Izuchukwu OkosiPopular Yoruba actor and comedian per excellence Babatunde Omidina popularly known as Baba Suwe is dead.
The actor of great Yoruba movies like Omolasan, Maradona and Nkan Agbara died on Monday. He was aged 63.
The Yoruba thespian began his acting career in 1971 and was married to comedienne Omoladun Omidina, who died in September 2009.
Bana Suwe died of a protracted illness and a statement is to be released by the family and theTheatre Arts and Motion Picture Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) which he was a member.
On August 22, 2020, Baba Suwe had debunked rumors making the rounds that he had passed to the great beyond.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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