Yakubu Muhammed Da Minal Ahmad On The Set

Yakubu Mohammed (alias: Yakubu Usman Shehu Abubakar El-Nafati (born 25 March 1973) is a Nigerian actor, producer, director, singer and script writer. He is a Globacom ambassador,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 and Nigeria Entertainment Awards.

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 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 and also got featured in MTV's Shuga and Lionheart.
Nollywood movies

Year Title Role Note
2016 Sons of The Caliphate Dikko TV Series
25 episodes
2017 MTV Shuga Naija
Queen Amina
2018 Make Room
2018 LionHeart Hamza Maikano
Asawana
2019 4th Republic Danladi
2019 Tenant of The HouseHon. Samuel
2015 Dark Closet
2018 Fantastic Numbers Comedy Drama
2016 Walking Away
My Village Bride
Chauffeur
2015 Damaged Petals Jerry
Bunmi's Diary[citation needed]
2015 Power of Tomorrow Agent Kingsley Drama
My Neighbor's Wife
2017 My Wife's Lover Francis Drama
2013 Blue Flames
April Hotel
2017 Women Demola Drama
Wings of A Dove
2020 Badamasi Prof. Jibril Aminu Biography / History / Thriller

Kannywood movies

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

KANNYWOOD the Hausa-language cinema, known informally as Kannywood, is the Hausa-language film industry of northern Nigeria. It is based in Kano. Kannywood is the sobriquet for Hausa-language cinema. It is a part of the larger Nigerian cinema, known as Nollywood, which includes other production centres producing films in many other Nigerian languages. The name "Kannywood" is a portmanteau derived from the city name of Kano State


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