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Press Release from the Motion Pictures Practitioner Association of Nigeria (MOPPAN) calling for investigations into the “allegation of sex scandal against Abubakar Rabo”
(This press release is currently being circulated by MOPPAN. I have copied and pasted it below exactly as it was sent to me. Please see the preceding post for background of the alleged sex scandal in which the director general … Continue reading
Posted in Abubakar Rabo Abdulkarim, Kannywood, Kano State Censorship Board, Law in Northern Nigeria, Sani Mu'azu
Tagged Abubakar Rabo Abdulkarim, Ahmad Alkanawy, censorship, film, Hausa film, Kannywood, Kano State Censors Board, MOPPAN, Motion Picture's Practioners Assocation of Nigeria, Nigerian film, press release, Sani Mu'azu
DG of Kano Censors Board Rabo caught in alleged sex scandal with Minor, Sunday Trust reports
Today’s Sunday Trust reports that Alhaji Abubakar Rabo Abdulkarim, the director general of the Kano State Censorship Board, was allegedly caught last Sunday, 22 August 2010, in a compromising sexual situation with a minor and has since left … Continue reading
Posted in Abubakar Rabo Abdulkarim, Hausa film, Kannywood, Kano State Censorship Board, Law in Northern Nigeria
Tagged Abubakar Rabo Abdulkarim, alleged child abuse, censorship, contempt of court, DG of KSCB, Hiyana, Kaduna Filmmaker's Association, Kannywood, Kannywood sex scandal, Kano, Kano State Censorship Board, law, Law in Northern Nigeria, lawsuits, Leadership, NEXT, sex scandal, Sunday Trust
Iyan Tama takes Rabo to court for defamation and other lawsuits
I apologize to everyone concerned for this blog post which is coming about a month late; however, hopefully it is still relevant. On July 21, I posted about the most recent lawsuit in the continuing feud between Abubakar Rabo Abdulkarim, … Continue reading
Posted in Abubakar Rabo Abdulkarim, Hausa film, Iyan-Tama, Kannywood, Kano State Censorship Board, Law in Northern Nigeria, Nigerian film
Tagged Abubakar Rabo Abdulkarim, Abubakar Sani, Aliyu Gora II, censorship, Hausa film, Iyan-Tama, Kaduna, Kaduna high court, Kano, Kano state police, Law in Northern Nigeria, lawsuit
FIM Magazine Editor Arrested on accusation of Abubakar Rabo Abdulkarim, DG of Kano State Censorship Board
In yet another bizarre twist in the Kano State Censors Board vs. Kannywood saga, the editor of Fim Magazine, Malam Aliyu Abdullahi Gora II, has been arrested following a complaint by the head of the Kano State Censorship Board, Abubakar … Continue reading
Posted in Abubakar Rabo Abdulkarim, Hausa film, Iyan-Tama, Kannywood, Kano State Censorship Board, Law in Northern Nigeria, Nigerian film
Tagged Abubakar Rabo Abdulkarim, Aliyu Abdullahi Gora II, Asabe Murtala, contempt of court, defamation of character, DITV Kaduna, Fim Magazine, Iyan-Tama, Kaduna State Filmmakers Association, Kano State Censorship Board, law, Law in Northern Nigeria, Magistrate Mukhtari Ahmad, MOPPAN, NAISOD
Interview with Alhaji Abubakar Rabo Abdulkarim, Director General of the Kano State Censorship Board
Alhaji Abubakar Rabo Abdulkarim was appointed Director General of the Kano State Censorship Board by Governor Ibrahim Shekarau in August 2007 following the leaking of a phone video of a popular actress having sex with a boyfriend—a scandal that rocked … Continue reading
Interviews with Alhaji Abubakar Rabo Abdulkarim, Director General of the Kano State Censorship Board, and Dr. Ahmad Sarari, Vice President of the Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria
Before I go into more detail about my interviews with the director general of the Kano State Censorship Board and with the Vice President of MOPPAN, Dr. Ahmad Sarari, let me just give a quick update on the Iyan Tama … Continue reading
Kannywood Awards 2016
The winners of the 2016 Kannywood Awards, with photos and commentary. Continue reading
Kano Hisbah to Prosecute Gossips
Blueprint yesterday carried a story that the Kano Hisbah Board will “prosecute idle people and those trading in the business of gossiping.” If this is true, this will be the harshest and most disturbing action of the Kano hisbah I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Abubakar Rabo Abdulkarim, Kano State Censorship Board, politics, Religion
Tagged gossip, Hisbah Board, Islam, Kannywood, Kano hisbah, Kwankwaso, non-fasting Muslims, Ramadan, shari'a, Shekarau
The ‘second coming’ of Kannywood
Still catching up on posts I am behind on. This feature piece “The ‘second coming’ of Kannywood” was published over a month ago now in the Weekend Magazine of Weekly Trust on 21 May 2011, but gives a good summary … Continue reading
Posted in Abubakar Rabo Abdulkarim, African cinema, African literature, Articles of interest, Hausa film, Iyan-Tama, Kannywood, Kano, Kano State Censorship Board, Law in Northern Nigeria, Nigerian film, Nigerian Music, politics, Sani Mu'azu
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