Nkiru Njoku (born 1980) is a

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screenwriter, writer and video producer. She is the head writer of

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's ''

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'', a Nigerian soap that started airing in 2008. In 2016 Njoku was the head content producer of ''

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''. Screen shot from MTV Shuga Alone Together Ep. 52 directed by Njoku. Sol (Ayanda Makayi) talks to his sister Thuli Njoku was one of the lead writers on

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in 2020 where she wrote and remotely directed the actors in some of the 70 nightly episodes. Njoku wrote the final episode and it was directed by the other lead writer

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.MTV Shuga: Alone Together , Episode 70
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Njoku, Nkiru Living people Nigerian screenwriters Nigerian film producers Nigerian women writers Igbo women writers Igbo people 1980 births

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