffs see on their screens, these stars are in the forefront of