Hon. Nuhu Poloma ya kasance dan siyasa mai kishin kasa kuma mahaifin fitaccen jarumin Kannywood, Ali Nuhu. Ya kasance shugaban jam'iyyar PDP reshen jihar Gombe kafin ya rasu. An haife shi a ranar 2 ga Satumba 1941 a Gelengu, Bauchi shekarar. Ya kasance na biyu da haihuwa a gurin mahaifinsa Mahaifinsa Malam Yarda Poloma. yarda paloma malami ne a Gelengu da ke jihar Gombe yayin da mahaifiyarsa Madam Sindaba Poloma ce. Ya auri Mrs. Ansa Poloma (nee Obong) kuma aurensu ya albarkaci ‘ya’ya hudu – Ali Nuhu, Kabiru Nuhu, Samaila Nuhu ya yi karatun firamare da sakandire a makarantar SIM dake Gelengu, jihar Gombe, daga shekarar 1951 – 1958. Daga nan ya wuce makarantar P. £r T. Kaduna inda ya samu shaidar horar da ‘yan kasa (Territorial Training Certificate) bayan ya yi karatu na tsawon shekaru 2, daga 1960 – 1962. Ya kasance a Federal Training Centre (FTC) Kaduna daga 1963 zuwa 1964 kuma ya sami takardar shedar karatun sakatariya. Domin neman takardar shedar karatun boko, Nuhu ya kawar da yakin basasar Najeriya a lokacin da ya tafi kasar Amurka domin ci gaba da karatunsa.