Ada Afoluwake Ogunkeye, born on November 25, 1986, known professionally as Folu Storms, is a Nigerian radio host and presenter, actress, voice-over artist, and television host.
Profile Summary
Full Name: | Ada Afoluwake Ogunkeye |
Date of Birth: | November 25, 1986 |
Place of Birth: | Aguda, Surulere |
State of Origin: | Lagos State |
Nationality: | Nigerian |
Net Worth: | $300,000 |
Occupation: | Radio Host and Presenter, Actress, Voice-over Artist, and Television Host |
Early Life and Education
Folu Storms was born on November 25, 1986, in Aguda, Surulere, Lagos state. 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 Aberystwyth University where she studied for a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) between 2005 and 2008.
Folu Storms later enrolled at the University of Bristol for her Master of Laws (LLM) in 2009. Storms has a diploma in Broadcast Journalism from Pan-African University.
Career
Folu 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 Ndani TV 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.
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.
The role of “Sope” was included when it went into a mini-series titled MTV Shuga Alone Together highlighting the problems of Coronavirus in April 2020. The series was written by Tunde Aladese and broadcast every night – its backers include the World Health Organization.
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, Mamarumo Marokane, and Jemima Osunde.
Movies
- The New Africa Documentary
- MTV Shuga
- Man of Her Dreams
- Rule Number 1
- Unmarried
- MTV Shuga Alone Together
- The Men’s Club (Season 3)
- Price of Admission
- Charge and Bail
- Crime and Justice Lagos
Folu Storms Net worth
Folu Storms has an estimated net worth of $300,000. Folu Storms is a popular Nigerian radio host and presenter, actress, voice-over artist, and television host.
Personal Life
She has kept his personal life away from the internet, therefore nothing is revealed about her relationship.