Nkiru Njoku

{{Short description|Nigerian screenwriter and producer (born 1980)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}

{{Use Nigerian English|date=September 2022}}

{{Notability|Bio|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Nkiru Njoku

| image =

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption =

| birth_name = Nkiru Njoku

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1980}}

| birth_place = Nigeria

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality = Nigerian

| other_names =

| occupation = {{flatlist|

• screenwriter
• writer
• producer}}

| spouse =

| children = 1

| years_active =

| known_for =

| notable_works =

}}

Nkiru Njoku {{IPAc-en||audio=Ig-Nkiru Njoku.ogg}} (born 1980) is a Nigerian screenwriter, writer and video producer.{{Cite web |date=2016-03-08 |title=INTERVIEW: Men are threatened when women want off-screen jobs, says Nkiru Njoku |url=https://www.thecable.ng/interview-men-are-threatened-when-women-want-off-screen-jobs-says-nkiru-njoku |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=TheCable |language=en-US}} She is the head writer of M-net's Tinsel, a Nigerian soap that started airing in 2008.{{cite web|url=https://www.thecable.ng/interview-men-are-threatened-when-women-want-off-screen-jobs-says-nkiru-njoku|title=INTERVIEW: Men are threatened when women want off-screen jobs, says Nkiru Njoku|work=TheCable|author=Ogechi Ekeanyanwu|date=8 March 2016|accessdate=25 September 2016}} In 2016 Njoku was the head content producer of Project Fame West Africa.{{cite web|url=http://www.olisa.tv/2016/02/i-am-feminist-i-am-intense-i-dont-do-half-measures-an-interview-with-nkiru-njoku/|title="I am feminist. I am intense. I don't do half-measures." – An interview with Nkiru Njoku|website=www.olisa.tv|author=Yvonne Chinyere Anoruo|date=4 February 2016|accessdate=25 September 2016}}

file:Ayanda Makayi Sol and thuli in episode 52.png

Njoku was one of the lead writers on MTV Shuga Alone Together in 2020 where she wrote and remotely directed the actors in some of the 70 nightly episodes.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=21 July 2020|title=MTV Shuga: Alone Together {{!}} Episode 52|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbLbfCphSyM|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=23 August 2020|website=YouTube}} Njoku wrote the final episode and it was directed by the other lead writer Tunde Aladese.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42_BuPfXAso MTV Shuga: Alone Together | Episode 70]