Awkwardness; Omoni Oboli is the New Michelle Obama While Alex Ekubo is the New Obama

Omoni Oboli is one of the very few female-producers to have a blockbuster movie with ‘Being Mrs Eliot’, actress, producer and director, Omoni Oboli is set to return to the cinema with another potential blockbuster movie, ‘The First Lady’ (TFL) come October 1.

The First Lady is a story of a street girl and her pimp told with intrigues, twists and turns of street elements that attest to the versatility of Omoni as an actress.


The First Lady is a comic drama with compelling story lines backed with impressive acting. It stars Alex Ekubo, Jospeh Benjamin, Yvonne Jegede, Chinedu Ikedieze, Anthony Monjaro and Omoni Oboli.

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The story which was written by Omoni was also directed by the Delta Born French graduate.

Omoni Oboli’s directional debut Being Mrs Elliot has come and gone, but the movie lived up to expectations in Nigerian cinemas.