Francis Duru

Ina yin ɗan wasan Najeriya ne wanda ke taka rawa a finafinan Hausa. Ya fara wasan kwaikwayo ne a shekarar 1994, lokacin da ya fito a fim dinsa na farko mai suna "Farin Wata". Tun daga wannan lokacin, ya fito a fina-finai da dama, ciki har da "Wasannin Rai", "Hanyar Gida", da "Sarki".
Duru ya sami lambobin yabo da dama saboda aikinsa, ciki har da lambar yabo ta City People Entertainment Award don Mafi kyawun Ɗan wasan kwaikwayo a shekarar 2014, da kuma lambar yabo ta Kwalejin Fina-finai ta Najeriya don Mafi kyawun Ɗan wasan kwaikwayo a shekarar 2016. Ya kuma sami lambar yabo ta Gwamnatin Tarayyar Najeriya ta Ƙasa a shekarar 2019.
Duru memba ne na Ƙungiyar Ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ta Najeriya (AGN). Ya kuma kasance jakadan yaƙin neman zaɓe na ɗan takarar shugaban ƙasa na Najeriya Atiku Abubakar a zaɓen shekarar 2019.
A shekarar 2020, Duru ya kafa kansa Francis Duru Foundation, wata kungiya mai zaman kanta da ke aiki don tallafawa harkar ilimi da al'adu a Najeriya.
Duru ya kasance fitaccen ɗan wasan kwaikwayo wanda ya yi tasiri sosai a masana'antar fina-finan Hausa. Aikinsa ya burge masu sauraro da masu sukar fina-finai da yawa, kuma ya samu yabo da dama saboda sadaukarwarsa da kwarewarsa.