Popular Nollywood<\/strong> special effects artist, James Akaie,\u00a0is dead.<\/p>\n Abia Radio News<\/strong> reports that movie director cum producer, James Abinibi, announced the tragic incident in a statement shared on the RockBottom Flix Instagram page on Friday.<\/p>\n Abinibi said Akaie died following injuries sustained in an explosion that occurred at a movie location in Abeokuta, Ogun State.<\/p>\n According to him, while Akaie died at the hospital, two assistants involved in the explosion sustained burn injuries.<\/p>\n He said, \u201cDuring a filming session, a sudden and unexpected explosion occurred in a designated effects preparation area outside the film set, where James was experimenting with an unauthorised pyrotechnic stimulation involving a gas cylinder alongside his two assistants.<\/i><\/p>\n \u201cJames succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. His two assistants sustained fire burn injuries and were taken to a specialist hospital, where they received immediate medical attention and were later confirmed stable as they continue to receive treatment.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n In other news, Nollywood actress, Doris Ogala<\/strong>, has sparked widespread concern among fans and colleagues after posting a series of emotional messages on social media<\/b> in which she disclosed that she is battling intense personal challenges and accused a popular cleric, Chris Okafor, of being responsible for her pain.<\/p>\n In a video shared online, the visibly distressed actress broke down in tears as she narrated what she described as a succession of traumatic experiences that have taken a toll on her mental and emotional well-being.<\/p>\n Ogala said she was not okay, recounting alleged miscarriages, her arrest and detention following public accusations she made against the cleric, as well as painful marital experiences.<\/p>\n She also claimed that at one point, she returned home to find her husband\u2019s mistress and child. According to her, the cumulative effect of these incidents has been overwhelming.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Popular Nollywood special effects artist, James Akaie,\u00a0is dead. Abia Radio News reports that movie director cum producer, James Abinibi, announced the tragic incident in a statement shared on the RockBottom Flix Instagram page on Friday. Abinibi said Akaie died following injuries sustained in an explosion that occurred at a movie location in Abeokuta, Ogun State. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":239531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[2713,344],"class_list":["post-239530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-james-akaie","tag-nollywood"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/James-Akaie.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}