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Bob Hearts Abishola star Folake Olowofoyeku wearing multi-layered coral beads during her traditional chieftaincy conferment ceremony in Osun State.
If you know Folake Olowofoyeku from your television screen, you know her as Abishola, the sharp, warm, and fiercely principled Nigerian nurse at the centre of the CBS sitcom Bob Hearts Abishola . But back home in Nigeria, she has just been given a title that reflects who she is beyond the screen. The Nigerian-American actress has been conferred with two chieftaincy titles in her ancestral hometown of Imo, Ilesa, Osun State, making her a titled chief in the community her family has always called home.
She was installed as Yeye Oba (“Mother of the King”) and Yeye Atayese (“Mother Who Reforms the World”). Olowofoyeku shared footage of the dual chieftaincy conferment on her Instagram and TikTok pages on 28 July 2026. Dressed in white…
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