Dr. Shaibu Husseini
3 days ago
Practitioners of the Nigerian motion picture industry converged on the Resource Centre of the Lagos State Treasury Office in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos for the 2024 edition of the Association of Movie Content Owners and Producers/Distributors of Nigeria, AMCOD, yearly business conference which held penultimate week.
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As the Nigerian film industry continues to grow and evolve, it is essential that we acknowledge the importance of faith-based films and the unique challenges they face.
8 Jun 2024
Veteran actor, writer and theatre director Bimbo Manuel has lent his voice to the debate on the new regulation by the National Film and Video
25 May 2024
Executive Director (ED), National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Dr. Shaibu Husseini, has said Nigeria is no longer taken seriously because of lack of data.
22 May 2024
The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) has charged stakeholders in the Nollywood industry to ensure that films and musical videos are free of depiction and harmful substances, such as smoking tobacco, criminal acts, ritual killings, and money rituals, among others.
6 Apr 2024
The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) and some non-governmental organisations have agreed to continue their collaboration to reduce the effects of tobacco and other harmful products towards achieving a ‘SmokefreeNollywood’.
10 Mar 2024
The new Executive Director of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Dr. Shaibu Husseini, has finally assumed office, with a call to the management and staff to cooperate with him to add more blocks to those already erected by his predecessor, Alhaji Adedayo Thomas.
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