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2015 Kannywood Awards
The 2015 Kannywood Awards was the 2nd edition of the ceremony supported and sponsored by MTN Nigeria and took place in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria on January 31, 2015. The event was hosted by the Emir of Gumel, Ahmad Muhammad Sani. Winners of the 2015 Kannywood Awards List of Awards Popular Choice Awards * Best Actor – Ali Nuhu * Best Actress – Nafisat Abdullahi * Best Director – Yasin Auwal * Best Comedian – Rabilu Musa Dalasan (Ibro) Jurors Awards * Best Film: Ashabul Kahfi * Best Actor: Sadiq Sani Sadiq for Dinyar Makaho * Best Actress – Hadiza Aliyu for '' Daga Ni Sai Ke'' * Best Director – Aminu Saira Aminu Muhammad Ahmad, also known as Aminu Saira (born April 20, 1979) is a Nigerian filmmaker, director, and story writer. He is regarded as a pioneer revolutionist of today's Kannywood. He became known after the release of his movies ''Ja ... for ''Ashabul Kahfi & Sabuwar Sangaya'' * Best Supporting Actor – Mustapha Nabraska for ''Basaja Takun K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abuja
Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Planning Associates (IPA), a consortium of three American planning and architecture firms made up of Wallace, Roberts, McHarg & Todd (WRMT – a group of architects) as the lead, Archisystems International (a subsidiary of the Howard Hughes Corporation), and Planning Research Corporation. The Central Business District of Abuja was designed by Japanese architect Kenzo Tange. It replaced Lagos, the country's most populous city, as the capital on 12 December 1991. Abuja's geography is defined by Aso Rock, a monolith left by water erosion. The Presidential Complex, National Assembly, Supreme Court and much of the city extend to the south of the rock. Zuma Rock, a monolith, lies just north of the city on the expressway to Kaduna. At the 2006 ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmad Muhammad Sani
Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the verb (''ḥameda'', "to thank or to praise"), non-past participle (). Lexicology As an Arabic name, it has its origins in a Quranic prophecy attributed to Jesus in the Quran which most Islamic scholars concede is about Muhammad. It also shares the same roots as Mahmud, Muhammad and Hamed. In its transliteration, the name has one of the highest number of spelling variations in the world. Though Islamic scholars attribute the name Ahmed to Muhammed, the verse itself is about a Messenger named Ahmed, whilst Muhammed was a Messenger-Prophet. Some Islamic traditions view the name Ahmad as another given name of Muhammad at birth by his mother, considered by Muslims to be the more esoteric name of Muhammad and central to understandi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Hausa
BBC Hausa is the Hausa language service of BBC World Service meant primarily for the Hausa-speaking world in Nigeria, Ghana, Niger and the rest of Hausa speakers in West Africa. It is part of BBC foreign language output of 33 languages, of which five are African languages. The language service include radio station, Abuja bureau office and daily updated website which serves as a news portal and provides information as well as analyses in text, audio and video and provides online access to radio broadcasts. The radio service is broadcast from Broadcasting House in London and preliminary editing done at BBC bureau office in Abuja. History BBC Hausa service was the first African language service begun by BBC and is one of the five African languages it broadcasts. The service was launched on 13 March 1957, at 0930 GMT with a 15-minute programme under BBC World Service presented by Aminu Abdullahi Malumfashi. Later, a translated version was read by Abubakar Tunau in the program ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Kannywood Awards
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Kannywood Awards
Kannywood Awards is an annual film event presented by ''Kannywood Guild of Actors'' honouring outstanding achievement in the Kannywood Movie Industry. It was first held in 2014, in Kano State. The 2015 Kannywood Awards, honouring movies of 2014, was held at NAF Conference Center, Abuja, FCT, on January 31, 2015. Emir of Gumel from Jigawa Jigawa State (Hausa: ''Jihar Jigawa'' (Fula Leydi Jigawa 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤮𞤤 𞤶𞤭𞤺𞤢𞤱𞤢) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. Created in 1991 from the northeastern-most region of Kan ... State, Ahmad Muhammad Sani was the chief host. Ceremonies * 2014 Kannywood Awards * 2015 Kannywood Awards Categories As of 2014, Kannywood Awards have approximately 21 categories which are listed below. POPULAR CHOICE AWARD * Best Actor * Best Actress * Best Director * Best Comedian JURORS AWARD * Best Film * Best Actor * Best Actress * Best Director * Best Supporting Actor * Best Support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTN Group
MTN Group Limited, formerly M-Cell, is a South African multinational mobile telecommunications company, operating in many African and Asian countries. Its head office is in Johannesburg. , MTN recorded 280 million subscribers, making it the 8th largest mobile network operator in the world, and the largest in Africa. Active in over 20 countries, one-third of the company's revenue comes from Nigeria, where it holds about 35% market share. MTN Group is the primary sponsor of the South Africa national rugby union team and sponsors English football club Manchester United and Zambian Super League. The Nigerian subsidiary of the group also has an existing sponsorship deal with the Nigerian Football Federation. History The company was founded in 1994 as M-Cell with assistance from the South African government. In 1995, it replaced its then-CEO, John Beck, with Robert (Bob) Chaphe and founder Leena Jaitley. In 2001, the company reported that its controlling shareholder was Johnn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Nuhu
