Ali Nuhu is a Nigerian actor, director, producer, scriptwriter, and choreographer. In over two decades, Ali Nuhu has starred as an actor in about 500 films in Nollywood and Kannywood movie industries. He is a highly decorated entertainer with numerous accolades to his credit for his roles in featured movies. Ali Nuhu played the character of Dan in the 2012 award-winning film, Last Flight to Abuja. Ali Nuhu is married to Maimuna Garba.
This is all you need to know about Ali Nuhu’s wife, Maimuna Garba:
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Early Life and Education
Maimuna Garba is from one of the States in the Northern region of Nigeria. She has received elementary and secondary school education. However, information on higher learning cannot be determined.
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Marriage and Family Life
Maimuna Garba and Ali Nuhu got married in 2003 per the Islamic rites – Nikkah Ceremony. The marriage has lasted for about two decades and has produced three children, comprising of two daughters and a son. The daughters are Fatima Mohammed Nuhu and Nawahir Mohammed Nuhu, while the son is Ahmad Mohammed Nuhu. Though Ali Nuhu is a practicing Muslim faithful, Maimuna Garba remains his only wife. The actor’s marital and family life with his wife and children is sheltered from the public. However, the actor in several interviews and social media posts does render applaudable assertions about his marriage and the positive spousal support his wife, Maimuna Garba gives.
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Occupation
As a wife to a top actor and a mother to three kids, Maimuna Garba is a homemaker.
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Who is Ali Nuhu?
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Early Life and Education
Ali Mohamed Nuhu was born on March 15, 1974, in Maiduguri, Borno State to Late Mr. Nuhum Polom and Late Hajia Fatima Karderam Digema. Ali Nuhu is originally from the Balanga town of Gombe State but he spent his childhood days growing up in the cities of Kano and Jos where he obtained his elementary and secondary school education. He attended Riga Special Primary School in Sabon Gari, Kano State, where he obtained his First School Leaving Certificate. Due to Polomo Nuhu’s business which took him from one state to the other, Ali Nuhu attended secondary school in Plateau State. He obtained his secondary school education from Government Secondary Commercial School, Tofa, and Science Secondary School, Tofa, all in the capital city of Jos, Plateau State. Equipped with his Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, Ali Nuhu applied to study Geography from the University of Jos, Plateau State. He bagged a Bachelor’s degree In Geography on successful completion of his undergraduate program. In a bid to hone his acting talent, Ali Nuhu sought to acquire further education that would prepare him for the movie entertainment industry. Thereafter, Ali Nuhu attended the University of Southern California where he acquired a degree in Film Production and Cinematic Arts and then proceeded to India to study at the Asian School of Media Studies, New Delhi.
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Career
1999 was the start of Ali Nuhu’s foray into the acting realm. He made his debut feature as an actor in the 1999 film, Abin Sirri Ne. Ali Nuhu is one actor that has successfully been able to conveniently blend as an actor in both the English-speaking Nollywood industry and the Kannywood movie industry. For about twenty-three years in the movie industry, Ali Nuhu has featured in about 500 movies, with a huge chunk of them being Kannywood films. Some of his featured movies worth mentioning include One Last Night, The Million, Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons, Banana Island Ghosts, Ojukoro: Greed, Confusion Na Wa, Beautiful Soul, Bitter Generation 1,2,3 and 4, Sitanda, Carbin Kwai, Madubin Dubawa, Blood and Henna, Wani Hanin, Dear Affy, Diamonds in the Sky, and several others.
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Awards and Recognition
Ali Nuhu has gained massive recognition in the Nollywood and Kannywood movie industries, in terms of size of the audience, number of films featured in, as well as accolades. For his contributions to the movie industry, he has received several awards such as Best Actor in 2005 Arewa Film Award, Best Upcoming Actor award in 2007 3rd Africa Movie Academy Awards, Best Actor in 2008 The Future Award, Best Actor in 2014 City People Entertainment Award, Kannywood Face in 2014 City People Entertainment Award, Most Outstanding Actor in 2015 19th African Film Awards, Best Actor (Hausa) in 2015 Best of Nollywood Awards, Excellent Entertainer award in 2016 Wazobia FM’s COWA Awards, and Best Actor in 2021 Northern Film Makers, amongst others.