Board approves 79 new movies in Nigeria

Nigeria’s National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB)
says that 79 movies were verified and approved to enter the entertainment market in September.
A statement issued by Mr Caesar Kagho, Acting Head, Corporate Affairs of NFVCB in Abuja said that 11 of the movies approved were feature length films for cinema exhibition, while 68 were for home viewership.

The statement said that the September approvals showed a marginal improvement of nine films over the August figure of 70 movies.

According to the statement, there are 31 Yoruba language home movies, 20 English language films, 16 Hausa films and two Bini films in the list of approved films.

It added that in the movies for home viewership, 29 have 15-year-old classification grade, while 38 are classified 18-year-old for adult viewership and one movie rated “12” and one “PG” (Parental Guidance) for both adults and children accompanied by a known adult.

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