Popular Nollywood actor, singer, producer and Filmmaker, Odunlade Adekola, is celebrating his 40th birthday today December 31st.

Odunlade Adekola's hugely popular movies include; Sunday Dagboru, Mufu Olosha, Alani Pamolekun, Opa Kan, Adebayo Aremu Abere.

He was born on 31 December 1978 at Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, southwestern Nigeria. He is, however, an indigine of Otun Ekiti, Ekiti State.He attended St John's Primary School and St. Peter's College in Abeokuta, obtaining the West African School Certificate Examination before he proceeded to Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, where he received a diploma certificate.

Due to his popularity and impact in the film industry, photographs of Adekola during filming is widely used as internet meme across Nigerian webosphere.

Knowing the importance of education, Odunlade went on to study Business Administration at the university University of Lagos and bagged a degree from the university in May, 2018.