{"id":161921,"date":"2025-11-21T16:56:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yanga899.fm\/?p=161921"},"modified":"2025-11-21T16:56:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:56:02","slug":"new-nollywood-kidnap-film-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agogofm.gridpapaservers.com\/?p=161921","title":{"rendered":"New Nollywood Kidnap Film Goes Viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-start=\"251\" data-end=\"318\"><strong data-start=\"253\" data-end=\"318\">\u201cThe Herd\u201d Premiere Land as Kidnapping Cases Rise for Nigeria<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"370\" data-end=\"673\">Nollywood don drop serious film as country don dey a very critical time called <strong data-start=\"393\" data-end=\"408\">\u201c<\/strong>The Herd,\u201d. Released at a time when kidnapping cases for Nigeria dey increase every week.<br data-start=\"494\" data-end=\"497\" \/>The film been dey \u00a0directed by Daniel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yanga899.fm\/\">Etim Effiong,<\/a> and was produced as his first full-length feature.<br data-start=\"605\" data-end=\"608\" \/>Because of this, many people don praise am for the bold move.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"675\" data-end=\"713\"><strong data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"711\">Popular Actors Lead the Story<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"714\" data-end=\"1086\">Kunle Remi, Mercy Aigbe and Deyemi Okanlawon were cast as the main characters.<br data-start=\"796\" data-end=\"799\" \/>In the story, one groom is forced to fight for his bride after their wedding convoy was attacked by herder bandits.<br data-start=\"930\" data-end=\"933\" \/>As the scenes unfold, fear, confusion and pain are shown clearly.<br data-start=\"1006\" data-end=\"1009\" \/>The experience was portrayed in a way wey many Nigerians understand well.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_161923\" style=\"width: 832px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/www.yanga899.fm\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-161923\" class=\" wp-image-161923\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yanga899.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Adesua-Etomi-Wellington-Daniel-Etim-Effiong-and-Toyosi-Etim-Effiong-1-1-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel Etim Effiong The Herd\" width=\"822\" height=\"444\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-161923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Etim Effiong The Herd<\/p><\/div>\n<h4 data-start=\"1088\" data-end=\"1131\"><strong data-start=\"1091\" data-end=\"1129\">Film show country palava plus sharp cinema run\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1132\" data-end=\"1407\">At the same time, the movie mirror the real situation for the country.<br data-start=\"1206\" data-end=\"1209\" \/>Reports show say over 3,500 people have been kidnapped this year alone.<br data-start=\"1284\" data-end=\"1287\" \/>Because of that, viewers talk say the film no be just fiction e be serious reminder of wetin dey happen every<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1132\" data-end=\"1407\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Since October 17, \u201cThe Herd\u201d has been watched by large crowds across cinemas.<br data-start=\"1534\" data-end=\"1537\" \/>The film earned over \u20a6180 million, making am one of the most successful thrillers this season.<br data-start=\"1639\" data-end=\"1642\" \/>After this strong run, the movie is now being streamed globally so more people fit see am.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"1742\" data-end=\"1768\"><strong>Online talk don start <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1769\" data-end=\"2078\">Soon after the premiere, reactions gather \u00a0everywhere online.<br data-start=\"1842\" data-end=\"1845\" \/>Some fans say the acting sweet them.<br data-start=\"1881\" data-end=\"1884\" \/>Others say Daniel Etim Effiong handle the topic well, especially as this na him first major film.<br data-start=\"1981\" data-end=\"1984\" \/>In addition, people appreciate how the film gently expose insecurity without overdoing am.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2120\" data-end=\"2374\">Overall, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yanga899.fm\/\">\u201cThe Herd<\/a>\u201d is seen as a strong film wey fit raise more awareness.<br data-start=\"2198\" data-end=\"2201\" \/>Finally, with the global release now available, more Nigerians and international viewers are expected to connect with the story and understand the message behind am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Herd\u201d Premiere Land as Kidnapping Cases Rise for Nigeria Nollywood don drop serious film as country don dey a very critical time called \u201cThe Herd,\u201d. Released at a time when kidnapping cases for Nigeria dey increase every week.The film been dey \u00a0directed by Daniel Etim Effiong, and was produced as his first full-length feature.Because [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-feature-story","category-yanga-exclusives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agogofm.gridpapaservers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agogofm.gridpapaservers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agogofm.gridpapaservers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agogofm.gridpapaservers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agogofm.gridpapaservers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=161921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agogofm.gridpapaservers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agogofm.gridpapaservers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/161923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agogofm.gridpapaservers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=161921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agogofm.gridpapaservers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=161921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agogofm.gridpapaservers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=161921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}