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{{Short description|Nigerian comedian}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox comedian
| name             = Mr Funny
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| birth_name       = Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Ejekwu
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1995|01|30}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oroo |first=Brian |date=2023-05-09 |title=Sabinus' biography: age, real name, state of origin, net worth |url=https://www.legit.ng/ask-legit/biographies/1533263-sabinus-biography-age-real-state-origin-net-worth/ |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=Legit.ng - Nigeria news. |language=en}}</ref>
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| medium           = {{hlist|Stand-up|film|television|Content Creator}}
| alma_mater       = [[University of Port Harcourt]] (UNIPORT)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.uniportalumni.org|title =UNIPORT Alumni|date =|accessdate =12 October 2021 |website =Uniport Alumni|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> }}</ref>
| active           = 2020–present
| genre            = {{hlist|[[Observational comedy]]|[[Insult comedy]]|[[Satire]]}}
| subject          = {{hlist|[[Culture of Nigeria|Nigerian Culture]]|[[Everyday life]]|[[Popular culture]]|[[Current events]]|[[Comedy of intrigue|Trick Comedy]]}}
| website          = {{URL|https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCZKveEdM9fe6mFR6Epth2TA|Mr. Funny}} on [[YouTube]]
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| other_names      = Oga Sabinus – Mumu Man – The Blue Chief}}
|nationality=[[Nigerians | Nigerian]]}}
'''Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Ejekwu''' (born January 30, 1995),<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Oroo |first=Brian |date=2023-05-09 |title=Sabinus' biography: age, real name, state of origin, net worth |url=https://www.legit.ng/ask-legit/biographies/1533263-sabinus-biography-age-real-state-origin-net-worth/ |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=Legit.ng - Nigeria news. |language=en}}</ref> known as '''Mr Funny''' or '''Oga Sabinus''', is a Nigerian comedian, content creator actor and skit maker.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Online |first=Tribune |date=2021-11-13 |title=Skit-making in Nigeria is the new oil industry —Comedian Mr Funny (Oga Sabinus) |url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/skit-making-in-nigeria-is-the-new-oil-industry-comedian-mr-funny-oga-sabinus/ |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=Tribune Online |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Early life ==
Mr Funny was born on 30 January 1995 in Rivers State.<ref name=":0" /> He had his early education in [[Port Harcourt]] and went on to acquire his [[Bachelor's Degree]] in Linguistics and Communication Studies from the [[University of Port Harcourt]].
== Career ==
Mr Funny's career started in 2015 but he began to see mainstream success in 2019. He was nominated in the 2021 maiden edition of The Humor Awards Academy alongside fellow comedian [[Basketmouth]]. Mr Funny discovered his comedy talent at a young age. He began actively doing comedy skits while he was in university. This was in 2015 during a particular School Student Union week. Mr Funny decided to pursue his career further by uploading various comedy skits on his social media handles, especially Instagram.
Soon enough, he started getting noticed by Nigerian top Instagram influencers who started sharing his skits and his followers on the platform grew. Mr. Funny broke into the comedy industry in 2019.
His popularity has earned some notable recognition. Oga Sabinus is the brand ambassador for a popular betting site: Oddstackr and many others. Some of his role models who have influenced him in his comedy career are Mr Ibu and Charles Inojie.
He won the ''Best Male Skit Maker'' category of the year in the [[Legit.ng]] Awards 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alake |first=Olumide |date=2022-12-11 |title="His Look Alone Is Enough": Reactions As Sabinus Wins Best Skit Maker Award |url=https://www.legit.ng/entertainment/celebrities/1508688-oga-sabinus-wins-2022-readers-choice-awards-skit-maker-macaroni-broda-shaggi-others/ |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=[[Legit.ng]] |language=en}}</ref> He was nominated alongside Funnybros, [[Mr Macaroni]] and [[Broda Shaggi]].
Mr Funny has also featured in multiple Nollywood movies, the likes of 'Billionaire's Bride', 'Man of War' etc.<ref>{{Cite web|last=vanguardngr.com|date=2021-10-06|title=The Humour Awards Academy releases nomination list-Vanguard|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/10/the-humour-awards-academy-releases-nomination-list/|access-date=2021-10-12|website=Vanguard|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Awards ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Award
!Category
!Result
!Ref.
|-
|2021
|DENSA Awards
|The Creative Social Media
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=independent.ng |date=2021-09-09 |title=DENSA Awards 2021: Outstanding Personalities, Professionals In Media Industry Honoured |url=https://independent.ng/densa-awards-2021-outstanding-personalities-professional-in-media-industry-honoured/ |access-date=2021-10-12 |website=Independent |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Guardian.ng |date=2021-09-07 |title=Stars shine bright as DENSA Awards 2021 rewards excellence |url=https://guardian.ng/news/stars-shine-bright-as-densa-awards-2021-rewards-excellence/ |access-date=2021-10-12 |website=Guardian |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=thisdaylive.com |date=2021-10-09 |title=Glamour, Glitz at DENSA 2021 |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2021/09/10/glamour-glitz-at-densa-2021/ |access-date=2021-10-12 |website=Thisday |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|[[2022 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards|Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards]]
|Best Online Social Content Creator
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite news |title=2022 Africa Magic Awards Nominees don land- See who dey list |work=BBC News Pidgin |url=https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-60818021 |access-date=2022-03-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-14 |title=AMVCA 8: Sabinus beats Mr Macaroni, others to win Online social content creators' award |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/05/amvca-8-sabinus-beats-mr-macaroni-others-to-win-online-social-content-creators-award/ |access-date=2022-05-14 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|}
== References ==
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[[Category:Nigerian male comedians]]
[[Category:Nigerian satirists]]
[[Category:People from Port Harcourt]]
[[Category:University of Port Harcourt alumni]]
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