Biography

Nigerian television has produced many beloved personalities. It has produced fewer genuine institutions. Funmi Iyanda is one of the latter. Over more than two decades, she has hosted the longest-running independently produced show in NTA…

There is a particular kind of creative person who was never going to fit comfortably inside a single national identity, a single artistic discipline, or a single professional category. Uwa Iduozee is precisely that kind of person. He is…

Few Nigerians of his generation carry as many legitimate professional identities simultaneously as Tolu Ogunlesi. He is a journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, the Financial Times, CNN, and The Economist.…

Nigerian digital media was not built overnight. It was built post by post, story by story, by individuals who saw the internet as a publishing opportunity before most Nigerian institutions had figured out what to do with it. Oladunni Liadi…

In Nigerian television, certain broadcasters become inseparable from the programmes they anchor. Their voice, their approach, their presence become part of how audiences understand a show — and by extension, a station. Yori Folarin is one…

In Nigerian media, it is almost always the person with the famous sibling who gets asked about the famous sibling. But the more interesting question — the one that rarely gets asked — is what it takes to build your own identity in a…

In Nigerian radio, fifteen years is a long time to stay relevant. Formats change, audiences age, social media reshapes how people consume entertainment, and stations reinvent themselves every few years to chase new demographics. The fact…

There is a particular kind of journalism that does not just report on a problem — it makes you feel it. The kind where a single photograph of a burned fisherman on a Gambian boat carries more weight than a thousand-word dispatch. The kind…

There are journalists who cover Africa from a distance — parachuting in for crises, filing dispatches, and returning to comfortable offices in London or New York. And then there are journalists like Tomi Oladipo, who have spent the better…

Before Bolanle Ninalowo became one of Nollywood's most recognisable and sought-after actors, he was an accountant in Chicago. Before that, he was a Muslim boy growing up in Ikorodu, Lagos, the fifth child in a family of eight, helping his…