Hauwa Allahbura is a Northern Nigerian businesswoman from Kanam Local Government, Plateau State, born in Lagos State, Nigeria. She is a political activist, an advocate of peace and good governance, and founder of Pull-up Naija, a group that sensitizes the Nigerian youth on the modus operandi of participating actively in the election process.[1][2][3] She is also a Nollywood film producer. She is the CEO of Cut24 Productions and she has produced and directed several films including Gidi Blues (2016) The Eve (2018) and Code Wilo (2019).[4][5][6][7]
She was born in Lagos State, Nigeria, into a family of customs officers. She hails from Plateau State, Kanam Local Government, where her father originates from. Because of the nature of her father's job, she attended primary schools in three different places; the Crescent International School, Lagos; the Crescent International School, Kano; and the French International School, Badagry. For her secondary school, she attended the Police Secondary School, Minna, Niger State; and Federal Government College, Ilorin, Kwara State. She obtained her first degree in History and international Studies from Nasarawa State University, Keffi. She is also a graduate of London Film Academy; New York Film Academy, Montana State University and also has a Diploma from Harvard University on Negotiation Mastery. [8][9]
Family Background and History
Late Ilyasu Yakubu Allahbura, a Retired Deputy Controller of Custom, was the father of Hauwa Allahbura. He was the second child of Late Mal. Yakubu Allahbura Pate, a retired headmaster with the defunct Northern Region, who was the son of Mal Salihu Allabura Muhammad (Pate), one of the descendants of Muhammad Maki, the founder of Kanam Emirate's council of the Nazum clan of the Bakwaye ruling house in Kano, from the Kano Emirate.
Career
Allahbura started her acting career as a True TV presenter. She went for audition, and she was selected to join the Mnet Family TV on DSTV she was playing the character of Maro in Tinsel. Since then, she has featured and produced different movies including Battle Ground: African Magic, Las Gidi Vice, Gidi Blues (2016) The Eve (2018), Code Wilo (2019).[4][6][9] She encouraged youth to partake in the 2023 Nigerian general election.[10]
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