Wives on Strike

Wives on Strike
Directed byOmoni Oboli
Produced byOmoni Oboli
StarringUche Jombo, Chioma Akpotha, Ufuoma McDermott, and Kehinde Bankole
Release date
  • April 8, 2016 (2016-04-08)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryNigeria
LanguagesEnglish, Nigerian Pidgin (Naijá)

Wives on Strike is a 2016 Nigerian film produced and directed by Omoni Oboli and starring Uche Jombo, Chioma Akpotha, Ufuoma McDermott, and Kehinde Bankole.[1] As of September 2024, the film ranks as the 46th highest grossing Nigerian film in Nigerian cinemas.

A sequel, Wives on Strike: The Revolution was released in 2018.

In August 2024, Nile Entertainment announced that the third installment of the Wives on Strike franchise, titled Wives on Strike: The Uprising, would open in Nigerian cinemas on October 18th and in theaters across the UK, U.S., Ireland, and Canada during the same month.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Wives on Strike". Nollywood Reinvented. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. ^ Eti-Inyene, Brooks (2024-08-14). "Nile Entertainment launches film distribution operation with 'Wives on Strike 3'". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
  3. ^ Whittock, Jesse (2024-08-28). "Nigeria's Nile Media Entertainment Group Teams With Mo Abudu's EbonyLife & Bags Rights To Nollywood Feature 'Wives On Strike: The Uprising'". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-09-29.