🎬🇳🇬 TAIWO BABATUNDE HASSAN (OGOGO)
Born — 31 Oct 1959
Died — 23 Aug 2026
Actor
Screenwriter
Film Director
Producer
Acting career — 45yrs [1981–2026]
Full-time actor — 32yrs [1994–2026]
Films — 300+
EDUCATION
▪️ Christ Church School, Ilaro — Primary Education
▪️ Gazikia College, Lagos — Secondary Education
▪️ Technical College — Technical Education
EARLY CAREER
▪️ Trained as an automobile mechanic
▪️ Lagos State Water Corporation — 13yrs
▪️ 1981: Began acting career
▪️ 1994: Left Water Corporation to focus fully on acting
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
▪️ 1996: Breakthrough role in Owo Blow
▪️ Co-founded Odunfa Caucus with Yinka Quadri
▪️ 2010: Omo Ghetto
▪️ 2019: Tenant of the House
▪️ 2022: Aníkúlápó
▪️ 2024: Aníkúlápó: Rise of the Spectre
NOTABLE AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS 🎬🇳🇬
1997
🏆 THEMA — Best Actor (Owo Blow)
2023
🏆 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards — Best Supporting Actor (Aníkúlápó) — Nominated
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
▪️ Atitebi (1994)
▪️ Agbelebu (1995)
▪️ Agbo-Odaju (1995)
▪️ Danfo Driver (1995)
▪️ Dr Brown (1995)
▪️ Eni Bi Okan (1995)
▪️ Gogongo (1995)
▪️ Irawo Ayo (1995)
▪️ Ede (1996)
▪️ Ekun-Ayo (1996)
▪️ Iyawo Olele (1996)
▪️ Owo Blow Parts 2 & 3 (1996)
▪️ Adopted Child (1997)
▪️ Baba No Go Die (1997)
▪️ Ore Ojiji
▪️ Okan Soso (2004)
▪️ Omin (2008)
▪️ Elewon (2009)
▪️ Omo Ghetto (2010)
▪️ Aye O (2016)
▪️ Ọjọ Ẹyẹ Mi (2016)
▪️ Tenant of the House (2019)
▪️ Olokiki Oru: The Midnight Sensation (2019)
▪️ Amerah (2021)
▪️ Apala (2021)
▪️ Aníkúlápó (2022)
▪️ Bank Alert (2023)
▪️ IGE: The Unlikely Oil Merchant (2023)
▪️ Aníkúlápó: Rise of the Spectre (2024)
Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, built a 45-year career spanning Yoruba cinema and mainstream Nollywood, appearing in more than 300 films and remaining active across multiple generations of Nigerian cinema.
#StatiSense
The re-election of Governor Ademola Adeleke in the just-concluded Osun election is a fitting assurance that democracy will continue to flourish in our country under the All Progressives Congress administration.
I called Governor Ademola Adeleke @AAdeleke_01 earlier today to congratulate him on his election victory in Osun State. His victory once again confirmed the confidence the people of Osun State have in him.
I wish him great success as he prepares to lead the state for the next four years. Now that he has won, Governor Adeleke must unite the people of Osun State and rally them for growth, stability, and social and economic progress, regardless of the political choices they made at the election.
I salute the courage and discipline displayed by other contestants in the election. Their participation deepened and enriched our country’s democratic culture. The outcome of the election reflects the will of the people and is a fitting assurance that democracy will continue to flourish in our land.
I must also commend the Independent National Electoral Commission and the security agencies for conducting a peaceful and transparent election that produced a clear winner.
May our democracy continue to thrive and be strengthened
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu
President
IT IS OVER! 🎉
GOVERNOR ADEMOLA ADELEKE HAS WON A SECOND TERM.
All 30 LGA Results Declared By INEC:
Accord: 511,067 votes
APC: 444,815 votes
ADC: 17,180 votes
Against the police, against the army, against APC, against the criminals in Aso Rock,
ADELEKE WINS A SECOND TERM!!!
Lionel Messi’s letter for his father. ❤️🩹
Dad, I still can’t believe that you’ve gone. I don’t fall, or rather, I don’t want to fall. It’s very hard for me to imagine that I’m not going to see you anymore, that we’re not going to talk anymore. I know you were suffering and that it’s for the best, but you left too soon. We still had a lot left to enjoy together.
