Nigeria, Aug. 26 -- Veteran Nollywood actor Yinka Quadri has recalled his final meeting with his close friend and colleague, Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, revealing how the then-ailing actor reassured him from his hospital bed that he would recover.

Ogogo died on Sunday at 66 after battling Stage 4 cancer and was buried the following day at his residence in Ilaro, Ogun State, according to Islamic rites.

Distraught Quadri, who had broken down at his longtime friend's graveside, shared his first extensive public tribute following the funeral in an Instagram post on Wednesday.

Quadri, also 66, described Ogogo as his "twin brother from heaven", reflecting on a friendship that began in 1984 and grew beyond their shared careers in ...