Hadiza Aliyu, popularly known as Hadiza Gabon, a Nigerian actress, is currently trending on social media, with people commenting and asking questions about ‘unprofessional’ comments she made during her talk show. With her now-famous Gabon’s Room Talk Show, the successful Kannywood diva is gradually transitioning from acting to hosting a talk show.
Bala Musa, a civil servant, recently dragged the actress to court for allegedly refusing to marry him after spending N396,000 on her, a claim she denied.
Remember that the show began with Dandalin Hadiza Gabon early last year? The first episode aired on September 19, 2022, and featured Hadiza Gabon speaking with one Sa’adatu Lawan.
She also spoke with Daudau Kahutu Rarara, a popular Kannywood singer.
During her chat with Rarara, she inquired about his relationship with his estranged friend Abdul Amart Maikwashewa whom he claimed was his boy.
Abdul Amart later appeared on the show and denied Rarara’s claim, saying that he has been the producer since the beginning and has used his own money.
Remember how web series films have gradually taken over the Hausa film industry since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down cinemas around the world, causing a surge in online movie streaming?
Unlike many Kannywood producers, Hadiza Gabon chose a talk show over a web series.
The episode with musician El-mu’az Birniwa, in which she asked him about his colleague Hannatu Bashir, elicited the most comments from netizens.
“Everyone knows she’s your girl friend,” she said.
Birniwa, visibly enraged, replied, “No, unless you want them to know right now.” If everyone is aware, I don’t need to discuss it here.”
Later in the conversation, Birniwa stated that if he had known she would ask such questions, he would have declined the invitation.
At the end of the interview, Birniwa, seemingly in retaliation, acknowledged that the actress has been helping people with her philanthropic gestures, which are well known, but asked her, “Where are you getting your money from?”
She responded that she has side businesses that Allah has blessed.
When he insisted on knowing about the businesses, she explained that she was into fashion design, acting, and running a company.
He went on to say that she is no longer in the industry as she once was, and that he knows her shop in Kaduna, and that people need to know about the other side business she is doing with the company she mentioned.
Reacting, a lecturer with the Bauchi State University, Dr Furera Bagel, wrote on her Facebook page, “I think Hadiza Gabon is confused on what being a Talk show host is. She probably has been watching Mahdi Hassan’s Hard Talk or that Channels guy and wanted to fashion herself after their kind of journalism. But the problem is they are not holding a talk show with celebrities but interviews with mostly people in power who should be held accountable. Or perhaps she has watched the kinds of Jerry Springer show where people go willingly to wash their dirty linens in public. Problem is, I don’t think any of those celebrities on her show had signed for that. Please, Haba! This is abusing and can cause confusion in a matrimony home!” she said referring to the chat with Birniwa.
Na-Allah Mohammed Zagga, another writer, wrote “Hadiza Gabon’s interview style: “kowa yasan budurwar kace.” Everyone knows you’re going out with her. Wow! How can you ask a married person this kind of thoughtless question? Everyone? What if Zagga and others didn’t know about it? Is this an interview or a deposition, or an interrogation? Imagine Gabon is a married person and a TV interviewer tells her that ‘everyone knows that you’re going out with your producer’.
“Where is the sense of empathy in this kind of interview? What if her insinuations destroy the man’s marriage? Can a talk show be deemed a success if it ruins people’s lives or destroys their marriages? Excessive interrogation into a man’s private life instead of focusing on his successes or failures in the film industry is annoying. You must respect your guest’s right to privacy. You shouldn’t insist on hanging your guest on issues that have nothing to do with public interest.”
This is the first of its kind, though other shows are taking place within the Kannywood circle.
There is also a show called “Dandalin Fasaha” by popular Kannywood director Kamal S. Alkala, and one called “Gwani na gwanaye” by Mansurah Isah.
The veteran Ibrahim Mandawari’s show ‘Mushakata’ is also on hiatus.
Source: Daily Trust
