Veteran Nollywood Actor, Ayobami Akinwale, Is Dead

Date: 2020-09-16

The actor was also a university professor.

A veteran Nollywood actor and academic, Abayomi Akinwale, is dead.

Mr Akinwale who was a professor of theatre, was best known for his role in the 1997 Nollywood classic , 'Sango'.

Kunle Akogun, Director of Corporate Affairs of the University of Ilorin who confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria, said he died on Sunday after an illness.

In his lifetime, he starred in films like Ladepo Omo Adanwo (2005), Iranse Aje (2007) and many others.

He was also an accomplished movie producer, a laureate of the African Movie Academy Award (AMAA) and one of the best directors of his time.

Fans and well wishers of the ace actor, have taken to social media to pen heart-warming tributes to him.

The deceased who was also the chairman of Oyo State Council for Arts and Culture, began his acting career in the 1970s by featuring in several television and drama productions.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Saidu Isa     Saka Keji     Bibire Ajape     Principal Private Secretary     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Emir Of Lafiagi     New Nigeria People’s Party     Plat Technologies Limited     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Hassan Taiye Salam     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Oyedepo     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Dankaka     Innocent Okoye     Kayode Laro     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Olatunde Jare     Olabode Towoju     Abubakar Imam     Imam Gambari     Adama Isa     Taofeeq Olateju     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Irepodun     Kwara State Government     Kolawole Bashirat     Abdulwahab Ololele     Salami Adekunle     Saheed Akinwumi     Charles Ibitoye     Maryam A. Garuba     IF-K     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Bola Tinubu     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Share-Tsaragi     Muhammed Aliyu     Okanlawon Musa     Laduba     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Saka Abimbola Isau     Ishaq Salman     Ajakaye     Adisa Logun     Tayo Alao     Tunji Olawuyi     Adesoye     Oloje     Sheikh Ariyibi     Abdulmumini Jawondo     ENetSuD     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Saad Omo Iya     Salaudeen Oyewale     Joseph Offorjama     MATTA Girls Foundation     Arandun     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Adekunle David Dunmade     Mohammed Saidu     Kwara Poly     Peter Obi     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Senate Presidency     Kwara NIPR     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Segun Olawoyin     CBT     Babatunde Idiagbon     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Otunba Taiwo Joseph    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Oke-Ode     Olateju Lukman     COVID     KWTV     Bayo Ojo     Olusegun Adeniyi     LAK Jimoh     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Issa Manzuma     Alliance For Democracy     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     3MTT     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Ibrahim Labaika     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Saliu Tunde Bello     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Adegoke Bamidele     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     David Adesina     Oniwa     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Yusuf Mubarak     Curfew     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Cornelius Adebayo     Principal Private Secretary     Ado Ibrahim     Naira Redesign     Kwabes     Kwara Volleyball Association     Suleiman Idris     Rafiu Olasile     Dan Masanin     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Forgo Battery     ASKOMP     Agboola Abdulraheem     Binta Sulyman     Ola Falade     Rebecca Bake     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Ajikobi     Barakat Community Secondary School     Ijagbo Health Centre     Budo Egba     Muslim Cementary     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Jani Ibrahim     General Hospital, Offa     Awodun     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Igosun     Tunde Saad     Mohammed Abduraheem     Oke-Ero     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Mohammed Yisa     Maryam Nurudeen     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Kazeem Gbolagade     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Kayode Ibrahim     Okin Biscuits     PPS     Leke Ogungbe     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Kayode Laro     Ahmad Lawan     Javed Khan     Alapado     AbdulHamid Adi