Yakubu Mohammed (alias: Yakubu Usman Shehu Abubakar El-Nafati[4]) (born 25 March 1973) is a Nigerian actor, producer, director, singer and script writer. He is a Globacom ambassador,[5] SDGs ambassador and at a time, an ambassador for Nescafe Beverage.[citation needed] He has sung over 1000 songs, featured in over 100 Hausa films and more than 40 English films some of which includes; Lionheart, 4th Republic, Sons of the Caliphate and MTV Shuga which earned him City People Entertainment Awards[6] and Nigeria Entertainment Awards.
Yakubu Muhammed | |
|---|---|
 Nigerian actor, Yakubu Muhammad performing on stage | |
| Born | 25 March 1973 |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Education | Mass Communication (BSc) |
| Alma mater | University of Jos, Bayero University Kano[2] |
| Occupation(s) | Film actor, producer, director, singer,[3] script writer |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Known for | |
Career
editYakubu Mohammed started off in Kannywood as at 1998 writing scripts and working behind the scene. Along the line, he got trained on the job whilst rising through the ranks and files and in no time found himself calling the shots. Yakubu as a music artist has recorded over 1000 songs for film music and albums in Hausa and English. After working from the background for so long he got his first movie gig in Gabar Cikin Gida[7] in 2013 [8] where he got featured alongside his friend and partner Sani Musa Danja. He made a cross over to Nollywood in 2016 with a debut in Sons of the Caliphate together with his colleague Rahama Sadau[9] and also got featured in MTV's Shuga and Lionheart.[10]
Nollywood movies
edit| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Sons of The Caliphate[11] | Dikko | TV Series
25 episodes |
| 2017 | MTV Shuga Naija[12] | ||
| Queen Amina[13] | |||
| 2018 | Make Room[14] | ||
| 2018 | LionHeart[15] | Hamza Maikano | |
| Asawana | |||
| 2019 | 4th Republic[16] | Danladi | |
| 2019 | Tenant of The House[17] | Hon. Samuel | |
| 2015 | Dark Closet[18] | ||
| 2018 | Fantastic Numbers[19] | Comedy Drama | |
| 2016 | Walking Away[20] | ||
| My Village Bride[21] | |||
| Chauffeur[22] | |||
| 2015 | Damaged Petals[23] | Jerry | |
| Bunmi's Diary[citation needed] | |||
| 2015 | Power of Tomorrow[24] | Agent Kingsley | Drama |
| My Neighbor's Wife[25] | |||
| 2017 | My Wife's Lover[26] | Francis | Drama |
| 2013 | Blue Flames[27] | ||
| April Hotel[28] | |||
| 2017 | Women | Demola | Drama |
| Wings of A Dove[29] | |||
| 2020 | Badamasi | Prof. Jibril Aminu | Biography / History / Thriller |
Kannywood movies
edit| ND | Cikin Waye |
| 2013 | Gabar Cikin Gida |
| Da Kai Zan Gana | |
| Mai Farin Jini | |
| Nas | |
| Romeo Da Jamila | |
| Sani Nake So | |
| Shu'uma (The Evil Woman) | |
| 2014 | Soyayya Da Shakuwa |
| So Aljannar Duniya | |
| Sai A Lahira | |
| Munubiya | |
| Hakkin Miji | |
| Duniyar Nan | |
| Bikin Yar Gata | |
| 2015 | Kayar Ruwa |
| 2016 | Son of Caliphate |
| Hawaye Na | |
| Yar Mulki |
References
edit- ^ "Yakubu Mohammad [HausaFilms.TV – Kannywuud, Fina-finai, Hausa Movies, TV and Celebrities]". hausafilms.tv. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "10 Things You Didn't Know About Yakubu Mohammed". Youth Village Nigeria. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ Adelaja, Tayo (2 February 2018). "Ban Taba Son Waka A Raina Ba – Yakubu Mohammed". Leadership Hausa Newspapers (in Hausa). Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ HADIZA GABON: Hira Ta Musamman Da Yakub Muhammed Daga Dandalin Hadiza Gabon Official Video 2022, 15 December 2022, retrieved 8 January 2023
- ^ "The list of Glo ambassadors according to globacom website". 16 August 2011.
- ^ "Kannywood: Yakubu Mohammed, Hannatu Bashar, five others bag awards in Lagos". Premium Times Nigeria. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Dandalin Fasahar Fina-finai – Salon Rubuta Labari a Fim" (in Hausa). Radio France Internationale. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ Lere, Mohammad (10 June 2013). "Kannywood's Yakubu Mohammed stars in 20 movies in two months". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "sadau goes to mtv shuga". guardian.ng. The Guardian. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ Nwabuikwu, Onoshe (13 January 2019). "Nollywood Meets Kannywood in Lionheart". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Sons of the Caliphate". Ebony life tv. 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Kannywood stars Rahamu Sadau, Yakubu Mohammed among cast of MTV Shuga". 21 September 2017.
- ^ "TRAILER: Izu Ojukwu's period movie on the legend of Queen Amina". Queen Amina Movie. 7 September 2017.
- ^ "Makeroom". Mingoroom. 8 November 2018.
- ^ "The Lion Heart". 13 January 2019.
- ^ "4th Republic premier stuns Lagos film denizens". 4th Republic. 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Tenants of the house".
- ^ "Dark Closet Nollywood Movie". 23 February 2015.
- ^ "Fantastic Numbers Nollywood Movie".
- ^ "Walking Away Nollywood REinvented". 10 November 2016.
- ^ "My Village Bride – Liz Benson, Patience Ozokwor,Vitalis Ndubuisi, Bobby Obodo,Calista Okoronkwo, Mohammed Yakubu".
- ^ "Bobby Obodo loss his right eye while on movie set with Rita Dominic". 14 January 2017.
- ^ "damaged-petal-nigeria". 2015.
- ^ "power-of-tomorrow-". 25 April 2015.
- ^ "my-neighbours-wives". 16 September 2017.
- ^ "My wifes-lover-nonso-diobi-munachi-abii- yakubu". 28 February 2017.
- ^ "premiere-of-blue-flames/". 25 April 2013.
- ^ "yakubu-mohammed-wins-city-peoples-best.html/April hotel". 7 August 2016.
- ^ "zack-orji-sani-danja-yakubu-mohammed-star-omoni-obolis-wings-dove". 10 September 2018.
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