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Rahama Sadau
Rahama Ibrahim Sadau (born 7 December 1993) is a Nigerian actress, filmmaker, and singer. Born and raised in Kaduna, she performed in dancing competitions as a child and during her school years. She rose to fame in late 2013 after joining the Kannywood movie industry with her first movie ''Gani ga Wane''. Rahama appears in many Nigerian movies in both Hausa and English and is one of the few Nigerian actors that speaks Hindi fluently. She is the winner of ''Best Actress'' (Kannywood) at the City People Entertainment Awards in 2014 and 2015. She also won Best ''African Actress'' at the 19th African Film Awards in 2015 by African Voice. In 2017. She became the first Hausa celebrity to appear in the top ten Hottest Female Nigeria Celebrities. Throughout her career, Sadau has been a busy actress, appearing in both movies and music videos. Life and career Sadau was born in Kaduna State, north-western Nigerian State which was the former capital of Nigeria's former Northern Region, to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaduna
Kaduna is the capital city of Kaduna State, and the former political capital of Northern Region, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria. It is located in north-western Nigeria, on the Kaduna River. It is a trade Centre and a major transportation hub as the gateway to northern Nigeria, with its rail and important road network. The population of Kaduna was at 760,084 as of the 2006 Nigerian census. Rapid urbanization since 2005 has created an increasingly large population, now estimated to be around 1.3 million. The project population of people in Kaduna state as at 2021 is 8.9 million people. Etymology The etymology of the word ''Kaduna'' is said to be a corruption of the Hausa word for "crocodiles", ''Kaddani'' in the Hausa language (''kaduna'' being the plural form). Another version of the name proposes a link to the Gbagyi language, Gbagyi word/name 'Odna', meaning 'river'. History Kaduna was founded by British Empire, British colonists in 1900. The first British governor of Northern Nig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sani Musa Danja
Sani Musa Abdullahi, known as Sani Danja ''or'' Danja (born 20 April 1973), is a Nigerian film actor, producer, director, singer, and dancer. He participates in both Kannywood and Nollywood. In April 2018 he was turbaned by the Etsu Nupe, Yahaya Abubaka, as Zakin Arewa. Career He ventured into the Hausa movie scene in 1999 in Dalibai (student). Danja also produced and directed films, including Manakisa, Kwarya tabi Kwarya, Jaheed, Nagari, Wasiyya, Harsashi, Gidauniya, Daham, Jarida, Matashiya, and others. He made his 2012 Nollywood debut in Daughter of the River. Filmography Sani Musa Danja has acted, produced and directed in Kannywood and Nollywood movies. Amongst them are: See also * List of Nigerian actors * List of Nigerian film producers * List of Nigerian film directors This is a list of notable Nigerian film directors. * Dagogo Diminas * Toyin Abraham * Adekunle Adejuyigbe * Uyoyou Adia * Yewande Adekoya * Dolapo 'LowlaDee' Adeleke * Wale Adenuga * Funsho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Best Of Nollywood Awards
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Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geographically in Western Asia, its cultural ties and geopolitics are overwhelmingly Southern European. Cyprus is the third-largest and third-most populous island in the Mediterranean. It is located north of Egypt, east of Greece, south of Turkey, and west of Lebanon and Syria. Its capital and largest city is Nicosia. The northeast portion of the island is ''de facto'' governed by the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which was established after the 1974 invasion and which is recognised as a country only by Turkey. The earliest known human activity on the island dates to around the 10th millennium BC. Archaeological remains include the well-preserved ruins from the Hellenistic period such as Salamis and Kourion, and Cypr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Resource Management
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Abdullahi Umar Ganduje
Abdullahi Umar Ganduje OFR (born 25 December 1949) is a Nigerian politician who is currently serving as the Governor of Kano State. He took over office in 2015. He previously served as Rabiu Kwankwaso's deputy governor twice, between 1999 to 2003 and 2011 to 2015. Background Ganduje was born in 1949 to a Fulani family in the village of Ganduje, Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State. He began his early education in a Qur'anic and Islamiyya school at his village, where he was trained in Islamic knowledge. Later, he moved to the headquarters of his local government where he attended Dawakin Tofa Primary School from 1956 to 1963. Ganduje attended the prestigious Government College, Birnin Kudu from 1964 to 1968. Ganduje attended Advanced Teachers' College, Kano between 1969 and 1972. He then attended Ahmadu Bello University, located in Zaria, Kaduna State, where he graduated with a Bachelor in Science Education in 1975. In 1979 he obtained master's degree in applied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kano State
