Ibrahim Sheme is a bilingual Nigerian writer, journalist, filmmaker, and publisher.
18 Facts About Ibrahim Sheme
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Ibrahim Sheme worked as editor and correspondent of many Nigerian newspapers, including Leadership, The Tide, New Nigerian, The Reporter, and Hotline Magazine.
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Ibrahim Sheme authored the official biography of the number two man in the military government of General Olusegun Obasanjo, the late Major-General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, and the official biography of the leading Hausa musician and singer, the late Mamman Shata.
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Ibrahim Sheme was the pioneer editor of Blueprint Newspaper and later its editor-in-chief.
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Ibrahim Sheme was born in Faskari Local Government Area, Katsina State, in 1968.
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Ibrahim Sheme received his undergraduate degree in Mass Communication from Bayero University, Kano, in 1989.
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Ibrahim Sheme served as secretary-general of the Katsina State Students Association.
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In 1993, after working as a journalist in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, and Kaduna, Ibrahim Sheme proceeded to the University of Wales in Cardiff, United Kingdom, where he received Master of Arts in Communication Studies in 1994.
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Ibrahim Sheme served as national publicity secretary of the Association of Nigerian Authors.
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Ibrahim Sheme is one of the leading authors and literary critics in northern Nigeria.
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Ibrahim Sheme was a central figure in the debate over Hausa romance fiction which raged in several newspapers and magazines in northern Nigeria between 1991 and 1999.
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Ibrahim Sheme took the debate to other media houses where he subsequently worked as editor or literary editor: Hotline and Rana magazines, New Nigerian, Weekly Trust, and Leadership newspaper.
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Ibrahim Sheme was the pioneer secretary-general of ANA in Kaduna State.
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Ibrahim Sheme has been linked to the robust filmmaking industry in northern Nigeria known as Kannywood.
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Ibrahim Sheme wrote the script for many Hausa movies and even produced some.
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Ibrahim Sheme's movies include Gagarabadau, Daren Farko, and Fargaba.
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Ibrahim Sheme took over the monthly magazine as sole owner in 2002 and has been publishing it without fail since then.
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The magazine Bidiyo, which Ibrahim Sheme founded with a focus solely on the art of filmmaking, was rested after 10 editions due to low patronage because the readers preferred the scintillating gossip and lifestyle news Fim magazine provides.