Ogogo Family Don Announce August 31 Fidau As Nollywood Dey Prepare 40 Day Tribute For Yoruba Film Icon.

Ogogo Family Don Announce August 31 Fidau As Nollywood Dey Prepare 40 Day Tribute For Yoruba Film Icon.

Di family of late veteran Nollywood actor and filmmaker, Taiwo Hassan, wey plenty people know as Ogogo, don announce di remaining programme for di burial ceremony. Di programme include di eighth-day Fidau prayer and one special 40-day Artists’ Day wey go honour di late actor.

Ogogo, wey na 66 years old, die for Sunday, August 23, 2026, afta e don battle stage-four cancer. Dem bury am di next day for e hometown, Ilaro for Ogun State, according to Islamic tradition. E death don bring plenty tribute from e colleagues, fans, government people and plenty members of Nigeria entertainment industry.

Di family, through veteran actor Jide Kosoko, don announce say di eighth-day Fidau prayer go happen for Monday, August 31, 2026, for Ilaro. Di family don appeal to friends, colleagues, fans and everybody wey love Ogogo make dem join dem for prayer for di late actor and pray say Allah make e rest for Al-Jannah Firdaus.

Di family also don announce 40 day Artists’ Day to celebrate Ogogo life and everything wey e don contribute to Nigeria entertainment industry. Di event go happen for Pavilion Hall for Ilaro, where actors, musicians, comedians, singers and other entertainers go gather to perform and celebrate di life, work and legacy of di late actor.

Di announcement come afta di family thank everybody wey show face for Ogogo burial on August 24. Jide Kosoko, wey talk on behalf of di family, thank fans, friends, colleagues, associates and all di people wey mourn with dem. E presence show di kind respect and love wey Ogogo don get from people during e lifetime.

Ogogo na one of di big names for Yoruba language movie industry. E career don pass 40 years. E start acting for early 1980s and later become one of di well-known faces for Nigerian theatre, television and film. Plenty of e work dey strongly connected to Yoruba language, culture and traditional storytelling.

Since di news of e death come out, people from different parts of Nigeria don dey send tribute. President Bola Tinubu describe Ogogo as important person for Yoruba language theatre and Nigerian cinema. Ogun and Lagos state governments too don recognize di contribution wey e make to Nigerian culture and di creative industry.

Di 40-day Artists’ Day go therefore be more than ordinary remembrance ceremony. E go give people for entertainment industry chance to gather, remember Ogogo, talk about e contribution, and celebrate di influence wey e get for Yoruba entertainment and Nigerian cultural storytelling.