Ada Afoluwake Ogunkeye (born November 25, 1986) known professionally as Folu Storms, is a Nigerian radio host and presenter, actress, voice-over artist, and television host.

Early life

Storms was born in

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. She attended primary school at Corona VI, then had her secondary education first at The Lagoon Secondary School, then St Leonards Mayfield in the UK and then proceeded to

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where she studied for a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) between 2005 and 2008. Storms later enrolled at the

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for her Master of Laws (LLM) in 2009. Storms has a diploma in Broadcast Journalism from

Pan-African University The Pan-African University (or Pan African University) (PAU) is a post-graduate training and research network of university nodes in five regions, supported by the African Union and the Association of African Universities. Formation The first A ...

Career

Radio and NdaniTV

Adeola Ariyo and Folu Storms on NdaniTV in S Africa (cropped)

Storms began to work as a lawyer, before she started with the radio station 92.3 Inspiration fm in 2012. She competed for the MTV Base Africa's VJ search and she was one of the three finalists. Storms was later hired by the Nigerian company

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as a presenter and content producer where she produced The New Africa documentary which was nominated for best documentary award at the

2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards The 2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) was held on March 5, 2016 at the Eko Hotels and Suites in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. It was hosted by Ikponmwosa Osakioduwa and Minnie Dlamini. Nominees were revealed on December 11, ...

. She co-hosted the Breakfast show at Smooth 98.1FM in Lagos and was still doing this in 2019. Storms won the 2017 Ebony Life TV Sisterhood Awards for TV Personality of the Year the 2018 On-Air Personality award for the Future awards and ELOY Awards. Sophie in MTV Shuga in 2020

MTV Shuga Alone Together

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. The series was based in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire and the story progresses using online conversations on location between the characters. All of the makeup and filming was done by the actors who include Lerato Walaza,

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, and Jemima Osunde.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Storms, Folu Nigerian television presenters Nigerian television actresses Nigerian women television presenters Alumni of Aberystwyth University People from Lagos State Living people 1986 births 21st-century Nigerian actresses Nigerian film actresses Alumni of the University of Bristol Nigerian television personalities Nigerian media personalities Nigerian radio presenters Nigerian women radio presenters Nigerian documentary filmmakers Nigerian television talk show hosts