Hauwa Allahbura is a Northern Nigerian business woman from Borno State, political activist, an advocate of peace and good governance, and founder of Pull-up Naija. She is also

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film producer. She is the CEO of Cut24 Productions and she has produced and directed several films including '' Gidi Blues'' (2016) '' The Eve'' (2018) and ''

Code Wilo ''Code Wilo'' is a 2019 Nigerian movie about the political happenings of the 2019 Nigerian gubernatorial elections. It projects the need to give space to women and youths in the country's election. ''Code Wilo'' was produced by Hauwa Allahbura a ...

'' (2019).. She is the founder of Pull-up Naija, a group that is sensitizing the Nigerian youth on the modus operandi of participating actively in the election process.

Early life and education

She was born in

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into a family of

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s. She hails from

Borno State Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon, its northern border ...

, where her father originates from. Because of the nature of her father's job, she attended primary schools in three different places; the Crescent International School,

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; the Crescent International School, Kano; and the French International School, Badagry. For her secondary school, she attended the Police Secondary School, Minna,

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; and Federal Government College, Ilorin, Kwara State. She obtained her first degree in History and international Studies from

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. She is also a graduate of

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;

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and

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Career

Allahbura started her acting career as a True TV presenter. She went for audition, and she was selected to join the Mnet Family TV on

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she was playing the character of Maro in ''

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''. Since then, she has featured and produced different movies including ''Battle Ground: African Magic'', ''Las Gidi Vice'', ''Gidi Blues'' (2016) ''The Eve'' (2018), ''Code Wilo'' (2019). She encourages youth to partake in the forthcoming 2023 Nigerian general election.

Filmography

*'' Gidi Blues'' (2016) as Nkem Nochiri *3 is a Crows (2017) as Oma *'' The Eve'' (2018) as Uwa

References

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