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Yakubu Muhammed - Wikipedia

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Yakubu Muhammed
Nigerian actor, Yakubu Muhammad performing on stage
Born	(1973-03-25) 25 March 1973 (age 51) Gombe, Nigeria^[1]
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	Sons of the Caliphate Lionheart MTV Shuga 4th Republic

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.

Career

Yakubu 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

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

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

^ "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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