Tobi Bakre, Ife Olujuyigbe among winners at TFAAfrica 2023
Popular Nigerian actor and TV star, Tobi Bakre and award-winning Nigerian film-maker, Ife Olujuyigbe were among the winners at The Future Awards Africa (TFAAfrica) 2023 which was at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos.
This year’s event, which was hosted by Vee Iye and James Gardiner, had 25 winners with selections across various categories ranging from social activism to business, and entertainment.
Tobi Bakre won the Prize for Acting while Ife Olujuyigbe received an award for the film category. She is known for her work on the Red TV series When Are We Getting Married, Something Like Gold, Obara’m, Ile Owo and The Trade.
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Other winners include Veekee James who won the Prize for Fashion, Victor Fatanmi won the award category for Technology, and Omonhinmin Ilooise won the award for On-Air Personality.
Celebrating the win, Bakre expressed his gratitude to his elder brother who had previously won TFAA award and inspired him to keep pushing.
“Big shout out to my brother @femibakreYou inspired this particular award. I hosted the Future Award years ago and you won that particular year. Didn’t know when or how. But I sure wanted to touch the hem of your garment”, he said.
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Bakre recently won the Best Actor category at the AMVCA ceremony in May for his action star role in Brotherhood. He is also on the AFRIFF 2023 honours list for his other action star performance in Gangs of Lagos. He is also known for his thrilling roles in The Blood Covenant and most recently Slum King.
