Nigerian Filmaking Facing One Year Ban After Sex Tape

Politicians in Nigeria are calling for a one-year ban on local filmmaking after one of the country's actresses was embroiled in a sex tape scandal. The unnamed woman has gone into hiding after appearing in the eight-minute amateur sex video. The actress and her boyfriend appear naked in the short film, which was recorded for private use on a mobile phone.But the footage has been leaked to a mobile phone network.Now the government of Nigeria's predominantly Muslim state of Kano has called for a 12 month cessation of the local movie industry in an attempt to clean it up.The state's Filmmakers Association has already expelled 17 of its members for suspected involvement in "immoral acts such as drunkenness and fornication", even though they were not connected to the sex video.