Ali Nuhu Mohammed (Born 15 March 1974) is a Nigerian actor and director. He acts in both Hausa and English movies, and he is also known as king of Kannywood or "Sarki Ali" by the media; Kannywood is the Hausa film industry headquartered in Kano, Nigeria. Ali Nuhu has appeared in more than 500 Nollywood and Kannywood films, and earned numerous accolades. Ali Nuhu is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors of all time in the history of Hausa Cinema, as well as Nigerian Cinema In terms of audience, size, and income, and he has been described as the most successful Hausa film star in the world. Early life and education Ali Nuhu Mohammed was born in Maiduguri, Borno State, in north-eastern Nigeria. His father, Nuhu Poloma, hailed from Balanga local government area of Gombe State and his mother, Fatima Karderam Digema from Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. He grew up in Jos and Kano. After secondary school education, he received a Bachel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabilu Musa Danlasan
Rabilu Musa (12 December 1971 – 9 December 2014), known as Dan Ibro, was a Nigerian comedian, actor, filmmaker, and director in Kannywood film industry. Ibro attended Danlasan Primary School, located in Warawa Warawa is a Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria. Its Secretariat is in the town of Warawa on the A237 highway. It was created out of Dawakin Kudu Local Government in the early 90s. KannyWood comedian/actor Rabilu Musa (Ibro) was from ... and later moved to Government Teachers College Wudil all in his birth state. He joined the Nigerian Prison Service in 1991 and served in the civil service. Ibro quits civil service and later joined the movie industry with his first movie, ''Yar Mai Ganye'', which promoted his career. Filmography Awards References 1971 births 2014 deaths Nigerian male film actors Hausa-language mass media Male actors in Hausa cinema 21st-century Nigerian male actors People from Kano State Hausa-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hadiza Aliyu
Hadiza Aliyu , also known as Hadiza Gabon (born 1 June 1989 in Libreville, Gabon), is a Nigerian professional actress and Filmmaking, filmmaker who acts in both Hausa language, Hausa and English language, English movies. Hadiza serves as an ambassador for MTN Group, MTN Nigeria and Indomie, Indomie noodles company. Hadiza was named best actress at 2013 Best of Nollywood Awards. She has also won the Kannywood Awards, 2nd Kannywood/MTN Awards in the year 2014. She presently serves as the founder of HAG Foundation. Early life and family Hadiza Aliyu was born on June 1, 1989, in Libreville, Republic of Gabon, Gabon. She is the elder statesman's daughter, Malam Aliyu. Hadiza Aliyu is of Ethnic groups in Gabon, Gabonese descent on her father's side and Fulani ancestry from Adamawa State, Nigerian on her mother's side. Hadiza Aliyu attended primary and secondary schools in her birth country where she took her A-Level exams with the goal of becoming a lawyer, and she later chose Law as he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daga Ni Sai Ke , in Papua New Guinea
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Daga may refer to: People * Daga (wrestler), Mexican professional wrestler *Dagmara Wozniak, American Olympic saber fencer Geography * Daga District, Bhutan * Daga, Bhutan, capital of Daba District * Daga Hundred, a geographic division in Sweden * Daga Island, an island located in the southeastern part of Lake Tana in Ethiopia * Daga River (other) * Daga Rural LLG, Papua New Guinea Other * Daga language Daga (Dimuga, Nawp) is a non-Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea. Daga is spoken by about 9,000 people as of 2007. The peoples that speak Daga are located in the Rabaraba subdistrict of Milne Bay district, and in the Abau subdistrict of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aminu Saira
Aminu Muhammad Ahmad, also known as Aminu Saira (born April 20, 1979) is a Nigerian filmmaker, director, and story writer. He is regarded as a pioneer revolutionist of today's Kannywood. He became known after the release of his movies ''Jamila Da Jamilu'' in 2009, ''Ga Duhu Ga Haske'' in 2010, and ''Ashabul Kahfi'' in 2014, which earned him several honors and awards, including Best Director of the Year (Jurors Choice Awards) in 2014. After the release of ''Ashabul Kahfi'', Saira began a project to launch the first Hausa home video series in the history of the Hausa movie industry, ''Labarina.'' ''Ashabul Kahfi'' and ''Baya Da Kura'' were the two highest-grossing films of all time for Saira Movies, respectively.. In 2015, Aminu was awarded the Best Kannywood Director. He is also the Director of the popular TV series, ''Labarina,'' launched in 2020. Early life Aminu was born in Gwammaja, Kano State, Nigeria, the son of Muhammad, an elderly statesman. Mohammed grew up in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatima Abdullahi
Fāṭima bint Muḥammad ( ar, فَاطِمَة ٱبْنَت مُحَمَّد}, 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ (), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. Fatima's husband was Ali, the fourth of the Rashidun Caliphs and the first Shia Imam. Fatima's sons were Hasan and Husayn, the second and third Shia Imams, respectively. Fatima has been compared to Mary, mother of Jesus, especially in Shia Islam. Muhammad is said to have regarded her as the best of women and the dearest person to him. She is often viewed as an ultimate archetype for Muslim women and an example of compassion, generosity, and enduring suffering. It is through Fatima that Muhammad's family line has survived to this date. Her name and her epithets remain popular choices for Muslim girls. When Muhammad died in 632, Fatima and her husband Ali refused to acknowledge the authority of the first caliph, Abu Bakr. The couple and their supporters held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
