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.

Okiki     Hassan Oyeleke     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Taofeek Ibraheem     Abubakar Lah     A.E. Afolabi     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Third Estate     Igbaja     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Yunus Oniboki     Nagode     Emir Of Shonga     Ilorin Amusement Park     Olosi Of Osi     RTEAN     Okanlawon Musa     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Jalala     Aminu Adisa Logun     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Rashidi Yekini     Okin High School     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Bukola Ajikobi     Unilorin FM     General Hospital     Issa Oloruntogun     Yoruba     Elesie Of Esie     CCB     Ayo Opadokun     Shonga Farm Project     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Javed Khan     Kwara Hotel     Salary     Okin Group     Abatemi Usman     Local Government     Mamatu Abdullahi     Femi Ogunsola     Mamman Saba Jibril     Suleman Abubakar     Salman Suleiman     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Women Radio     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Olabode George Towoju     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Afeyin-Olukuta     Paul Odama     Salihu Alhaji Musa     NIPOGA     Wahab Isa     Sa\'adu Salahu     Atiku     Pakata     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     TESCOM 2025     Kisra     NULGE     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Seun Bolaji     Oniwa     Sadiq Buhari     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Issa Manzuma     PPS     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Radio Kwara    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Dumagi     KWAFFA     Kwha.gov.ng     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Mohammed Danjuma     Tosho Yaqub     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Ogbondoroko     Sa\'adu Gambari     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Offa Grammer School     IESA     Aisha Gobir     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Egbejila     Ayedun     NITDA     Bareke     Femi Gbajabiamila     Muritala Olarewaju     Sobi FM     Patience Jonathan     Ladi Hassan     Ojuekun Sarumi     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Ibrahim Mashood     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Habeeb Saidu     Joseph Bamigboye     Unilorin FM     Baba Issa     Oladimeji Thompson     Shola Odetundun     Oko     Idris Garba     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Elerinjare     Kwara South     Kishira     Oyelere Oyinloye     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     NIPOGA     Sulyman Buhari     General Hospital     Kunbi Titiloye     Oyin-Zubair     Bolaji Aladie     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Women Radio     Sunday Popo-Ola     Yashikira     UTME     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     NNPP     Post Utme     IFK     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Islamic Development Bank     Sardauna     Yusuf Lawal     Bola Tinubu     Mohammed Abduraheem     Durosinlohun Atiku     Muhammed Danjuma     Dankaka     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Congress For National Consensus     Babata     Cassava Growers\' Association     Ahmed     Iyaloja-General     Olomu     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Sheu Ndanusa Usman