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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”

Posted on August 31, 2010 | 6 comments

(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 →

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DG of Kano Censors Board Rabo caught in alleged sex scandal with Minor, Sunday Trust reports

Posted on August 29, 2010 | 8 comments

    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 →

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Iyan Tama takes Rabo to court for defamation and other lawsuits

Posted on August 18, 2010 | 8 comments

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 →

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FIM Magazine Editor Arrested on accusation of Abubakar Rabo Abdulkarim, DG of Kano State Censorship Board

Posted on July 4, 2010 | 9 comments

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 →

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Temporarily removing interviews with Kano Censor’s Board DG Alhaji Rabo and MOPPAN VP Dr. Sarari

Posted on February 18, 2009 | Leave a comment

I am temporarily removing portions of the interview with the Kano State Censor’s Board Director General Alhaji Abubakar Rabo Abdulkarim and the Vice President of MOPPAN Ahmad Sarari, because I’m writing an article for a publication that will not pay … Continue reading →

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Interview with Alhaji Abubakar Rabo Abdulkarim, Director General of the Kano State Censorship Board

Posted on February 13, 2009 | 10 comments

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 →

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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

Posted on January 30, 2009 | 3 comments

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 →

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Kannywood Awards 2016

Posted on March 14, 2016 | 5 comments

The winners of the 2016 Kannywood Awards, with photos and commentary. Continue reading →

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Kano Hisbah to Prosecute Gossips

Posted on August 25, 2012 | 4 comments

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 →

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The ‘second coming’ of Kannywood

Posted on June 26, 2011 | 12 comments

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 →

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