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The National Film and Video Censors Board(NFVCB) has concluded its 2024 SPY Training programme for selected staff and stakeholders in Lafia, Nassarawa State. The  training programme titled: “Empowering Staff for Effective Monitoring and Enforcement” was declared open by the Executive Director of the Board,Dr Husseini Shaibu on behalf of the Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy Hannatu…

FG Bans Money Rituals, Smoking Scenes in Movies & Music Videos

FG Bans Money Rituals, Smoking Scenes in Movies & Music Videos

Following the controversies that have trailed the movie, “Gangs of Lagos”, since it was released on Amazon Prime Video, the National Film and Video Censors Board, NFVCB, has explained why they cannot ban it. The Executive Director and CEO of the regulatory body, Alhaji Adedayo Thomas, said the board can’t take any action against the movie for now. According to him, the NFVCB has no legal…

Cigarette companies lobby filmmakers to include smoking in movies —NFVCB boss, Thomas

The National Film and Video Censors Board has commenced engagement with practitioners and stakeholders in the movie and entertainment industry to enforce the law banning smoking in movies, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The Executive Director of the board, Adedayo Thomas, stated this on Saturday (December 11, 2021) while presenting a communique at the end of an entertainment industry…

NFVCB Reportedly Bans Eternals From Cinemas

Nigeria has reportedly joined the list of countries to ban the screening of the new Marvel superhero film Eternals as the film slated to premiere over the weekend was yanked from cinema schedules. Following the removal of Eternals from cinema schedules, it appears that Nigeria has joined the list of countries to ban the superhero film over a same-sex kissing scene. The movie, which premiered on…

NFVCB: FG Frowns at Movies Glorifying Criminals

Adedayo Thomas, the CEO of the National Film and Video Censors Board ( NFVCB ), specifically cautioned movie makers that films that only glorify villains would not be authorized. Mr Thomas made the remarks on Monday in Calabar at the start of a five-day capacity building workshop on censorship and categorization for chosen University of Calabar Theatre and Media Studies students. ”Nigerian…

Buhari re-appoints heads of NCAC, NTDC, NFVCB

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reappointment of Otunba Segun Runsewe as Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), for another term of four years. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. He said the president also reappointed Mr Folorunso Coker, as Director-General,…