Daddy Freeze - Ifedayo Olarinde

Ifedayo Olarinde Biography / Profile

Ifedayo Olarinde (popularly known as Daddy Freeze) was born on May 6th, 1976, to an Osun state born father and a mother, Samaranda Olarinde, from Transylvania, Romania. He is a radio presenter, socail critic and pastor of online church, Free Nation in Christ.


Ifedayo Olarinde Age

Ifedayo Olarinde is 47 years old.


Ifedayo Olarinde Early Life

Although Freeze was not born in Nigeria, he spent most of his growing years in Ibadan, Oyo state, where he attended the very prestigious International School. He had his tertiary education at the University of Ibadan where he graduated, earning a degree in Sociology.


Ifedayo Olarinde Career

Freeze has had one of the most successful careers in media. He started his radio career at a young age with a brief three-month stint with Radio Galaxia in Romania while he was on holiday in 1996. He had accompanied his cousin Gina to the station where she hosted a youth programme and from there he got the inspiration to try his hands at radio. He later returned to Nigeria and he joined BCOS Ibadan where he worked for five years. Speaking in an interview with the Punch newspaper in January 2014, Freeze revealed that he was paid 1,500 naira at BCOS Ibadan, a small stipend judging from the fact that MTN’s first recharge card around that time was the same amount.

He moved to Cool FM in 2001 as a broadcaster and production officer. He got the Cool FM job as he was leaving university and ended up doing his NYSC there. During  the course of his career, Freeze has been privileged to have one-on-one interviews with top local and international acts including Boyz II Men, Angie Stone, Akon, Brian McKnight, Sisqo,Joe, SWV, Brick and Lace, Wyclef Jean, Caron Wheeler, Sean Paul, Kool and the Gang,2face Idibia, D'banj, and Charlie Boy amongst others.

Asides from broadcasting, Freeze has also served as a host for a bunch of music concerts and comedy shows. He has anchored Nollywood movie premieres in Nigeria, Ghana, London and Manchester. Some of his hosting gigs include: Dbanj Entertainer Album Launch, TEE A Live in London in 2007, Basket Mouth Uncensored in Manchester 2011, Naija Comedy Blast London and Manchester in 2006, Julius Agwu’s “Crack Ya Ribs” in London 2009, and in New York 2013, Wizkid Superstar album launch 2011, P-square invasion album launch 2011, The Nigerian corner, London Carnival 2012, Davido O.B.O album launch 2012, AFRICAN Global DJ awards pre launch party in Ghana 2013, A.Y Live in London 2011, 2012 and 2013 and AY Live in Lagos between 2009 and 2016.

In 2010 Freeze was a judge alongside KCee  and Paul Play Dairo on Star Quest, a highly participated talent show. He has also been a popular face on TV as a lot of people got to know him when he hosted 3 seasons of “Coca-Cola Mega millions”. He has hosted a lot of game shows and live telecasts including: Multilinks Telcoms’ ‘Break the bank’, MLotto mobile lottery, The John Utaka Premier league Challenge, amongst many others.

Freeze is probably one of the most controversial celebrities in Nigeria. He is well known for being vocal on social issues across the country. He frequently takes jibes at artists, dignitaries, and public personalities. Freeze has thrown a lot of shades on Clergymen especially, accusing them of using money gotten from tithes and offerings to live a life of affluence at the detriment of their congregation.

He has continously attacked Pentecostal pastor on their extravagant lives and call majority of them “yahoo yahoo pastors”, meaning that these pastors are fraudsters. He claims they are living off the members tithe money and offerings and also called the church members “Sheeples”. In December 2017, he formed a challenge called “Tithe Against Poverty” with he acronym as TAP challenge where Nigerians take a 10% of income to help a needy around him/her as a way to alleviate poverty from Nigeria. He claims if everyone participate that we would be surprised how far poverty will be removed. 


Ifedayo Olarinde Personal Life

Daddy Freeze was married to Opeyemi Olarinde and the marriage was blessed with two children (a boy and a girl). However, that union crashed in an ugly manner with a lot of accusations and counter-accusations over infidelity and domestic violence. He is currently engaged to Benedicta Elechi who is the CEO of Dictachi Foods Nigeria Ltd.

Ifedayo Olarinde Awards

In 2014, Freeze won the award for the Favorite Nigerian On-Air Personality at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards held in Los Angeles.

His award nominations include:

  • City People Music Award for Male On Air Personality of the Year 2015
  • Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Award for Nigerian Broadcaster of the year 2016 (Male) 
  • Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Award for Best Voice-over Artiste, 2016


Ifedayo Olarinde Net Worth

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