Three Nigerian films are drawing attention across digital platforms this week, with Irin Ajo Mi scheduled to premiere on Friday, September 25, 2026, while The Man I Never Knew and AYÉ Ọ̀TỌ́ were released a day earlier.
The Man I Never Knew, starring Ghanaian actor Toosweet Annan, debuted on Royal Arts TV on Thursday, September 24, with Chisom Agoawuike and Mojoyin Fadaka also featuring in the production.
The film centres on a woman whose life is disrupted years after losing someone she once loved when a man who looks exactly like her former lover moves in next door.
The mystery deepens when the man insists that he has never met her, leaving her to question whether he is genuinely the person she lost or someone else entirely.
The film’s promotional campaign captures the central mystery with the line, “She loved him. She lost him. And years later… he moved in next door claiming he had never met her.”
Another promotional question asks, “Same face. Same name. Same man… or is he?”, pointing to the identity mystery at the centre of the story.
The production combines romance, mystery and emotional drama as the woman confronts the possibility that someone from her past may have returned under circumstances she cannot explain.
Its promotional material also states, “Some love stories deserve a second chance. Others come back with secrets that change EVERYTHING,” suggesting that the story will explore both lost love and hidden circumstances.
AYÉ Ọ̀TỌ́, another new Nigerian production, was also released on Thursday, September 24, 2026, and is available on Oluwaseyi Shodunke TV on YouTube.
The Yoruba drama was produced by Oluwaseyi Shodunke and directed by Muyiwa Ademola, while Eniola Afeez is credited as the project manager.
The film explores truth, ambition and human behaviour, with its storyline built around the consequences that can emerge when personal desires and difficult choices collide.
Its promotional campaign describes the central theme as, “When truth, ambition and human nature collide, the consequences can change everything.”
The production uses suspense and unexpected developments to examine how individual decisions can affect relationships and change the direction of people’s lives.
Unlike The Man I Never Knew and AYÉ Ọ̀TỌ́, which were already released on September 24, Irin Ajo Mi is scheduled to premiere on Friday, September 25.
The Yoruba drama is set for release on the ApataTV+ YouTube Channel, with Umukoro Onome credited as producer and Topperz as director.
Muyideen Raji is credited as the coordinator, while the cast includes Rotimi Salami, Soty Ogaga and Adebowale Seliat, also known as Seiilat.
The production’s promotional campaign has deliberately kept details of the storyline limited, encouraging prospective viewers to look beyond what is revealed in the official trailer.
One promotional message asks viewers, “You think you know what IRIN AJO MI is about? 😂 Watch this trailer again… and again. Because the real story is deeper than what you see.”
Another promotional line describes the production as “A journey.”
“A story.”
“A movie you won’t forget.”
The campaign’s emphasis on a story that goes deeper than its trailer has positioned Irin Ajo Mi as a mystery-driven Yoruba production ahead of its digital premiere.
Salami leads the cast alongside Ogaga and Seiilat, while Topperz handles the direction and Onome is credited with production.
The September 25 release therefore gives Nigerian movie audiences a new digital premiere to follow, while the two productions released on September 24 remain among the latest additions to the country’s growing online film catalogue.
The three titles also demonstrate the continued importance of YouTube-based distribution to Nigerian filmmakers, with Royal Arts TV, Oluwaseyi Shodunke TV and ApataTV+ providing digital platforms for audiences to access new productions.
For The Man I Never Knew, the attraction lies in the unanswered question surrounding the identity of a man who appears to be someone from the protagonist’s past.
For AYÉ Ọ̀TỌ́, the story centres on the collision between truth, ambition and human behaviour and the consequences of choices made by the characters.
For Irin Ajo Mi, the promotional campaign has focused instead on the idea that the complete story goes beyond what audiences can see in the trailer.
As of Friday, September 25, The Man I Never Knew and AYÉ Ọ̀TỌ́ are already available following their September 24 releases, while Irin Ajo Mi is the title among the three confirmed for a September 25 premiere.
Kristina Reports will continue to track new Nigerian film releases, premieres and major developments across Nollywood.
