{"id":50485,"date":"2021-09-21T16:17:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T15:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=50485"},"modified":"2021-09-21T15:58:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T14:58:39","slug":"kano-govt-bans-movies-showing-kidnapping-drug-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-bans-movies-showing-kidnapping-drug-addiction","title":{"rendered":"Kano govt bans movies showing kidnapping, drug addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Kano Film Censorship Board, has henceforth prohibited showing or selling movies displaying kidnappings, drug addiction and snatching of GSM phones in the State.<\/p>\n

The Board Executive Secretary, Ismaila Naaba Afakallah, explained in a chat that the prohibition becomes necessary, as the issues at stake have now turned notorious among Citizens.<\/p>\n

\u201cHenceforth, we will not allow films displaying Kidnappings, drug addiction and GSM phones snatching which has now taken toll on Kano residents\u201d.<\/p>\n

Afakallah explained that the measure was aimed at curtailing the menace and reducing the possibility of young people adopting the criminal acts. He stated that if they see an Actor, they want to indulge in the acts.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot every young man has the tenacity of understanding fictitious films\u2019 actions. Somebody might mistake it as a reality and may go ahead to practice it, therefore, we must act now before it is too late,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Kano Film Censorship Board, has henceforth prohibited showing or selling movies displaying kidnappings, drug addiction and snatching of GSM phones in the State. The Board Executive Secretary, Ismaila Naaba Afakallah, explained in a chat that the prohibition becomes necessary, as the issues at stake have now turned notorious among Citizens. \u201cHenceforth, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":50484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,372,254],"class_list":["post-50485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-kano","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nKano govt bans movies showing kidnapping, drug addiction - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Kano Film Censorship Board, has henceforth prohibited showing or selling movies displaying kidnappings, drug addicti ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-bans-movies-showing-kidnapping-drug-addiction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kano govt bans movies showing kidnapping, drug addiction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Kano Film Censorship Board, has henceforth prohibited showing or selling movies displaying kidnappings, drug addicti ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-bans-movies-showing-kidnapping-drug-addiction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-21T15:17:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/09\/img-6149f30630c32.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"688\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-bans-movies-showing-kidnapping-drug-addiction#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-bans-movies-showing-kidnapping-drug-addiction\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kano govt bans movies showing kidnapping, drug addiction\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-21T15:17:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-bans-movies-showing-kidnapping-drug-addiction\"},\"wordCount\":159,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-bans-movies-showing-kidnapping-drug-addiction#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/09\/img-6149f30630c32.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Kano\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-bans-movies-showing-kidnapping-drug-addiction#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-bans-movies-showing-kidnapping-drug-addiction\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-bans-movies-showing-kidnapping-drug-addiction\",\"name\":\"Kano govt bans movies showing kidnapping, drug addiction - 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