The contributions of foremost culture and film journalist Shaibu Husseini to the growth and development of Nollywood film industry has been recognized by the organisers of the annual Nollywood Film Festival, Germany (NFFG). Shaibu, a widely travelled culture journalist who writes for The Guardian was awarded the ‘Best Film Journalist and Nollywood Critic Award’ by the organisers of the festival at a special gala and award night held at the SaalBau event centre, Frankfurt, Germany. Others who were honoured at the well-attended award ceremony include popular Nollywood actress Patience Ozokwo, notable comic actor Victor Osuagwu, Publisher of High Society Magazine Charles Nwagbara and Managing Director of Richfield Technologies Limited Donald Peterson
Festival director and Chief Executive Officer of Ehizoya Golden Entertainment Isaac Izoya explained that the award ceremony was instituted to honour distinguished off and on screen personalities who in the words of Izoya have contributed immensely to the popularity and development of the Nollywood industry. ‘’Though we may be operating from abroad, we are still conversant with what is going on in Nollywood and the award is our own way of saying thank you to all those who are helping to keep the flame of Nollywood burning and the people we are recognizing this year form part of those who have helped to internationalize Nollywood’ Izoya said.
The contributions of foremost culture and film journalist Shaibu Husseini to the growth and development of Nollywood film industry has been recognized by the organisers of the annual Nollywood Film Festival, Germany (NFFG). Shaibu, a widely travelled culture journalist who writes for The Guardian was awarded the ‘Best Film Journalist and Nollywood Critic Award’ by the organisers of the festival at a special gala and award night held at the SaalBau event centre, Frankfurt, Germany. Others who were honoured at the well-attended award ceremony include popular Nollywood actress Patience Ozokwo, notable comic actor Victor Osuagwu, Publisher of High Society Magazine Charles Nwagbara and Managing Director of Richfield Technologies Limited Donald Peterson
Festival director and Chief Executive Officer of Ehizoya Golden Entertainment Isaac Izoya explained that the award ceremony was instituted to honour distinguished off and on screen personalities who in the words of Izoya have contributed immensely to the popularity and development of the Nollywood industry. ‘’Though we may be operating from abroad, we are still conversant with what is going on in Nollywood and the award is our own way of saying thank you to all those who are helping to keep the flame of Nollywood burning and the people we are recognizing this year form part of those who have helped to internationalize Nollywood’ Izoya said.
Speaking on the award to Shaibu, Izoya who is regarded as the Nigerian Cultural Ambassador to Europe stated that the award was long overdue because Ehizoya Entertainment Limited-the main facilitators of the festival have been following his work as a film journalist for over a decade and half now. ‘’We have been following his work and also note that he has attended nearly all the major festivals in the world writing on and promoting Nollywood. We found immense, his commitment and contributions to the development of the Nigerian motion picture sector’’ Izoya said.
An elated Shaibu who is reputed to be one of the most consistent documentarist of the Nigerian movie industry and who personally received the award in Frankfurt thanked the organisers for the recognition. He stated that he considers the recognition a greater call to do more for the arts and film industry. ‘’I consider this a call to greater service. It is one of the best awards I have received in recent time and it shows that people are reading and following your work and progress. I promise not to relent and I dedicate this to my wife Ruth and three people who have inspired me greatly- Jahman Anikulapo, Peace Anyiam Osigwe and Dorothee Wenner of the Berlin International Film Festival’’ Shaibu said.
An alumnus of the International Visitors Leadership Programme (IVLP) of the United States Department of State, Berlinale Talent Campus Press, the Lagos State University and the University of Lagos, Shaibu is an astute commentator on arts and film development in Nigeria and the continent of Africa. He has written extensively on the state of the performance arts and runs columns on film/video industry in several newspapers and journals. The Chair, for five years running now, of the College of Screeners of Africa’s premier film award-the African Movie Academy Award (AMAA) and a member of the prestigious AMAA jury, Shaibu has attended several conferences, workshops and film festivals and has sat on a number of local and international panels on film and allied matters including serving on the jury of a number of festivals and awards. He is currently the Secretary of the Governing Board of the National Theatre/ National Troupe of Nigeria and he sits on a number of Boards and advisory committee including the Board of Trustees of the Association of Movie Journalist of Nigeria, the advisory Board of the African Student International Film Festival and on the selection committee of the Nigeria Oscars Selection Committee (NOSC).
Speaking on the award to Shaibu, Izoya who is regarded as the Nigerian Cultural Ambassador to Europe stated that the award was long overdue because Ehizoya Entertainment Limited-the main facilitators of the festival have been following his work as a film journalist for over a decade and half now. ‘’We have been following his work and also note that he has attended nearly all the major festivals in the world writing on and promoting Nollywood. We found immense, his commitment and contributions to the development of the Nigerian motion picture sector’’ Izoya said.
An elated Shaibu who is reputed to be one of the most consistent documentary of the Nigerian movie industry and who personally received the award in Frankfurt thanked the organisers for the recognition. He stated that he considers the recognition a greater call to do more for the arts and film industry. ‘’I consider this a call to greater service. It is one of the best awards I have received in recent time and it shows that people are reading and following your work and progress. I promise not to relent and I dedicate this to my wife Ruth and three people who have inspired me greatly- Jahman Anikulapo, Peace Anyiam Osigwe and Dorothee Wenner of the Berlin International Film Festival’’ Shaibu said.
An alumnus of the International Visitors Leadership Programme (IVLP) of the United States Department of State, Berlinale Talent Campus Press, the Lagos State University and the University of Lagos, Shaibu is an astute commentator on arts and film development in Nigeria and the continent of Africa. He has written extensively on the state of the performance arts and runs columns on film/video industry in several newspapers and journals. The Chair, for five years running now, of the College of Screeners of Africa’s premier film award-the African Movie Academy Award (AMAA) and a member of the prestigious AMAA jury, Shaibu has attended several conferences, workshops and film festivals and has sat on a number of local and international panels on film and allied matters including serving on the jury of a number of festivals and awards. He is currently the Secretary of the Governing Board of the National Theatre/ National Troupe of Nigeria and he sits on a number of Boards and advisory committee including the Board of Trustees of the Association of Movie Journalist of Nigeria, the advisory Board of the African Student International Film Festival and on the selection committee of the Nigeria Oscars Selection Committee (NOSC).