You asked me so much to play in the last World Cup, and it was in the days just before it started that you got the worst. It was the first time you weren’t going to be at a tournament, but Mom told me that you were going to get better and that you’d be well enough to travel. I told you we were going to reach the final so you could travel.
Every time a match ended I waited for and missed your message. That’s when I realized the situation was really bad. Even so, I didn’t stop thinking about going as far as possible, to buy you time and so you could see a match. We reached the final and you couldn’t be there.
I wanted to win it to bring it to you and show you a new one. I couldn’t; my legs wouldn’t give any more. This time I tried to go against my body, but I couldn’t. I never managed to feel good.
When I arrived you thought we had lost the final on penalties. We couldn’t talk about any of everything that happened. You couldn’t enjoy anything.
We weren’t champions, but you have no idea how much we enjoyed every single match. Once again, you were right: I had to be there and play it.
I’m telling you this because it was the only thing we couldn’t talk about, since you already know everything else. We talked every day and saw each other whenever we could, given my commitments.
I don’t know what I’m going to do without you, I don’t know how to go on. I only played football and now I have quite a few doubts about whether I’ll keep doing it for much longer.
You were by my side from the beginning; there was so little left until the end. Why couldn’t you hold on that little bit more so we could finish together?
I know your happiness was seeing your family well, your wife, your children, and above all, without the others finding out, watching me play…
It was always like that since I was little. You would take me to all the training sessions as soon as you got home from work. For many of them Mum took me because you were working.
Obviously you never missed a single match. How you suffered watching me and how you enjoyed it, even though you never gave me many compliments.
You were dad, friend and representative.
You were always the person you needed to be in every moment and you never got anything wrong. Beyond a few reproaches or arguments, you were always right. In the end it always turned out the way you said.
I’m going to miss you a lot, but you’ll always be present, and especially in the upbringing of my children, because I teach them and raise them the way you both did with me.
Rest in peace and look after us from above the way you did down here. Thank you for everything.
I love you, Dad. ❤️
Today, Governor @AAdeleke_01 will commission the Mayfair-Lagere-Enuwa road dualization in Ile-Ife connecting Ooni of Ife’s palace and Lagere FlyOver bridge. A befitting infrastructure for the crade of Yoruba race.
People who spend long periods of time at home and slowly lose the desire to go outside often think they're just resting. But psychologically, many of them are experiencing something called mental rumination. It's a state where the brain starts slowing down while the number of thoughts inside keeps increasing and the motivation to do anything slowly disappears. The mind gets stuck in the past, worries about the future and burns itself out. This isn't laziness, it's a nervous system stuck in survival mode. And the longer it lasts, the more distant normal life begins to feel. And the difficult part is that you usually can't escape it through one massive burst of motivation. And sometimes,recovery starts with just one small step.
A lot of companies and organizations are looking for visibility or ways to improve, and somehow you might be the person with the juice they need.
Many of you are jobless, want something different for yourselves, or have enough time on your hands wasting away.
Many of you are good at identifying problems, solving problems, storytelling, creativity, branding, marketing, and more.
Use your phone or computer and browse through companies in places like New Zealand, Australia, etc.
For example, on Google, type:
“List out 50 telecom companies in New Zealand.”
Or…
“List out 50 agricultural companies in New Zealand.”
Or…
“List out 50 energy companies in New Zealand.”
Go through their company websites.
Watch as many videos of them on YouTube as you can.
Study how they communicate.
Many of them are struggling with storytelling and advertising.
Many of them are yet to update something from their end.
For many of them, their logo doesn’t speak well for their identity.
Find something you know they are missing out on.
Find something you know they can improve.
Email them.
Call them.
Tell them you have been studying their company for a while because you love what they represent.
Tell them you created an advert for them with a stronger story and better representation.
Sell yourself as much as you can.
People buy belief before they buy ability.
Many opportunities are given to confidence, not perfection.
Perfection gets noticed later.
Confidence gets you into the room first.
Every powerful person you admire was underestimated by someone… until their results made disbelief expensive.
Get in touch with as many companies as you can.
One day, the confidence you projected will become the reality everyone else sees.
That’s how impossible reputations are built… and how life goes from nothing to something.
You don't have the finances to start life in another country doesn't mean you don't have what it takes to start life in another country.
Before you think of impossibilities, think of positioning.
Position yourself first... #ThingsDeySup.