Nollywood mourns taiwo hassan ‘ogogo’ as family, friends and colleagues bid yoruba cinema icon final farewell!

report by musa antiketu,| tori people for obaland magazine.

ilaro, ogun state, nigeria — di nigerian feem industry on top monday, august 24, 2026, gathered for ilaro, ogun state, to pay na final respects to veteran nollywood actor taiwo hassan, popularly sabi as ogogo, who kpai for di age for 66.

family pipo, close friends, residents and prominent figures from nigeria’s entertainment industry converged for di actor’s hometown as im remains de laid to rest for accordance wit islamic rites.

among di nollywood personalities who attend di funeral de veteran actors jide kosoko and yinka quadri, alongside faithia balogun, femi adebayo, mr latin, ireti osayemi, toyosi adesanya and oda colleagues and sympathisers. Reports from di scene describe an emotional atmosphere as mourners gathered to honour di late actor and celebrate im decades-long contribution to yoruba-language cinema.

ogogo’s final journey to ilaro

ogogo’s remains arrived for ilaro ahead for di funeral rites following im death on top sunday, august 23. Veteran actor jide kosoko had bin announce im passing, stating dat hassan kpai for wey concern 3:00 p. m. for di age for 66.

di burial arrangements included islamic funeral prayers for di asade agunloye pavilion ground for ilaro, afta wey di actor na interred for im hometown. Di arrangements de also report by nigerian media outlets, de include vanguard and tribune.

di funeral brought together pipo for di yoruba feem community who bin work wit hassan across im long career. Im close friendship wit fellow veteran yinka quadri na particularly evident for di ceremony, wit reports noting quadri’s emotional reaction as im mourned im longtime colleague and fren.

a career rooted for yoruba cinema and culture

taiwo hassan na widely recognised as one for di enduring figures for nigeria’s indigenous-language feem industry. Through acting, filmmaking and oda creative work, im became a familiar face to generations for audiences, particularly for inside yoruba-language cinema.

im career formed part for di broader development for nigeria’s indigenous feem sector, which don play an important role for preserving language, cultural traditions, storytelling and social commentary through entertainment.

di make sense for ogogo’s passing na im be say extends beyond di immediate loss felt by im family and colleagues. Im death represents anoda major loss for a generation for practitioners who helped establish yoruba cinema become important component for nigeria’s wider entertainment industry.

di kontri television authority (nta) similarly describe hassan become illustrious pikin for ilaro whose pass four decades for yoruba cinema helped build a lasting legacy.

death afta health challenges

hassan’s death com afta reports wey he had been battling wey serious health challenges. Several nigerian media outlets report dat im family had disclosed say di actor na dealing wit stage-four cancer shortly before im death.

im health had generated public concern for di days preceding im death. On top august 18, reports for im supposed death had circulated online, but one for im daughters subsequently dismissed dos reports as lie-lie.

im eventual death five days later prompted an outpouring for grief from colleagues, fans and pipo for di wider nigerian entertainment community.

a final farewell go cultural figure

for ilaro, ogogo’s burial na also di homecoming for one for di community’s best-known sons. Di town became di centre for attention as residents and visitors joined di actor’s family and entertainment colleagues for observing im final rites.

di presence for senior nollywood figures so we go fit jide kosoko and yinka quadri underscored di depth for relationships forged for ogogo’s decades for di industry. Oda actors and industry personalities also travelled to ilaro to honour di late performer.

ogogo’s passing closes a significant chapter for di tori for yoruba-language filmmaking. While im family and colleagues mourn di loss for a husband, papa, fren and professional colleague, im bodi for work remains part for di cultural record for nigerian cinema.

for audiences who followed im career ova di years, taiwo hassan go de remembered no bi only by di name ogogo, but also for im contribution to an indigenous feem tradition dat continues to shape nigeria’s creative identity.

sources

the guardian nigeria
vanguard
punch

veteran nollywood actor taiwo hassan, popularly sabi as ogogo, don been laid to rest for ilaro, ogun state, as family, friends and nollywood stars gathered to honour di yoruba cinema icon