Kano State (Hausa: ''Jihar Kano''جىِهَر كَنوُ) (Fula: Leydi Kano 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞤲𞤮𞥅 ) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. According to the national census done in 2006, Kano State is the most populous in Nigeria. The recent official estimates taken in 2016 by the National Bureau of Statistics found that Kano State was still the largest state by population in Nigeria. Created in 1967 from the former Northern Region, Kano State borders Katsina State to the northwest, Jigawa State to the northeast, Bauchi State to the southeast, and Kaduna State to the southwest. The state's capital and largest city is the city of Kano, the second most populous city in Nigeria after Lagos. The incumbent governor of the state is Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. He was sworn in on May 29, 2015. Modern day Kano State was the site of numerous kingdoms and empires, including the Kingdom of Kano, which was centered in Dalla Hil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannywood
Hausa-language cinema, known informally as Kannywood, is the Hausa-language film industry of Northern Nigeria. It is based in Kano. Kannywood Kannywood is the sobriquet for Hausa-language cinema. It is a part of the larger Nigerian cinema, known as Nollywood, which includes other production centres producing films in many other Nigerian languages. The name "Kannywood" is a portmanteau derived from Kano and Hollywood, the center of the American film industry. "Kannywood" has origins in the late 1990s, when Sunusi Shehu of ''Tauraruwa Magazine'' created the term Kannywood and then it became the popular reference term for the industry in the Northern Nigeria. The term "Kannywood" was coined in 1999, three years before the term Nollywood came about. History The Hausa language cinema slowly evolved from the productions of RTV Kaduna and Radio Kaduna in the 1960s. Veterans like Dalhatu Bawa and Kasimu Yero pioneered drama productions that became popular with the Northern audience. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapter 2 – Agni Pariksha
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Vidyut Jammwal
Vidyut Dev Singh Jammwal (born 10 December 1980) is an Indian actor, martial artist and film producer who predominantly works in Hindi films. He is also a practitioner of Kalaripayattu. He is best known for his roles in Commando film series, and is recipient of several awards including one Filmfare Award. He made his Telugu debut with ''Sakthi'', Hindi with ''Force'' and Tamil debut with ''Billa II'', all in negative roles. His first lead role was in the successful film ''Commando''. He went onto appear in various films including '' Anjaan'', ''Thuppakki'', ''Baadshaho'', ''Commando 2'', ''Junglee'', ''Yaara'', '' Commando 3'' and ''Sanak''. Early life Vidyut Jammwal was born in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He is one of three children born to an Army officer and lived in various parts of India (owing to his father's transferable job) and trained in Kalaripayattu in an ashram in Palakkad, Kerala which was run by his mother, since he was three years old. He traveled to ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uzoamaka Aniunoh
Uzoamaka Aniunoh is a Nigerian actor and writer. She has been a regular cast member of ''MTV Shuga'' appearing in several series including the first and the sixth. Life Aniunoh was born in Onitsha. She studied English & Literary Studies and History & International Studies at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, University of Nigeria In 2015 she moved to England where she studied creative writing at the University of Birmingham gaining a master's degree. Actor She returned to Nigeria in 2017 and attended the open auditions for a new series named MTV Shuga. She was one on the few actors chosen as her role was to be Cynthia. She has been a lead in the film "Stuck" with Seun Ajayi and Lala Akindoju. Series six of MTV Shuga returned to be based once again in Nigeria and Aniunoh reprised her role as Cynthia in that years series sub-titled "Choices". Fellow actors included Timini Egbuson, Rahama Sadau, Yakubu Muhammed, Yakubu Mohammed, Bukola Oladipupo, Helena Nelson and Ruby Akab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yakubu Muhammed
Yakubu Mohammed (alias: Yakubu Usman Shehu Abubakar El-Nafati) (born 25 March 1973) is a Nigerian film actor, producer, director, singer and script writer. He is a Globacom ambassador, SDGs ambassador and at a time, an ambassador for Nescafe Beverage. Yakubu Mohammed is a seasoned actor of repute and a household name in both Kannywood and Nollywood. He has sung over 1000 songs, featured in well over 100 Hausa films and more than 40 English films some of which includes; Lionheart, 4th Republic, '' Sons of the Caliphate'' and ''MTV Shuga'' which earned him several nominations and awards such as City People Entertainment Awards and Nigeria Entertainment Awards. Career Yakubu Mohammed started off in Kannywood as at 1998 writing scripts and working behind the scene. Along the line, he got trained on the job whilst rising through the ranks and files and in no time found himself calling the shots. Yakubu as a music artist has recorded over 1000 songs for film music and albums in H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
