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Search Results for: Iyan Tama
Iyan-Tama’s case “not listed”
Today I arrived for Iyan-Tama’s rescheduled appeal (readers will remember that it had been scheduled for Thursday but the chief justice suddenly had to travel–see two posts back) at 9:51am. The appeal was scheduled for 9:30am, so I was afraid … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged crime, Hausa film, human rights, Iyan-Tama, justice, Kannywood, Kano, Kano State Censorship Board, Nigerian film, Nigerian politics
2:15am Raid on Iyan-Tama’s family
UPDATE 27 January 2009: Article in Leadership by Abdulaziz A. Abdulaziz about the attack (see also on BBC and TopNews.IN) UPDATE 26 January 2009: Iyan Tama’s appeal postponed again when chief justice says it was “not listed.” Sitting in an … Continue reading
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Tagged Hausa film, human rights, Iyan-Tama, Kannywood, Kano, MOPPAN, Nigeria, Nigerian film
Kano State High Court Chief Justice Postpones Iyan-Tama’s appeal
He joked with the friendly “keeper” and other guards and said … that he was fine. He didn’t have a problem in the prison; he just wanted to get out and continue with his life. Continue reading
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Tagged crime, Hausa film, human rights, Iyan-Tama, Kannywood, Kano, Kano State Censorship Board, Nigeria, Nigerian film
Governor Ibrahim Shekarau on Hisbah, censorship, and Kannywood in the Presidential Debates
For those who did not see the Nigerian Presidential Debates, between General Muhammadu Buhari, Nuhu Ribadu, and Governor Ibrahim Shekarau, you can watch the debates online, here: I have transcribed the questions Governor Shekarau was asked regarding the hisbah, censorship, … Continue reading
Posted in Abubakar Rabo Abdulkarim, Hausa film, Iyan-Tama, Kannywood, Kano, Kano State Censorship Board, Law in Northern Nigeria, Nigerian film, politics, Sani Mu'azu
Tagged Dr. Ahmad Sarari, Governor Ibrahim Shekarau, Iyan-Tama, Kannywood, Kano State Censorship Board, law, lawsuits, Nigerian politics, presidential debates, Sani Mu'azu
My new column in Weekly Trust. First installment.
A few months ago, the editor of Weekly Trust, offered me a column in the paper, and my first piece came out this past Saturday on page 31. In my column-writing rookieness, I had misunderstood the word count he had … Continue reading
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
Kaduna State Filmmakers Association take Kano State Police, Court, and DG of Kano Censor’s Board to Court over breach of “fundamental Human Rights”
Just a quick post as a place holder for a longer post on the most recent event in the series of suits and countersuits between Kaduna filmmakers and Abubakar Rabo Abdulkarim, director general of the Kano State Censor’s Board. Today, … 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, Ashiru Sani Bazanga, court case, DITV Kaduna, Fim Magazine, Hausa film, human rights, Iyan-Tama, justice, Kaduna, Kaduna State Filmmakers Association, Kannywood, Kano, Nigerian law, Yakubu Lere
Mobile Court bans listening to 11 Hausa songs
Last week Mukhtar Ahmed, the magistrate of the mobile court attached to the censorship board, banned 11 Hausa songs. According the the article by Abdulaziz Ahmad Abdulaziz (originally published in Leadership newspaper, but also published on his blog, here,) the justice … Continue reading
Posted in Hausa film, Kano State Censorship Board, Law in Northern Nigeria
Tagged Adam Zango, ban on music, censorship, d'an Ibro, Hausa hiphop, Hausa music, Islam, Iyan-Tama, IyanTama, justice, Kano, law, Mukhtar Ahmed, Nazir Hausawa, Nigeria, Nigerian music, Nigerian politics, political music, politics, shari'a
Helon Habila speaks on censorship in Kano
(a post in which I meditate on my research obsessions and recommend a recent opinion piece on “Art and Censorship in Kano” by multiple award-winning Nigerian novelist Helon Habila) In Helon Habila’s first novel Waiting for an Angel, which was … Continue reading
A surprising move by MOPPAN, and my friend Sulaiman Abubakar (MPEG) arrested on Tuesday
I opened the middle page of the Sunday Trust today and was surprised to learn some information that I would have, assumedly, known since Monday had I arrived at the opening ceremony of the Alliance Francaise DOP workshop on time. … Continue reading
