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Samuel Ajibola is a famous Nigerian film and television actor, model, events planner, comedian, entrepreneur and a television personality. He rose to fame after he played his role as a child-actor in the Opa Williams directed movie Tears for Love, as well as his role as “Spiff” in the Africa Magic TV series The Johnsons. Samuel Ajibola was born in Mazamaza, Lagos State in the south western part of Nigeria, where he completed both his primary and secondary school education and obtained both his First School Leaving Certificate and West African Senior School Certificate.He is the first child among a family of four children. His parents’ names are Commander Lanre Ajibola and Mrs. Irene Ajibola.
Samuel Ajibola Acting Career
Samuel Ajibola made it into acting in the year 1995 at the tender age of 6 years in the famous Opa Williams directed movie, Tears for Love. From there, he went on to feature in famous movies like Without Love, Shame, Eye-witness, Onome II, Conspiracy, Street kids and Day of Reckoning and many more as a child actor. However, in 2003, Ajibola took left the big screens to complete with his high school education after which he proceeded to the University of Lagos, where he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science.After completing his university education, Samuel Ajibola acquired a degree in acting from Amaka Igwe’s Centre for Excellence in Film and Media Studies.
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Having the act industry theoretically, Ajibola made a return unto the big screens again in the year 2009 in the Teco Benson produced and directed movie, “The Fake Prophet” alongside with Grace Amah. In 2013, he featured in the MTV Base produced television series “Shuga”. He has also featured in several Nigerian box office movies including Last Flight to Abuja, with Omotola Jalade Ekeinde and The Antique; alongside with Kiki Omeili, Judith Audu and Gloria Young. As of 2016, he had played the role of Spiff, a comic character in the Africa Magic produced television series The Johnsons for four seasons which has earned him a prestige and global recognition.In production, Samuel Ajibola made his debut with the release of his web series “Dele Issues” on 10th March 2017. In October 2017, he featured former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on the web series.
Samuel Ajibola Awards
On 4th March, 2017 he won the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award for Best Actor in an M-net comedy series The Johnsons. Also in 1996, Samuel Ajibola won the award for Best Kid Actor at the Rhema Awards for his role in the movie Eye-Witness. He also won the award for Best Kid Actor at the 1997 and 1998 Reel Awards for the movies Onome II and Day of Reckoning respectively. In 2014, he won the award for Best Actor at the In-Short Movie Awards.
In March 2017, Samuel Ajibola won the Best Actor in a Comedy Award at the 2017 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards. Samuel Ajibola also won the Comic Actor of the Year Award at the 2017 City People Awards in October 2017 for his role as Spiff in the Africa Magic produced television series The Johnson which is currently trending on television since 2016 till date. In 2016, he won the Best Actor in a Comedy (The Johnsons) at the Nigerian Reliable Iconic Awards.
Samuel Ajibola Movies
Samuel Ajibola has starred in movies like; Tears for Love, Without Love, Eye-Witness, Day of Reckoning, Conspiracy, Street Kids, The Fake Prophet, Onome, The Johnsons and many more.
Samuel Ajibola Net Worth
According to austinmedia.com, the famous actor has an estimated net worth of over $300,000, making him one of the richest and most influential actors in Nigeria. He is also very popular on social media with over half a million followers on his official Instagram account and Facebook page.
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