Abdulgafar Ahmad Oluwatoyin[2] (born April 28, 1996), professionally known as Cute Abiola, is a Nigerian comedian, Actor and skit maker[3]
| Cute Abiola | |||||||
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| Birth name | Abdulgafar Ahmad Oluwatoyin | ||||||
| Born | April 28, 1996 | ||||||
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| Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||
| Alma mater | Kwara State University | ||||||
YouTube information | |||||||
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| Years active | 2015–present | ||||||
| Genre | Comedy | ||||||
| Subscribers | 430 thousand[1] | ||||||
| Total views | 56.6million[1] | ||||||
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Last updated: June 18, 2024 | |||||||
Early life
editAbdulgafar Ahmad Oluwatoyin popularly known as Cute Abiola was born in Ilorin, Kwara State.[3] He had his primary and secondary school education in Kwara state and also studied at Kwara state university[4]
Career
editAbdulgafar Ahmad Oluwatoyin popularly known as Cute Abiola started making comedy skits during his secondary school days where he started as a crying character due to how low the skit was doing online and how hard his extended families was to him and also his skits was influenced by his parents [5]
Controversies
editOn 20th and 24 July 2023 Cute Abiola posted two skits on his social media handle using the Nigeria police uniform for the skit in a disrespectful way and he was to be prosecuted for wearing police uniform in skit.[6][7][8]
On November 15, 2021, Cute Abiola was Missing which kept everyone talking on the Internet and later on it was discovered that he was detained by the Nigerian Navy and the reason was not clarified[9][10][11]
Further reading
editin 2022 Cute Abiola was appointed as the Special Assistant on Creative Industries to the Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.[12][13]
Accolades
edit| Year | Awards ceremony | Award description(s) | Nominated work | Results |
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| 2018 | City People Entertainment Awards | City People Music Award for Comedy Act of the Year | Himself | Nominated |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "About THECUTE ABIOLA STUDIO". YouTube.
- ^ "Cute Abiola's biography: age, full name, wife, net worth, comedy". Legit.ng. April 28, 2022.
- ^ a b "Cute Abiola: Biography, Age, Education, Wife, Children, Source of Wealth, and More". NEWSWORENGR. July 4, 2022.
- ^ "Cute Abiola Net Worth, Biography, Real Age And Comedy". Carmart.ng. July 28, 2023.
- ^ "I used to cry when I started social media skits –Cute Abiola". PUNCH NEWSPAPER. January 12, 2019.
- ^ "Cute Abiola to be prosecuted for wearing police uniform in skit — FPRO". PUNCH NEWSPAPER. July 27, 2023.
- ^ "Cute Abiola in trouble again as Police vow to prosecute him for 'rubbishing' their uniform". Pulse.ng. July 28, 2023.
- ^ "Police persecute comedian Cute Abiola for abusing uniform". The Guardian News. July 27, 2023.
- ^ "Cute Abiola not missing: Navy detain comedian Abdulgafar Ahmed - Lawyer". BBC NEWS PIDGIN. November 17, 2021.
- ^ "Comedian Cute Abiola detained, not missing — Navy". PUNCH NEWSPAPER. November 17, 2021.
- ^ "Cute Abiola 'under custody', not missing — Nigerian Navy". VANGUARD. November 17, 2021.
- ^ "Kwara Governor appoints comedian Cute Abiola as aide". Vanguard. November 5, 2022.
- ^ "Skit Maker Cute Abiola Appointed As Kwara Special Assistant on Creative Industries, Quits Navy". INDEPENDENT. November 5, 2022.