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Shaibu Husseini, Executive Director/CEO of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB)

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NFVCB set to secure Tax Relief Package for Filmmakers and Production Equipment Importers

The National Film and Video Censors Board is at an advanced stage of securing crucial tax incentives designed to boost local film production and reduce operational costs for Nigerian filmmakers.…

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‘2 Million People Per Screen’: NFVCB Pushes Community Cinema Initiative to curb Nigeria’s Cinema Gap

With only 351 screens across 93 cinema locations serving over 200 million Nigerians, the NFVCB has launched an aggressive push for community cinemas to bridge the massive infrastructure gap. At…

Dr Shaibu Husseini, DG NFVCB on smoking and money rituals in Nollywood

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‘I Did Not Announce A Ban On Smoking And Ritual Scenes In Movies’ – NFVCB DG, Shaibu Husseini Clarifies

On Wednesday, May 22, 2024, a National Stakeholders Engagement on Smoke-Free Nollywood was held in Enugu, where reports on a ban on smoking and ritual scenes in movies by the Federal Government…

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Censors Board rallies dons on film empowerment training

The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), has extended a start-up grant to 250 young film entrepreneurs in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. The incentive was part of a two-day workshop…

Filmmakers excited as piracy suspects are arraigned

Five men were, on Thursday, arraigned by the police at the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly pirating some Nollywood movies. The suspects, David Chukwudi, Austin Igboukwu, Ugochukwu Ukwuagu, Uchechukwu…

Three arrested over illegal possession of ‘The Wedding Party’, ‘Jenifa’s Diary’, more

The trio was arrested on Monday during an anti-piracy raid by the task force put together by the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB).

'50 Shades of Grey' shouldn't have been banned – Omotola

Popular Nollywood diva, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde believes the cinema ban imposed on much-talked about American movie, 50 Shades of Grey by the National Film & Video Censors Board (NFVCB) is ‘a little bit harsh’.

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NFVCB confirms ban of '50 Shades of Grey' in Nigeria

The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) has confirmed the ban on the movie, 50 Shades of Grey, which had earlier started showing in cinemas across Nigeria.

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Nigerian Film and Video Censors Board adopts new approach to movie approvals

The Nigerian Film and Video Censor’s Board, smarting from the outcry that greeted its delay of widely-anticipated movie, Half of a Yellow Sun, has announced a new approach it would adopt henceforth in the approval of movies.

#NECLive: Jason Njoku, Dr Sid, Obi Asika, Tony Okoroji, others join panellists for Nigeria Entertainment Conference 2014

Current Director General of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Emeka Mba has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at the Nigerian Entertainment Conference 2014. Mba, the has also served as a DG of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) for seven year. He will deliver a Nollywood paper titled: The Desired Future.

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NFVCB set to secure Tax Relief Package for Filmmakers and Production Equipment Importers

‘2 Million People Per Screen’: NFVCB Pushes Community Cinema Initiative to curb Nigeria’s Cinema Gap

‘I Did Not Announce A Ban On Smoking And Ritual Scenes In Movies’ – NFVCB DG, Shaibu Husseini Clarifies

Censors Board rallies dons on film empowerment training

Filmmakers excited as piracy suspects are arraigned

Three arrested over illegal possession of ‘The Wedding Party’, ‘Jenifa’s Diary’, more

'50 Shades of Grey' shouldn't have been banned – Omotola

NFVCB confirms ban of '50 Shades of Grey' in Nigeria

Nigerian Film and Video Censors Board adopts new approach to movie approvals

#NECLive: Jason Njoku, Dr Sid, Obi Asika, Tony Okoroji, others join panellists for Nigeria Entertainment Conference 2014

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