Popular Hausa skit maker, Umar Dan Kawu, who is popularly known as ‘Umar Bush,’ has been appointed as the Special Assistant on Entertainment to Hon. Mohammed Abba Isa. Hon. Isa serves as the Senior ...

The novels and films about the big West African ethnic group Hausa are very popular, albeit barely penetrating the language border. Carmen McCain has not just done her doctorate on Hausa literature ...

A popular Hausa film star Hauwa Ali Dodo, was among those who died in a motor accident on Friday along Saminaka between Plateau and Kaduna States. Confirming the death of the star, Secretary General, ...

Muhibbat Abdussalam is a famous Hausa film actress, producer and story writer in the popular Hausa film industry otherwise known as Kannywood. The actress is reinventing herself as an Islamic poet.

Governor Abba Kabir-Yusuf of Kano State, on Sunday, commiserated with the family, members of the Hausa film industry and Kwara State government over the passing of a veteran actor, Usman Baba Pategi, ...

The Kano State Censorship Board has placed an immediate ban on 22 Hausa-language film series, including well-known favourites like Labarina and Dadin Kowa, over allegations of bypassing established ...

The population of the Arabian Peninsula stems largely from the Bedouin tribes that have been living in the region for thousands of years. What’s less well known is that the area has long attracted ...

Kamilu Ibrahim is an artist, a script writer, a director and a producer known in the Kannywood as Dan Hausa. In this interview with Weekend Trust, the producer talks about his mission in the industry ...