AREWA24, the leading Hausa language entertainment and lifestyle channel in
\nNigeria, announces a slate of new premium programming for Q4 and Q1 2019, including the launch of the channel\u2019s much-anticipated new original Hausa drama series in January, complementing its current long-running and award-winning series, \u201cDadin Kowa.\u201d The ambitious new drama series is currently in production, and is expected to set a new standard for originality and quality in Hausa language television production.
\nAREWA24\u2019s new slate of programs launching in October includes \u201cAmo Daga Arewa.\u201d This primetime music series features live performances and interviews with the incredibly talented musicians from across the North, including traditional music genres, as well as R&B, soul and religious. \u201cAmo Daga Arewa\u201d brings together the more traditional elements of the rich Northern Nigerian music culture, adding to
\nAREWA24\u2019s already popular Hip Hop programs.
\nRe-launching in the fourth quarter with a brand new format and hosts, \u201cMatasa@360\u201d is a contemporary, street-wise and relevant youth show, focusing on the talent, innovation, and creativity of Northern Nigerian youth. The show also addresses the very real challenges facing young people in the region and the pressures they experience on a daily basis. The show\u2019s regular featured segments explore how Northern Nigerian youth navigate daily life, relationships, media, entrepreneurship, performing arts, current affairs, campus life, technology and other areas that youth from all over the world can relate to.
\nAREWA24 has also green-lit a fourth season of \u201cHaske: Matan Arewa,\u201d featuring the dynamic women from Northern Nigeria as they tell their stories intimately and passionately. Breaking social and cultural barriers to becoming leaders, traders, teachers, entrepreneurs, rural activists, filmmakers and more, these amazing women share their successes, their struggles, their disappointments and their triumphs.
\nRounding out AREWA24\u2019s new Q4 programming lineup are dozens of Kannywood\u2019s newest and best films from the industry\u2019s top directors, producers and actors. AREWA24 now rivals any channel in the region when it comes to showcasing the most and the best Kannywood films. The channel has also licensed new shows for young viewers who watch its popular morning and afternoon Children\u2019s block.
\nAREWA24 also announces two major executive programming and production hires at its Kano studio: Kadiri Yusef and Evans Ejiogu, each of whom brings their long experience and stellar track records in the Lagos television and media sector to Kano.<\/p>\n
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Kadiri Yusef is a veteran executive of the programming and production staff at Silverbird Television, where he worked from 2004 to 2017. Kadiri became Silverbird\u2019s Head of Television Production in 2006 where he directed most of Silverbird\u2019s flagship shows, and all of its live broadcast programs. At AREWA24, Kadiri is in charge of directing all of the channel\u2019s diverse studio-based shows and formats.
\nEvans Ejiogu has been a successful television content creator, producer, director, writer and video editor.
\nAlong with his programming and production experience across formats and genres, Evans also brings to AREWA24 his extensive commercial skills honed from a decade in the corporate communications and advertising sectors. Evans\u2019 work in theatre, television drama, short films, commercial production, radio and online digital content, helps raise the overall level of expertise and production quality at AREWA24.
\nSays Jacob Arback, AREWA24\u2019s CEO, \u201cwe are very fortunate to have programming executives of such caliber and professional pedigree working at AREWA24. Evans and Kadiri are not only contributing to our already high performing programming staff and raising the channel\u2019s production values, they are also helping to grow and further professionalize Northern Nigeria\u2019s television and media sector.\u201d
\nABOUT AREWA24: AREWA24 was launched in 2014 to fill a glaring void of locally-produced Hausa language entertainment and lifestyle programming that reflects pride in Northern Nigerian life, culture, music, film, art, cooking and sports. Today, AREWA24 is available to over 80 million Hausa speakers in Nigeria and West Africa through its Eutelsat satellite free-to-air broadcast, and, in Nigeria, on the StarTimes pay bouquet (channel#138), on the StarTimes DTH satellite platform (channel#538) and on the two Multichoice pay platforms, DStv (channel #261) and GOtv (channel #101). AREWA24\u2019s original productions are also uploaded weekly to youtube.com\/AREWA24channel, and the channel benefits from active audience engagement across its digital platforms at AREWA24.com, facebook.com\/AREWA24,
\nInstagram.com\/AREWA24channel, and twitter.com\/AREWA24channel.
\nFor additional information please contact: info@arewa24.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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