Yakubu Muhammed

Yakubu Mohammed (born 25 March 1973) is a Nigerian film actor, producer, director and script writer. He is Globacom ambassador,[4] SDGs ambassador and at one-time was an ambassador for Nescafe Beverage. Yakubu Mohammed is an actor of repute and household name in both Kannywood and Nollywood, he has sang over 1000 of songs, featured in over 100 of Hausa films and more than 40 English films including Lionheart and shuga naija, which earned him several nominations and awards such as City People Entertainment Awards[5] and Nigeria Entertainment Awards.

Yakubu Muhammed
Born
Yakubu Mohammed

(1973-03-25) 25 March 1973
Bauchi, Nigeria[1]
NationalityNigerian
EducationMass Communication (BSc)
Alma materUniversity of Jos, Bayero University Kano[2]
OccupationFilm Actor, producer, director, Singer,[3] Script Writer
Years active1998–present

Career

Yakubu Mohammed Started off kannywood in 1998 by writing script and working behind the scene, he trained on the job, rose through the ranks and in no time he found himself calling the shot. Yakubu Mohammed has recorded over 1000 songs for film music and albums in Hausa and English. After working from the background for so long Yakubu Mohammed appeared in his first movie titled Gabar Cikin Gida[6] in 2013,[7] he featured the movie alongside with his friend and partner Sani Musa Danja. He made it to Nollywood 2016 where he debuted in son of caliphate, Shuga Naija alongside with his colleagues Rahama Sadau[8] and Lionheart.[9]

Nollywood Movies
Title Year
Sons of The Caliphate[10] 2016
MTV Shuga Naija[11] 2017
Queen Amina[12]
Makeroom[13]
LionHeart[14]
Asawana
4th Republic[15]
Tenant of The House[16]
Dark Closet[17]
Fantastic Numbers[18]
Walking Away[19]
My Village Bride[20]
Chauffeur[21]
Damaged Petals[22]
Bunmi's Diary
Power of Tomorrow[23]
My Neighbor's Wife[24]
My Wife's Lover[25]
Blue Flames[26]
April Hotel[27]
Women
Wings of A Dove[28]

Kannywood Movies
Cikin Waye ND
Gabar Cikin Gida 2013
Da Kai Zan Gana 2013
Mai Farin Jini 2013
Nas 2013
Romeo Da Jamila 2013
Sani Nake So 2013
Shu'uma (The Evil Woman) 2013
Soyayya Da Shakuwa 2014
So Aljannar Duniya 2014
Sai A Lahira 2014
Munubiya 2014
Hakkin Miji 2014
Duniyar Nan 2014
Bikin Yar Gata 2014
Kayar Ruwa 2015
Son of Caliphate 2016
Hawaye Na 2016
Yar Mulki 2016

References
  1. "Yakubu Mohammad [HausaFilms.TV – Kannywood, Fina-finai, Hausa Movies, TV and Celebrities]". hausafilms.tv. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. "10 Things You Didn't Know About Yakubu Mohammed". Youth Village Nigeria. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. Adelaja, Tayo (2 February 2018). "Ban Taba Son Waka A Raina Ba – Yakubu Mohammed". Leadership Hausa Newspapers (in Hausa). Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. "The list of Glo ambassadors according to globacom website". 16 August 2011.
  5. "Kannywood: Yakubu Mohammed, Hannatu Bashar, five others bag awards in Lagos". Premium Times Nigeria. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  6. "Dandalin Fasahar Fina-finai – Salon Rubuta Labari a Fim" (in Hausa). Radio France Internationale. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  7. Lere, Mohammad (10 June 2013). "Kannywood's Yakubu Mohammed stars in 20 movies in two months". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  8. "sadau goes to mtv shuga". guardian.ng. The Guadian. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  9. Nwabuikwu, Onoshe. "Nollywood Meets Kannywood in Lionheart". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  10. "Sons of the Caliphate". Ebony life tv.
  11. "Kannywood stars Rahamu Sadau, Yakubu Mohammed among cast of MTV Shuga". 21 September 2017.
  12. "TRAILER: Izu Ojukwu's period movie on the legend of Queen Amina". Queen Amina Movie. 7 September 2017.
  13. "Makeroom". Mingoroom. 8 November 2018.
  14. "The Lion Heart". 13 January 2019.
  15. "4th Republic premier stuns Lagos film denizens". 4th Republic. 12 April 2019.
  16. "Tenants of the house".
  17. "Dark Closet Nollywood Movie". 23 February 2015.
  18. "Fantastic Numbers Nollywood Movie".
  19. "Walking Away Nollywood REinvented". 10 November 2016.
  20. "My Village Bride – Liz Benson, Patience Ozokwor,Vitalis Ndubuisi, Bobby Obodo,Calista Okoronkwo, Mohammed Yakubu".
  21. "Bobby Obodo loss his right eye while on movie set with Rita Dominic". 14 January 2017.
  22. "damaged-petal-nigeria". 2015.
  23. "power-of-tomorrow-". 25 April 2015.
  24. "my-neighbours-wives". 16 September 2017.
  25. "My wifes-lover-nonso-diobi-munachi-abii- yakubu". 28 February 2017.
  26. "premiere-of-blue-flames/". 25 April 2013.
  27. "yakubu-mohammed-wins-city-peoples-best.html/April hotel". 7 August 2016.
  28. "zack-orji-sani-danja-yakubu-mohammed-star-omoni-obolis-wings-dove". 10 September 2018.
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