NFVCB
1 Oct
Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Hanatu Musa Musawa, has approved licensing waiver for investors wishing to establish cottage or community cinema in the country.
1 Sep
The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) announced its collaboration with platform owners to ensure that classified films and video content are distributed on their channels or platforms. The Executive Director of the Board, Dr. Husseini Shaibu made this known at the Round Table Forum organised by the NFVCB themed “Morality and Ethics in…
24 Aug
Nigerian junior athlete, Emmanuel Ineh Ortisemeyiwa, was a promising athlete with potential to be a world champion in the long jump, but his life and athletics career took a tragic turn after he was accused of rape in Alabama, United States.
24 Aug
The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) has concluded plans to train and mentor some youths in the art of filmmaking. The two weeks training and mentorship programme, which will be held in collaboration with notable Nollywood actor
7 Aug
The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Shaibu Husseini, says the agency has partnered with youths to enhance media literacy and tackle unhealthy screening in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The NFVCB ED made this known in an insightful media conversation with the theme, “Healthy Screen…
15 Jun
IF you see a white limousine in your neighbourhood and there is no convoy or bike riders accompanying it, then know that the cast and crew behind the much-anticipated movie, Voltage, are around the area.
9 Jun
The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) has said the new regulations on smoking, tobacco products and money rituals and ritual killings in movies will not stifle artistic creativity in the entertainment industry.
31 May
As Nigeria joins the rest of the global community to mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), the World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed its concerns over the harmful influences of the tobacco industry on youth...
25 May
The Executive Director of the National Films and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) , Shaibu Husseini, has debunked reports that the Board placed a ban on money rituals and smoking scenes in movies and other videos. Reports in some media outfits had claimed that Husseini made the pronouncement at a stakeholder engagement event on ‘smoke-free Nollywood’…
25 May
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.
25 May
The Executive Director of National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Shaibu Husseini, has discredited reports alleging that he said the Federal Government had approved the "ban of smoking and ritual scenes" in Nigerian films.
22 May
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.
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