Rita Okoye, a blogger, award-winning entertainment journalist, and goal-oriented publicist, has been included in the list of 20 women who are shaping the narrative in the Nigerian entertainment industry.
This list is published on many influential websites, including Entertainmentreporterng, and includes many leading female personalities, such as Funke Akindele (also known as Jenifa), media mogul Mo Abudu, and Grammy winner and Afrobeat powerhouse Tems.
The list also includes other notable names such as actress Bimbo Ademoye, movie producer Ruth Kadiri, and skitmakers Kemi Ikuseedun (also known as Kemzmama and ‘Mrs Macaroni’) and Bukunmi Adeaga (Kiekie).
Rita Okoye, who has had a successful career as an entertainment reporter for reputable newspapers such as The Sun, National Life, and Vanguard, is described in the list as “a distinguished entertainment journalist, blogger, and publicist, with over a decade of experience in the Nigerian media industry; renowned for her insightful coverage of Nollywood…a respected voice in the entertainment landscape.”
Ms Okoye, who currently writes for The Sun, won the 2019 Entertainment Writer of the Year award at the 13th Nigeria Media Nite-Out Awards (NMNA).
She has an unmatched portfolio of exclusive interviews featuring top Nollywood stars, and her incisive reports are an aperture through which the public understands the Nigerian entertainment landscape.
All the women on this list are influential personalities in their own right, and they are making significant contributions to the Nigerian entertainment scene. This list is a collage of filmmakers, performing artists, media professionals, entrepreneurs, and social media hegemons.
Olaitan Ibrahim