'The Truth' About Nigeria's Finest comedian Ali Baba Finally Reveals

One of Nigeria's foremost pioneers of comedy, Ali Baba,was a guest on Olisa Adibua’s “The Truth” and he spoke about how he started his career:

He has become quite the compère as he has carved a niche himself as a comedian for both corporate and non-corporate events.

According to him, he has been in comedy officially for 25 years and he charges between N4million and free for his services.

Asked how much he made last year, he replied: “You get to a point in your career you don’t make as much, you do less shows and are involved in a lot of charity events. A lot more is expected of you.”

On who his favourite Nigerian comedian is, he mentioned four, Bovi, Basketmouth, Buchi and Gordons. “I judge comedians by different standards,” he said.

Asked how he deals with temptations, he said he has a criteria which are, the lady must have an MBA, be older than 45, own a house of her own on the Island, not a rented apartment and must be widely travelled.