NAIJA NEWS
Veteran Nollywood star, Segun Arinze, has revealed that his original name is Segun Aina, going further to explain how he became known as Arinze.
The 58-year-old actor, in a recent chat with Biola Bayo on the ‘TalktoB’ podcast disclosed that he got the name Segun Arinze during his pursuit of a musical career.
According to him, he was originally named Segun Aina, but the stage name, ‘Segun Arinze’ got stuck to him after he was mistakenly introduced by the name during a performance in 1991.
He said: “I was also singing. In 1991, I was told someone wanted to sign me. ‘We are going to sign you on’. He came from Sony Music. So he called me and I signed the contract. He signed. And then he said ‘Okay we are going to start recording.’
