Sadiq Abubakar Daba, known simply as Sadiq Daba (1951/52 – 3 March 2021) was a Nigerian

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and broadcaster. In 2015, he won Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as "Inspector Waziri" in ''

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''.

Education

He had his secondary education at

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. He got higher degrees in many institutions including

Ahmadu Bello University Ahmadu Bello University Zaria is a federal government research university in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. ABU was founded on 4 October 1962, as the pioneer university in Northern Nigeria. It was founded and named after the Sardauna of Sokoto, ...

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Career

Daba has worked as a broadcaster for

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. His acting career came to prominence in the late 1970s, starring in ''Cockcrow at Dawn''. In 2018 he was given the title “Garkuwan Nollywood,” (when translated from Hausa language it means "Shield of Nollywood" by the stakeholders in the industry.

Cancer diagnosis and death

Daba announced his diagnosis of

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and

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in 2017 and was supported with fundraising by several Nigerians including

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, Mabeloboh Center For Save Our Stars(MOCSOS). On 3 February 2018, Daba joined Project Pink Blue to walk against cancer to commemorate World Cancer Day. He died on 3 March 2021 at the Ayinke General hospital in

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, Lagos.

References

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Education

Career

Cancer diagnosis and death

See also

References