Izuchukwu OkosiLegendary Nollywood actor Zack Orji is recuperating from the ailment that necessitated his admission at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the National Hospital in Abuja on New Year’s Eve.
Orji, who is also adept in acting in French-speaking movies collapsed in his house’s toilet and was subsequently rushed to the hospital.
The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) through its National Secretary, Abubakar Yakubu, disclosed to the media that the 63-year-old thespian is recovering from the health setback.
“It is true. He is currently in the hospital. They are running tests on him,” the AGN disclosed through its national Secretary.
The AGN national secretary disclosed that the actor’s condition has improved.
“He is getting better now by God’s grace,” he said.
A former President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Orji, was appointed a director of performing arts for the presidential campaign council of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in 2023.
The Enugu State born actor and director has featured in hordes of Nollywood movies like Blood Money, Evil Men, Glamour Girls, True Confession, Dead End 2, Deadly Passion, Ikuku to name a few.
In an exclusive interview with Prime Business Africa before his commitments with the elections in 2023, Orji revealed that the movie that tasked him the most was the blockbuster piece, Evil Men, that also featured Pete Edochie, Liz Benson, Ramsey Noah and Lasa Amoro.
Nigeria’s First Lady Remi Tinubu and the wife of the Vice President, Nana Shettima, visited the ailing actor at the hospital when they were at the hospital to meet the first baby of the year.
Meanwhile, in another show of solidarity and appreciation of his immense contributions to the growth of the motion picture industry in Nigeria, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, the minister of Women Affairs and Social Development has directed the hospital to provide optimal medical care to the ailing actor whose wife, Ngozi, is also an actor and successful entrepreneur.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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